Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the management and transformation of Azure cloud systems and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and alignment with dnata’s strategic objectives.

• Oversee administration of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams), Entra ID (Azure AD), Intune (MDM/MAM), ensuring secure, efficient, and reliable service delivery.

• Plan and implement system upgrades, integrations, and modernization initiatives, with a strong focus on automation, cost-effectiveness, and improved performance.

• Deploy and manage secure communication and mobility solutions essential for operational teams, ensuring these systems are reliable, efficient, and well-integrated.

• Ensure seamless integration of IT systems with infrastructure components, supporting critical operational functions such as Ground Operations, Cargo, Catering, HR, Finance, and Safety.

• Manage IT systems and infrastructure projects, balancing scope, schedule, resources, and costs to deliver on time and in line with business requirements.

• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, negotiating contracts and monitoring service delivery to meet SLAs.

• Collaborate with local and global IT teams to ensure systems and infrastructure align with dnata’s security policies, operational standards, and best practices.

• Prioritize and drive efforts to optimize systems performance, identifying opportunities for improvement and delivering measurable value.

• Provide clear, consistent communication and support to stakeholders at all levels, ensuring business and operational needs are met effectively.

• Monitor system and infrastructure performance, proactively managing risks, incidents, and capacity to ensure continuous service availability.

• Maintain up-to-date documentation of systems architecture, configurations, and processes, ensuring adherence to change management and ITIL best practices.

• Enforce compliance with dnata’s safety, security, and health policies.

• Lead root-cause analysis and problem management to reduce downtime and repeat incidents.

• Assist in managing the IT systems and infrastructure operating budget, ensuring accurate forecasting and cost control.

• Lead business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing, ensuring systems remain resilient and prepared for disruptions.

• Utilize monitoring tools to maintain visibility and ensure rapid incident response.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of technical staff (in-house and vendor-managed) to deliver high-quality IT systems and infrastructure support.

• Ensure readiness for internal and external audits by maintaining compliance with relevant requirements.

Requirements & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; certifications preferred (Azure Admin/Solutions Architect, Microsoft 365, CISSP/Security+, ITIL, PMP/PRINCE2).
• 10–12+ years’ experience managing Azure cloud and on-premises environments, including networking, security, monitoring, virtualization, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Proven administration of Microsoft 365, Entra ID (Azure AD), and Intune in production, with strong optimization and secure mobility solutions deployment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead system modernization, integration (ERP, Oracle), automation, and cost-optimization projects, delivering on time and within budget.
• Solid knowledge of IT security tools and practices (e.g., Zscaler, Microsoft Defender) as part of secure systems design and operations.
• Strong vendor management experience, including contract negotiation, service monitoring, and relationship building.
• Advanced project management skills with planning, budgeting, resource coordination, and delivery across operational or safety-critical environments (aviation, logistics, manufacturing).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with a proactive, disciplined, customer-first approach aligned to dnata’s safety and service values.