Cloud Governance Consultant – Enterprise Virtualization & Azure

About the role

The Cloud Governance Consultant is responsible for end‑to‑end management, administration and continuous optimization of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) datacenter infrastructure in Qatar. The role supports multiple government entities, overseeing a hybrid environment that includes VMware, Hyper‑V and Microsoft Azure.

Key responsibilities

• Administer and monitor 1,500+ servers across VMware, Hyper‑V and Azure, ensuring high availability, performance and security.
• Plan and execute hypervisor upgrades, hardware lifecycle management and coordinate server installations with vendors and internal teams.
• Onboard new government entities to the MCIT datacenter, creating and reviewing design documents for infrastructure and Azure architecture.
• Deploy cloud solutions, proof‑of‑concepts and production workloads using Microsoft and VMware technologies, including SaaS and PaaS services.
• Enforce security and compliance standards in line with governmental policies.
• Design and implement backup, resilience and disaster‑recovery strategies, leveraging VMware vRealize Operations and Site Recovery Manager.
• Evaluate emerging container‑based technologies through application POCs.

Required profile

• Proven experience managing large‑scale virtualization and cloud environments for government or enterprise clients.
• Strong understanding of hybrid cloud architectures and data‑center operations.
• Ability to work onsite in Qatar and collaborate with cross‑functional technical teams.

Required skills

• VMware virtualization (vSphere, vRealize Operations, Site Recovery Manager)
• Microsoft Hyper‑V
• Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Backup, disaster‑recovery and resilience planning
• Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) – proof‑of‑concept experience