💼 Full-Time Position

Associate Director – Data Platform & Operations

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Salt Digital Recruitment
📍 dubai, dubai, United-Arab-Emirates
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Location
dubai, United-Arab-Emirates
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Posted
June 04, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

My client is seeking a senior leader to drive the strategy, delivery, and operations of a hybrid enterprise data platform powering AI, BI, and analytics.

Responsibilities
  • Lead architecture & operations across Azure, Kubernetes/OpenShift & on-prem storage
  • Drive CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/Ansible) & platform automation
  • Oversee big data ecosystem (Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, SingleStore)
  • Implement observability (monitoring, logging, lineage, alerts)
  • Own platform reliability, scalability & cost optimisation (FinOps)
  • Enable self‑service for Data, AI & BI teams
  • Manage delivery, dependencies & production readiness
  • Mentor teams and embed DevOps/DataOps best practices
Platform Stack
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes/OpenShift
  • Spark
  • Kafka
  • Delta Lake
  • Parquet
  • SingleStore
  • VAST
  • Azure DevOps
Leadership & Impact
  • Partner...