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Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Job description: construction e&i lead</h4>
<p>The lead construction engineer (E&I) will drive construction readiness, optimize field execution strategies, and ensure effective coordination between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations. This position requires a seasoned professional capable of leading multidisciplinary teams and consistently achieving project safety, cost, schedule, and quality objectives.</p>
<h4>Accountability / expectations</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enhance construction safety performance by promoting modularization, standardized assemblies, pre-fabricated E&I modules, and off-site construction to reduce field exposure.</li>
<li>Develop brownfield and greenfield construction strategies, including tie-in planning, SIMOPS coordination, shutdown integration, and live-plant execution methodologies.</li>
<li>Identify and resolve E&I construction challenges such as cable routing conflicts, hazardous area compliance issues, and instrument accessibility constraints.</li>
<li>Monitor field productivity using discipline-specific KPIs (cable pulling rates, termination progress, loop completion curves, energization milestones).</li>
<li>Lead construction planning, ensuring detailed sequencing for electrical load transfer, instrument migration, and control system cutover activities.</li>
<li>Provide constructability input into electrical single-line diagrams, cable block diagrams, instrument indexes, control system architecture, and hazardous area layouts.</li>
<li>Ensure design decisions align with HSE, cost, schedule, and quality requirements, validating field feasibility and installation constraints.</li>
<li>Facilitate constructability reviews focused on cable routing, instrument maintainability, equipment lifting constraints, and hazardous area compliance.</li>
<li>Serve as the primary E&I construction interface from project inception through field execution.</li>
<li>Collaborate with construction management to develop execution plans covering power distribution, loop testing, control system migration, and cable management.</li>
<li>Manage multiple concurrent E&I work fronts, ensuring resource leveling and contractor performance oversight.</li>
<li>Ensure engineering and procurement deliverables (SLDs, ILDs, P&IDs, I/O lists, datasheets, cable drums, switchgear, instrument panels) align with construction sequencing and commissioning priorities.</li>
<li>Prepare detailed E&I work packages including cable schedules, termination sheets, loop diagrams, installation drawings, and material take-offs.</li>
<li>Review and update work package documentation, red-line markups, as-built records, and test documentation.</li>
<li>Ensure compliance with IEC/NEC standards, ATEX/IECEx requirements, grounding and bonding standards, and project-specific electrical safety rules.</li>
<li>Support commissioning teams in developing energization plans, loop testing protocols, instrument calibration procedures, and control system functional testing.</li>
<li>Ensure construction activities integrate seamlessly with commissioning, operations, and other discipline interfaces.</li>
<li>Advocate for cold-work strategies such as pre-terminated instrument cables, plug-and-play analyzer shelters, and pre-assembled marshalling cabinets.</li>
<li>Align construction execution with project scope, quality, cost, and schedule targets.</li>
<li>Ensure engineering and procurement deliverables meet construction and handover requirements.</li>
<li>Implement work face planning to ensure crews receive fully validated work packages.</li>
<li>Support interfaces with operations, ensuring safe and efficient brownfield and greenfield execution.</li>
<li>Ensure final designs incorporate construction risk assessments and economic considerations.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Education</h4>
<p>BSc. in instrumentation, electrical engineering, or a related discipline.</p>
<h4>Experience requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minimum 10+ years experience in oil & gas E&I design, construction, and commissioning.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of:</li>
<ul>
<li>LV/MV electrical distribution</li>
<li>Instrumentation installation and calibration</li>
<li>Loop testing and commissioning workflows</li>
</ul>
<li>Proficiency in productivity measurement and resource-based planning (Level 4 scheduling).</li>
<li>Proven leadership and supervisory experience in managing E&I construction teams and contractors.</li>
<li>Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple work fronts and shifting priorities.</li>
<li>High attention to detail with a focus on quality, accuracy, and safe execution.</li>
</ul></p><p></p>
Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Job description</h4>
<p><strong>Job title:</strong> IOF Infrastructure Lead - onsite (Intelligent Oil Field)<br>
<strong>Company:</strong> KBR<br>
<strong>Location:</strong> Basra, Iraq<br>
<strong>Employment type:</strong> Full-time, Contract<br>
<strong>Rotation:</strong> 28/28<br>
<strong>Required nationals:</strong> Any</p>
<h4>About company</h4>
<p>Belong, connect, grow with KBR!<br>
The KBR team delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.<br>
KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.</p>
<h4>Responsibilities</h4>
<p><strong>1. Digital oilfield infrastructure ownership</strong><br>
Lead the infrastructure that supports digital field operations, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Field networks (fiber, microwave, LTE, satellite)</li>
<li>Edge computing platforms</li>
<li>Industrial servers</li>
<li>Data historians</li>
<li>SCADA systems</li>
<li>Real-time data acquisition</li>
<li>Cloud connectivity</li>
<li>Remote operations centers</li>
</ul>
<p>Examples: Connecting surface facilities to onshore data centers, ensuring streaming telemetry data is available to operators, supporting predictive maintenance and robust digital twins.</p>
<p><strong>2. OT / IT integration</strong><br>
Bridge operational technology (OT) and corporate IT by integrating:</p>
<ul>
<li>SCADA</li>
<li>PLCs</li>
<li>DCS systems</li>
<li>Sensor networks</li>
<li>PI historians</li>
<li>Enterprise applications</li>
<li>Cloud analytics platforms</li>
</ul>
<p>Common technologies include PI System, DMZ, APIs, Data Lake, Industrial IoT gateways, and Digital Twins.<br>
Ensure production data flows reliably and securely from the field into analytics and business systems.</p>
<p><strong>3. Infrastructure architecture</strong><br>
Define technical architecture standards for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Field communications</li>
<li>Data centers</li>
<li>Edge computing</li>
<li>Redundancy</li>
<li>Disaster recovery</li>
<li>Hybrid cloud</li>
<li>OT network segmentation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>4. Cybersecurity leadership</strong><br>
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams on:</p>
<ul>
<li>OT network security</li>
<li>Compliance</li>
<li>NIST alignment</li>
<li>Remote access security</li>
<li>Zero-trust architecture</li>
<li>Vulnerability management</li>
<li>Ransomware protection for industrial systems</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>5. Supporting production optimization</strong><br>
Enable operational value through infrastructure supporting:</p>
<ul>
<li>Predictive maintenance</li>
<li>Production surveillance</li>
<li>Digital twins</li>
<li>Remote operations</li>
<li>AI/ML analytics</li>
<li>Automated workflows</li>
<li>Emissions monitoring</li>
</ul>
<p>Ensure the technology platform can support these digital initiatives reliably at scale.</p>
<p><strong>6. Vendor & project management</strong><br>
Oversee:</p>
<ul>
<li>Systems integrators</li>
<li>Telecom vendors</li>
<li>Cloud providers</li>
<li>Industrial automation suppliers</li>
<li>Infrastructure contractors</li>
</ul>
<p>Lead large capital projects such as digital oilfield rollouts, smart field modernization, OT cloud migration, and unified operations centers.</p>
<p><strong>7. Team leadership</strong><br>
Manage:</p>
<ul>
<li>Infrastructure engineers</li>
<li>OT engineers</li>
<li>Network specialists</li>
<li>SCADA support teams</li>
<li>Field IT teams</li>
<li>Vendors and contractors</li>
</ul>
<p>May be responsible for contributing or leading on technical standards, roadmaps, incident management, and operational SLAs.</p>
<h4>Skills typically required</h4>
<p><strong>Technical:</strong> Industrial networking, SCADA/OT systems, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data platforms, telecommunications, infrastructure architecture, high availability systems.</p>
<p><strong>Leadership:</strong> Program delivery, stakeholder management, vendor management, cross-functional leadership.</p></p><p></p>
Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Role description:</h4>
<p><strong>1. Business & operational assessment</strong><br>
They assess current field operational data processes, existing infrastructure, production (data) bottlenecks, data availability & integrity.</p>
<p>Example: Too many ESP failures, high deferred production, poor maintenance planning, manual reporting delays.</p>
<p><strong>2. Define digital use cases</strong><br>
They identify high-value initiatives such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Predictive maintenance: build data pipelines to feed into AI/ML</li>
<li>Emissions tracking: methane leak monitoring</li>
<li>Asset integrity: corrosion monitoring system for export pipeline</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>3. Technology architecture</strong><br>
They help define data architecture, cloud vs on-prem solutions, historian integration, edge computing, cybersecurity requirements.</p>
<p>Common technologies: AVEVA PI, Schlumberger DELFI, SCADA, Azure/AWS cloud, Power BI/Tableau, IoT platforms.</p>
<p><strong>4. Project management & delivery</strong><br>
A large part of the role is coordinating execution: vendor management, scope definition, risk management, deployment planning, KPI tracking.</p>
<p>Typical projects: data pipelines definition, implementation, digital twin implementation, production surveillance dashboards.</p>
<p><strong>5. Data & analytics oversight</strong><br>
Typical interfaces include information management, data scientists, production engineers, operations & maintenance teams.</p>
<p>Tasks include data quality governance, KPI definition, analytics validation, workflow automation.</p>
<p>Example: Utilizing AI/machine learning to anticipate maintenance and turnaround activities at site.</p>
<p><strong>6. Change management</strong><br>
A major challenge is operational adoption.</p>
<p>The advisor may: train field personnel, align engineers with new workflows, develop SOPs, create operating models, demonstrate ROI - in many oilfields, the technical challenge is easier than changing field behavior.</p>
<h4>Typical skills required</h4>
<p><strong>Upstream domain knowledge</strong><br>
Understanding of operations & maintenance, asset information management, surface facilities.</p>
<p><strong>Digital & technical skills</strong><br>
Knowledge of SCADA, industrial IoT, CMMS, eDMS, data platforms, cloud architecture, analytics, cybersecurity, automation systems.</p>
<p><strong>Project & consulting skills</strong><br>
Stakeholder management, business case development, agile/project delivery, vendor coordination, communication with executives and field teams.</p>
<p>Digital oilfield advisor connects operations + digital + business value.<br>
Supports implementation.<br>
Coordinates technical teams.<br>
Manages specific workstreams.</p></p><p></p>
Iraq - Basra
<p>Madarek Engineering Group is seeking a highly experienced and technically strong Senior Electrical Project Manager with a solid EPC background and a proven track record in managing large-scale, technically complex projects. The successful candidate will take full ownership of the electrical scope from engineering and procurement through construction, testing & commissioning, and final handover, with responsibility for programme, cost, quality, resources, and overall project delivery. Key Responsibilities Lead the complete electrical scope from engineering and procurement through construction, testing & commissioning, and handover. Take ownership of project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, cost control, progress, and overall project performance. Develop, maintain, and control project programmes using Primavera P6, including baselines, critical path, resource planning, look-ahead schedules, progress updates, delay analysis, and recovery programmes. Provide technical leadership for MV/LV distribution, transformers, generators, UPS, ATS, switchgear, power distribution, lighting, ELV systems, earthing, and lightning protection. Coordinate electrical interfaces with mechanical, architectural, civil, ICT/ELV, and specialist systems, resolving technical issues before they affect execution. Manage the engineering-to-procurement interface, including BOQs, specifications, technical evaluations, material submittals, vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors. Monitor long-lead equipment through technical approval, manufacturing, delivery, installation, and commissioning. Lead site execution, subcontractors, resources, quality, inspections, and multidisciplinary coordination. Lead testing & commissioning, system integration, snagging, and final handover. Coordinate directly with clients, consultants, vendors, subcontractors, and internal project teams. Identify technical, programme, procurement, contractual, and execution risks early and implement practical corrective and recovery measures.</p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p>Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years as a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager on major projects. Proven experience in large-scale EPC, MEP, hospitality, commercial, industrial, or infrastructure projects. Proven track record of managing projects end-to-end, from engineering and procurement through execution, testing & commissioning, and handover. Excellent hands-on technical knowledge of electrical power and building systems. Advanced hands-on proficiency in Primavera P6, including baseline development, critical path analysis, resource planning, progress monitoring, delay analysis, and recovery planning. Solid experience in project planning, cost control, procurement, subcontract management, construction methodology, and project sequencing. Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams, specialist subcontractors, and major equipment packages, with strong decision-making, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. Good understanding of contracts, variations, delays, project reporting, and claims-related documentation. Excellent command of English. Preferred Qualifications PMP or equivalent certification, with practical application of PMI methodologies. Previous project experience in the GCC. What We Offer Competitive package including accommodation, flights, and residency support.</p>
Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Belong, connect, grow, with KBR!</h4>
<p>The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.</p>
<p>KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.</p>
<h4>Job purpose</h4>
<p>The IT HCS & VMware Platform Supervisor is responsible for supervising the operation, administration, governance, and continuous improvement of the Huawei Cloud Stack (HCS) platform and related private or hybrid cloud services across the IT data center environment.</p>
<p>The role leads HCS platform support activities to ensure secure, available, scalable, and recoverable cloud services, while coordinating with infrastructure, network, security, application, vendor, and service management teams to meet business continuity and operational requirements.</p>
<h4>Duties and responsibilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supervise daily administration of Huawei Cloud Stack services including ManageOne, FusionCompute, resource pools, projects or tenants, compute, storage, virtual networking, identity and access, monitoring, and platform health.</li>
<li>Lead and guide platform engineers and support teams in incident handling, service requests, change implementation, preventive maintenance, lifecycle upgrades, and compliance with approved procedures.</li>
<li>Monitor HCS capacity, utilization, performance, availability, licensing, quotas, and service levels; prepare forecasts and implement optimization plans for efficient resource usage.</li>
<li>Oversee integration of HCS with VMware platforms, enterprise storage, SAN or NAS connectivity, backup systems, Active Directory, DNS, networking, security, monitoring, and IT service management tools.</li>
<li>Ensure backup, replication, snapshot, restore, and disaster recovery processes are properly configured and tested; coordinate recovery exercises against approved RPO and RTO targets.</li>
<li>Review and approve technical change plans, method statements, risk assessments, rollback plans, patching activities, configuration baselines, and security hardening requirements.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot and supervise resolution of complex platform incidents by analyzing logs, alerts, performance data, and root causes; coordinate corrective actions with Huawei, vendors, and internal teams.</li>
<li>Maintain platform documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, asset records, KPI reports, and continuous improvement actions; promote automation using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, APIs, or approved orchestration tools.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Qualifications, training & certifications</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related discipline.</li>
<li>At least one current professional certification in cloud computing, virtualization, systems infrastructure, storage, backup, or IT service management is required.</li>
<li>Huawei HCIP-Cloud Computing, HCIP-Cloud Service, or equivalent Huawei Cloud Stack professional certification is strongly preferred; HCIE-Cloud Computing is an advantage.</li>
<li>Huawei Cloud Stack administration, ManageOne, FusionCompute, FusionStorage, or HCS operations training is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>VMware Certified Professional - VCF Administrator, VVF Administrator, or Data Center Virtualization certification is preferred.</li>
<li>Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305 path) is an advantage for hybrid cloud responsibilities.</li>
<li>Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or equivalent networking certification is preferred.</li>
<li>ITIL Foundation (current version) is preferred; service management, change management, or project coordination training is an advantage.</li>
<li>Veeam Certified Engineer Plus (VMCE+) or an equivalent enterprise backup and recovery certification is an advantage.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of HCS operations, virtualization, storage, backup, disaster recovery, Windows and Linux systems, networking, security, monitoring, and automation scripting.</li>
<li>Strong leadership, professional communication, analytical troubleshooting, technical reporting, architecture documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Experience</h4>
<ul>
<li>7-10 years of professional experience in cloud, virtualization, systems, data center, or enterprise infrastructure operations.</li>
<li>Minimum 4-6 years of hands-on experience with Huawei Cloud Stack, ManageOne, FusionCompute, VMware, enterprise storage, backup, replication, and disaster recovery operations, including at least 2-3 years in a lead or supervisory role.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Language proficiency, computer and software skills</h4>
<p>Core platforms and tools:</p>
<ul>
<li>Huawei Cloud Stack, ManageOne, FusionCompute, FusionStorage, and HCS monitoring tools</li>
<li>VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, VCF or VVF, templates, clusters, HA and DRS</li>
<li>SAN/NAS storage, backup and replication tools, PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, APIs, monitoring platforms, and ITSM ticketing tools</li>
<li>English - upper intermediate or above (verbal and written)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Skills</h4>
<ul>
<li>Strong leadership and supervisory capability across HCS platform operations, incident response, change delivery, vendor coordination, and team workload management.</li>
<li>Advanced troubleshooting across HCS, virtualization, storage, backup, networking, security, and infrastructure services, with strong availability and risk awareness.</li>
<li>Ability to manage incidents, problems, changes, risks, capacity, lifecycle activities, audit findings, and service improvement plans within agreed service levels.</li>
<li>Strong documentation, reporting, automation, governance, and communication skills with readiness to support critical incidents, migrations, upgrades, and recovery activities.</li>
</ul></p><p></p>
Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Belong, connect, grow, with KBR!</h4>
<p>The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.</p>
<p>KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.</p>
<h4>Job purpose</h4>
<p>The IT HCS & VMware Platform Supervisor is responsible for supervising the operation, administration, governance, and continuous improvement of the Huawei Cloud Stack (HCS) platform and related private or hybrid cloud services across the IT data center environment.</p>
<p>The role leads HCS platform support activities to ensure secure, available, scalable, and recoverable cloud services, while coordinating with infrastructure, network, security, application, vendor, and service management teams to meet business continuity and operational requirements.</p>
<h4>Duties and responsibilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supervise daily administration of Huawei Cloud Stack services including ManageOne, FusionCompute, resource pools, projects or tenants, compute, storage, virtual networking, identity and access, monitoring, and platform health.</li>
<li>Lead and guide platform engineers and support teams in incident handling, service requests, change implementation, preventive maintenance, lifecycle upgrades, and compliance with approved procedures.</li>
<li>Monitor HCS capacity, utilization, performance, availability, licensing, quotas, and service levels; prepare forecasts and implement optimization plans for efficient resource usage.</li>
<li>Oversee integration of HCS with VMware platforms, enterprise storage, SAN or NAS connectivity, backup systems, Active Directory, DNS, networking, security, monitoring, and IT service management tools.</li>
<li>Ensure backup, replication, snapshot, restore, and disaster recovery processes are properly configured and tested; coordinate recovery exercises against approved RPO and RTO targets.</li>
<li>Review and approve technical change plans, method statements, risk assessments, rollback plans, patching activities, configuration baselines, and security hardening requirements.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot and supervise resolution of complex platform incidents by analyzing logs, alerts, performance data, and root causes; coordinate corrective actions with Huawei, vendors, and internal teams.</li>
<li>Maintain platform documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, asset records, KPI reports, and continuous improvement actions; promote automation using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, APIs, or approved orchestration tools.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Qualifications, training & certifications</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related discipline.</li>
<li>At least one current professional certification in cloud computing, virtualization, systems infrastructure, storage, backup, or IT service management is required.</li>
<li>Huawei HCIP-Cloud Computing, HCIP-Cloud Service, or equivalent Huawei Cloud Stack professional certification is strongly preferred; HCIE-Cloud Computing is an advantage.</li>
<li>Huawei Cloud Stack administration, ManageOne, FusionCompute, FusionStorage, or HCS operations training is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>VMware Certified Professional - VCF Administrator, VVF Administrator, or Data Center Virtualization certification is preferred.</li>
<li>Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305 path) is an advantage for hybrid cloud responsibilities.</li>
<li>Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or equivalent networking certification is preferred.</li>
<li>ITIL Foundation (current version) is preferred; service management, change management, or project coordination training is an advantage.</li>
<li>Veeam Certified Engineer Plus (VMCE+) or an equivalent enterprise backup and recovery certification is an advantage.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of HCS operations, virtualization, storage, backup, disaster recovery, Windows and Linux systems, networking, security, monitoring, and automation scripting.</li>
<li>Strong leadership, professional communication, analytical troubleshooting, technical reporting, architecture documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Experience</h4>
<ul>
<li>7-10 years of professional experience in cloud, virtualization, systems, data center, or enterprise infrastructure operations.</li>
<li>Minimum 4-6 years of hands-on experience with Huawei Cloud Stack, ManageOne, FusionCompute, VMware, enterprise storage, backup, replication, and disaster recovery operations, including at least 2-3 years in a lead or supervisory role.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Language proficiency, computer and software skills</h4>
<p>Core platforms and tools:</p>
<ul>
<li>Huawei Cloud Stack, ManageOne, FusionCompute, FusionStorage, and HCS monitoring tools</li>
<li>VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, VCF or VVF, templates, clusters, HA and DRS</li>
<li>SAN/NAS storage, backup and replication tools, PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, APIs, monitoring platforms, and ITSM ticketing tools</li>
<li>English - upper intermediate or above (verbal and written)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Skills</h4>
<ul>
<li>Strong leadership and supervisory capability across HCS platform operations, incident response, change delivery, vendor coordination, and team workload management.</li>
<li>Advanced troubleshooting across HCS, virtualization, storage, backup, networking, security, and infrastructure services, with strong availability and risk awareness.</li>
<li>Ability to manage incidents, problems, changes, risks, capacity, lifecycle activities, audit findings, and service improvement plans within agreed service levels.</li>
<li>Strong documentation, reporting, automation, governance, and communication skills with readiness to support critical incidents, migrations, upgrades, and recovery activities.</li>
</ul></p><p></p>
Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Belong, connect, grow, with KBR!</h4>
<p>The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.</p>
<p>KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.</p>
<h4>Position status</h4>
<p>Local</p>
<h4>Position reports to</h4>
<p>IT DC Manager</p>
<h4>Department</h4>
<p>IT</p>
<h4>Rotation pattern</h4>
<p>14/14</p>
<h4>Job purpose</h4>
<p>The Datacenter, Cloud & NetBackup Supervisor is responsible for supervising, administering, supporting, and optimizing data center infrastructure, private and hybrid cloud services, systems platforms, virtualization, enterprise storage, Veritas NetBackup, replication, and disaster recovery services.</p>
<p>The role ensures that data center, cloud, systems, and backup services remain secure, available, scalable, recoverable, and compliant with business continuity requirements, while leading operational improvements, technical documentation, and coordination with vendors and internal teams.</p>
<h4>Duties and responsibilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supervise daily data center operations, including servers, racks, power and UPS coordination, cooling, hardware health, asset lifecycle, monitoring, and infrastructure availability.</li>
<li>Administer and support Huawei Cloud Stack services, ManageOne, FusionCompute, resource pools, tenants or projects, compute, storage, virtual networking, identity and access, and platform health.</li>
<li>Manage VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, clusters, templates, high availability, DRS, lifecycle updates, and virtual machine provisioning or decommissioning.</li>
<li>Administer Windows Server and Linux systems, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, patching, hardening, file services, and integration with monitoring and service management platforms.</li>
<li>Manage Veritas NetBackup operations, including master and media servers, clients or agents, policies, schedules, storage units, retention, catalog protection, backup job monitoring, and failure resolution.</li>
<li>Administer enterprise storage platforms, SAN or NAS connectivity, datastores, multipathing, allocation, performance, capacity planning, and integration with virtualization and backup services.</li>
<li>Lead backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery activities; conduct scheduled recovery tests against approved RPO and RTO targets and maintain evidence of successful recoverability.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents, analyze logs and alerts, perform root-cause analysis, coordinate corrective actions, manage changes, and maintain complete technical documentation and SOPs.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Qualifications, training & certifications</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related discipline.</li>
<li>At least one current professional certification in data center, cloud, virtualization, systems, storage, or enterprise backup technologies is required.</li>
<li>Veritas NetBackup certification or equivalent enterprise backup and recovery certification is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>Huawei HCIA-Cloud Computing or HCIP-Cloud Computing, together with Huawei Cloud Stack training, is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>VMware Certified Professional - VCF Administrator or VVF Administrator is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate or Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) is preferred for systems and hybrid cloud responsibilities.</li>
<li>Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or equivalent networking certification is preferred.</li>
<li>ITIL Foundation (current version) is preferred.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of data center operations, virtualization, storage, NetBackup, DR, Windows and Linux systems, networking, security, and scripting.</li>
<li>Strong professional communication, analytical troubleshooting, technical leadership, architecture documentation, and reporting skills.</li>
<li>Ability to supervise engineers and technicians, prioritize operational work, support critical incidents, and coordinate effectively with vendors and internal stakeholders.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Experience</h4>
<ul>
<li>7-10 years of professional experience in data center, cloud, virtualization, systems, enterprise backup, or infrastructure operations roles, including hands-on administration and support responsibilities.</li>
<li>Minimum 4-6 years of hands-on experience with Huawei Cloud Stack, VMware, Windows or Linux systems, enterprise storage, Veritas NetBackup, replication, restore, and disaster recovery operations; supervisory or lead experience is preferred.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Language proficiency, computer and software skills</h4>
<p><strong>Core platforms and tools:</strong><br>
Huawei Cloud Stack, ManageOne, FusionCompute, VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, VCF or VVF<br>
Veritas NetBackup, Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, SAN/NAS storage, replication, and DR tools<br>
PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, monitoring tools, ITSM platforms, backup reporting, capacity and performance dashboards<br>
English - upper intermediate or above (verbal and written)</p>
<h4>Skills</h4>
<ul>
<li>Strong supervisory capability across data center, cloud, systems, virtualization, storage, and backup services, with strong availability, recoverability, and security awareness.</li>
<li>Ability to manage incidents, problems, changes, risks, capacity, lifecycle activities, and service improvement actions within agreed service levels.</li>
<li>Advanced troubleshooting and recovery mindset, with practical experience in backup validation, restore testing, platform health checks, and operational risk reduction.</li>
<li>Strong organization, documentation, reporting, vendor coordination, and readiness to support critical incidents, migrations, upgrades, and disaster recovery activities.</li>
</ul></p><p></p>
Iraq - Basra
<p><h4>Belong, connect, grow, with KBR!</h4>
<p>The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.</p>
<p>KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.</p>
<h4>Position status</h4>
<p>Local</p>
<h4>Position reports to</h4>
<p>IT DC Manager</p>
<h4>Department</h4>
<p>IT</p>
<h4>Rotation pattern</h4>
<p>14/14</p>
<h4>Job purpose</h4>
<p>The Datacenter, Cloud & NetBackup Supervisor is responsible for supervising, administering, supporting, and optimizing data center infrastructure, private and hybrid cloud services, systems platforms, virtualization, enterprise storage, Veritas NetBackup, replication, and disaster recovery services.</p>
<p>The role ensures that data center, cloud, systems, and backup services remain secure, available, scalable, recoverable, and compliant with business continuity requirements, while leading operational improvements, technical documentation, and coordination with vendors and internal teams.</p>
<h4>Duties and responsibilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supervise daily data center operations, including servers, racks, power and UPS coordination, cooling, hardware health, asset lifecycle, monitoring, and infrastructure availability.</li>
<li>Administer and support Huawei Cloud Stack services, ManageOne, FusionCompute, resource pools, tenants or projects, compute, storage, virtual networking, identity and access, and platform health.</li>
<li>Manage VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, clusters, templates, high availability, DRS, lifecycle updates, and virtual machine provisioning or decommissioning.</li>
<li>Administer Windows Server and Linux systems, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, patching, hardening, file services, and integration with monitoring and service management platforms.</li>
<li>Manage Veritas NetBackup operations, including master and media servers, clients or agents, policies, schedules, storage units, retention, catalog protection, backup job monitoring, and failure resolution.</li>
<li>Administer enterprise storage platforms, SAN or NAS connectivity, datastores, multipathing, allocation, performance, capacity planning, and integration with virtualization and backup services.</li>
<li>Lead backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery activities; conduct scheduled recovery tests against approved RPO and RTO targets and maintain evidence of successful recoverability.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents, analyze logs and alerts, perform root-cause analysis, coordinate corrective actions, manage changes, and maintain complete technical documentation and SOPs.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Qualifications, training & certifications</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related discipline.</li>
<li>At least one current professional certification in data center, cloud, virtualization, systems, storage, or enterprise backup technologies is required.</li>
<li>Veritas NetBackup certification or equivalent enterprise backup and recovery certification is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>Huawei HCIA-Cloud Computing or HCIP-Cloud Computing, together with Huawei Cloud Stack training, is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>VMware Certified Professional - VCF Administrator or VVF Administrator is strongly preferred.</li>
<li>Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate or Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) is preferred for systems and hybrid cloud responsibilities.</li>
<li>Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or equivalent networking certification is preferred.</li>
<li>ITIL Foundation (current version) is preferred.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of data center operations, virtualization, storage, NetBackup, DR, Windows and Linux systems, networking, security, and scripting.</li>
<li>Strong professional communication, analytical troubleshooting, technical leadership, architecture documentation, and reporting skills.</li>
<li>Ability to supervise engineers and technicians, prioritize operational work, support critical incidents, and coordinate effectively with vendors and internal stakeholders.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Experience</h4>
<ul>
<li>7-10 years of professional experience in data center, cloud, virtualization, systems, enterprise backup, or infrastructure operations roles, including hands-on administration and support responsibilities.</li>
<li>Minimum 4-6 years of hands-on experience with Huawei Cloud Stack, VMware, Windows or Linux systems, enterprise storage, Veritas NetBackup, replication, restore, and disaster recovery operations; supervisory or lead experience is preferred.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Language proficiency, computer and software skills</h4>
<p><strong>Core platforms and tools:</strong><br>
Huawei Cloud Stack, ManageOne, FusionCompute, VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, VCF or VVF<br>
Veritas NetBackup, Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, SAN/NAS storage, replication, and DR tools<br>
PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, monitoring tools, ITSM platforms, backup reporting, capacity and performance dashboards<br>
English - upper intermediate or above (verbal and written)</p>
<h4>Skills</h4>
<ul>
<li>Strong supervisory capability across data center, cloud, systems, virtualization, storage, and backup services, with strong availability, recoverability, and security awareness.</li>
<li>Ability to manage incidents, problems, changes, risks, capacity, lifecycle activities, and service improvement actions within agreed service levels.</li>
<li>Advanced troubleshooting and recovery mindset, with practical experience in backup validation, restore testing, platform health checks, and operational risk reduction.</li>
<li>Strong organization, documentation, reporting, vendor coordination, and readiness to support critical incidents, migrations, upgrades, and disaster recovery activities.</li>
</ul></p><p></p>