On-Prem Infrastructure

Senior ServiceNow Discovery & CMDB Implementer – ITOM | Abu Dhabi

Job Title: Senior Discovery & CMDB Implementer

Location: Abu Dhabi (Onsite)
Employment Type: Permanent

About Kaptius

Kaptius is a fast-growing ServiceNow Partner delivering enterprise-scale digital transformation programmes across the Middle East. As part of our UAE expansion, we are strengthening our ITOM and CMDB capability to support complex customer environments.

We are looking for a highly capable Senior Discovery & CMDB Implementer to lead the design, configuration, and optimisation of ServiceNow Discovery and CMDB solutions for large enterprise clients.

Role Summary

The Senior Discovery & CMDB Implementer will take ownership of ServiceNow Discovery, Service Mapping, and CMDB governance, ensuring accurate configuration data, strong data integrity, and alignment with CSDM best practice.

You will work closely with architects, ITOM consultants, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to design scalable CMDB models, improve data quality, and enable reliable impact analysis and operational visibility.

This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role suited to someone who combines strong technical capability with structured governance and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead implementation and optimisation of ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping.

  • Design and maintain a scalable, CSDM-aligned CMDB data model.

  • Configure Discovery schedules, patterns, probes, sensors, and MID Servers.

  • Ensure high CMDB data quality, including CI classification, relationships, and lifecycle integrity.

  • Perform CMDB health assessments and implement remediation strategies.

  • Integrate ServiceNow with monitoring, cloud, and infrastructure systems.

  • Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to validate discovered data.

  • Support ITOM capabilities including Event Management and Operational Intelligence.

  • Provide technical documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams.

  • Contribute to governance forums and best-practice standards.

Experience Required

  • Strong hands-on experience implementing ServiceNow Discovery and CMDB in enterprise environments.

  • Proven experience working with CSDM frameworks and CI governance.

  • Experience configuring MID Servers, sensors, patterns, and integrations.

  • Exposure to hybrid and multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, on-prem).

  • Experience working in consulting or partner-led delivery environments.

  • Ability to lead workshops and engage technical stakeholders confidently.

Skills & Capabilities

  • Deep understanding of CMDB architecture, relationships, and reconciliation logic (IRE).

  • Strong technical troubleshooting and performance optimisation skills.

  • Solid understanding of integration technologies (REST, web services).

  • Strong analytical mindset with a focus on data quality and governance.

  • Clear communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Certifications (Preferred)

  • ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)

  • ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist – Discovery / ITOM

  • ITIL certification (advantageous)

Why Join Kaptius

  • Work on complex, high-value enterprise programmes in Abu Dhabi.

  • Join a growing ServiceNow practice in the Middle East.

  • Competitive, tax-free compensation.

  • Opportunity to grow into ITOM Architect or Platform Architect roles.

 

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (VMware, Data Center & DR) – Contract | New York

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (VMware / Data Center / DR) – Contract

📍 Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
🏢 Data Center Access: Edison, NJ (Iron Mountain – approx. monthly visits)
Contract Length: 6–12 months (urgent requirement)
🕒 Engagement Type: Contract
🚨 Start: ASAP

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on a contract basis to support a mission-critical on-prem and data center infrastructure environment. This is an urgent requirement, with the client looking to onboard the right consultant quickly.

The role is heavily focused on VMware administration, physical server management, Cisco infrastructure, and Disaster Recovery, supporting both Production (data center) and DR (on-prem) environments.

This position suits a hands-on senior engineer with 13–15+ years of infrastructure experience, strong ownership mentality, and deep expertise across virtualization, storage, DR, and core Microsoft technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Virtualisation & Compute

  • Administer and manage a large VMware environment, including:

    • Security patching

    • Version upgrades

    • Performance monitoring and optimisation

  • Manage and support physical servers across:

    • Production data center (Iron Mountain – NJ)

    • On-prem Disaster Recovery environment (NY office)

Cisco Infrastructure

  • Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot:

    • Cisco UCS X

    • Cisco UCS Manager

  • Ensure stability, performance, and lifecycle management of compute infrastructure

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

  • Own Disaster Recovery operations, including:

    • Zerto administration

    • Execution of annual DR testing

    • Recovery planning, validation, and reporting

  • Maintain DR readiness across on-prem environments

Storage Management

  • Manage and support storage platforms including:

    • Production: Pure Storage (iSCSI all-flash)

    • DR:

      • 2 × HP MSA all-flash arrays

      • QNAP (primary backup target)

      • DAS

  • Perform storage monitoring, maintenance, and optimisation

Backup, Restore & Patch Management

  • Manage native backup and restore operations

  • Configuration Manager patching and maintenance

  • Ensure data protection best practices are followed

Microsoft & Identity Services

  • Administer Active Directory infrastructure

  • Support Exchange / O365 hybrid environment

    • 2 on-prem Exchange servers (latest version)

SQL Server (Basic Administration)

  • Support SQL Servers hosted on an on-prem cluster:

    • Database maintenance

    • Performance monitoring

    • Indexing, query tuning, and configuration optimisation

End User & Application Platforms

  • Support VDI backend infrastructure:

    • Omnissa Horizon

    • 2 gateways

    • 2 RDS hosts

    • ~150 virtual desktops

  • Support application servers including:

    • Internal business application servers

    • (Exposure to WSO application servers is a plus but not mandatory – training can be provided)

Required Experience & Skills

  • 13–15+ years of hands-on infrastructure engineering experience

  • Deep expertise in VMware administration

  • Strong experience managing physical servers and data center infrastructure

  • Solid hands-on experience with Cisco UCS / UCS Manager

  • Proven experience running DR environments and Zerto

  • Strong storage experience across enterprise storage arrays

  • Working knowledge of:

    • Active Directory

    • Exchange / O365

    • SQL Server administration (support-level)

    • VDI backend platforms

  • Comfortable operating in production-critical environments

  • Able to work independently and take full ownership of infrastructure

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Omnissa Horizon (VDI)

  • Exposure to financial services or regulated environments

  • Experience supporting internally developed or niche application platforms

Work Pattern

  • Primary location: New York office

  • Data center travel: Edison, NJ (typically once per month)

  • Hybrid working with hands-on infrastructure access as required

Why This Role

  • Critical, high-impact infrastructure ownership

  • Senior-level responsibility without unnecessary bureaucracy

  • Immediate need – strong chance of extension for the right consultant

  • Opportunity to stabilise and improve a complex on-prem environment

 

Senior DevOps / Linux Systems Engineer – Top Secret Clearance (Onsite, St. Louis MO)

DevOps / Linux Systems Engineer (Senior) – Top Secret Clearance Required

📍 Location: St. Louis, Missouri (Onsite Only)
🏢 Work Model: 100% Onsite
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
💰 Salary Range: $100,000 – $180,000
🔐 Clearance: Top Secret (CI Poly required upon hire)
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available

About the Role

This is a mission-critical DevOps / Linux Systems Engineering role supporting highly secure, operational cloud and on-premise geospatial systems. You’ll take a technical leadership position within a mission operations team responsible for sustaining and evolving classified environments used by government stakeholders.

This role is ideal for an experienced Linux-focused DevOps Engineer who thrives in secure, high-stakes environments and enjoys owning system reliability, automation, security hardening, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead system changes, upgrades, and continuous improvements across secure on-prem and AWS environments

  • Serve as a technical escalation point, working directly with government and contractor stakeholders

  • Proactively monitor system health and perform advanced diagnostics and remediation

  • Deploy security patches, STIGs, and bug fixes across test and production environments

  • Build, manage, and automate AWS-based Linux systems

  • Maintain and update critical databases and operational datasets

  • Author and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides

  • Respond to security findings and compliance reports with speed and precision

Required Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret Clearance with willingness to sit for a CI Polygraph

  • CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent DoD 8570 certification)

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years relevant experience
    (or Master’s with 6–10 years)

  • Advanced Linux administration experience (RHEL 7+)

  • Strong AWS / cloud automation experience (must-have)

  • Hands-on experience building, patching, and STIG’ing Linux servers

  • Experience with Windows Server administration

  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Highly Desired Skills

  • Ansible playbooks and infrastructure automation

  • AWS automation tooling and scripting

  • Experience with:

    • ArcGIS / ESRI deployments

    • RDS and SQL technologies

    • Apache NiFi

    • Python (including ML-related workflows)

    • Tomcat

  • Familiarity with IC cloud architecture methodologies

  • Team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)

  • AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.)

Ideal Candidate

  • Senior-level Linux Systems Engineer with strong DevOps instincts

  • Proven experience automating AWS infrastructure in secure environments

  • Comfortable owning system lifecycle: build → secure → operate → sustain

  • Detail-oriented, proactive, and confident operating in classified settings

  • Security+ certified and CI Poly-ready

Benefits & Perks

  • 3 weeks paid time off

  • 11 Federal holidays

  • Medical, dental, vision coverage

  • Short & long-term disability

  • Life insurance & AD&D

  • 401(k) with up to 4% match (immediate vesting)

  • End-of-year profit sharing

  • Relocation assistance

  • Ongoing technical training & certifications

Additional Information

  • Security Clearance Required: Yes

  • Visa Sponsorship: Not available

  • Travel: None