HSBC

1 day ago

Data Centre Operations Manager (UAE National) (52811)

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Job Summary

Provide end-to-end leadership for the Middle East DCO control environment and operational governance, acting as the single senior owner for regional control oversight across UAE sites. Own SIMQ obligations, gatekeep critical change, and ensure secure standards-compliant equipment room delivery through refurbishments, relocations, and incident recovery. Maintain backup tape governance, manage access/security changes, coordinate vendors and colocation partners, and report risks and actions while supporting 24/7, multi-site resilience.

Location: Dubai

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Business Operations

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Own end-to-end SIMQ obligations for UAE equipment rooms/data centers, including attestations, site visits, onboarding/decommissioning governance, and remediation closure.
•Gatekeep and challenge RES changes affecting critical environments by ensuring risk assessments, approvals, documentation, and mitigations are complete.
•Deliver secure standards-compliant branch equipment rooms through refurbishments, relocations, and incident recovery (e.g., fire/flood) while maintaining controls.
•Maintain compliant governance of the legacy backup tape estate, including retention, inventory, secure destruction, and two-key controls.
•Manage access/security changes in partnership with Protective Security and Corporate Security and coordinate colocation/vendor relationships to ensure compliance and closure.

Key Requirements

•A graduation degree is essential for obtaining a UAE visa and work permit (including attestations/equivalency if the certificate is outside the UAE).
•Proven experience in critical environment operations and controls (data centers and/or equipment rooms), including physical security, site standards, and asset/inventory governance.
•Strong control management capability, including leading attestations/control testing, maintaining evidence quality, and driving remediation to closure across multiple sites.
•Solid access management governance experience, including approval workflows, periodic recertification, least-privilege principles, and handling exceptions for high-sensitivity locations.
•Hands-on change governance and assurance for facilities/real estate works impacting live critical environments, including risk assessments and gating decisions.

Experience:Data centersCritical environmentsOperational controls

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Stakeholder managementRisk-based decision-makingInfluencingGovernanceWorking under pressure

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

HSBC

Global banking and financial services organisation offering retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, and global markets services across Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.

Industry: Banking

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1865

Glassdoor: 3.6

Website LinkedIn

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HSBC

1 day ago

Data Centre Operations Manager (UAE National) (52811)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Dubai

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Business Operations

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Own end-to-end SIMQ obligations for UAE equipment rooms/data centers, including attestations, site visits, onboarding/decommissioning governance, and remediation closure.
•Gatekeep and challenge RES changes affecting critical environments by ensuring risk assessments, approvals, documentation, and mitigations are complete.
•Deliver secure standards-compliant branch equipment rooms through refurbishments, relocations, and incident recovery (e.g., fire/flood) while maintaining controls.
•Maintain compliant governance of the legacy backup tape estate, including retention, inventory, secure destruction, and two-key controls.
•Manage access/security changes in partnership with Protective Security and Corporate Security and coordinate colocation/vendor relationships to ensure compliance and closure.

Key Requirements

•A graduation degree is essential for obtaining a UAE visa and work permit (including attestations/equivalency if the certificate is outside the UAE).
•Proven experience in critical environment operations and controls (data centers and/or equipment rooms), including physical security, site standards, and asset/inventory governance.
•Strong control management capability, including leading attestations/control testing, maintaining evidence quality, and driving remediation to closure across multiple sites.
•Solid access management governance experience, including approval workflows, periodic recertification, least-privilege principles, and handling exceptions for high-sensitivity locations.
•Hands-on change governance and assurance for facilities/real estate works impacting live critical environments, including risk assessments and gating decisions.

Experience:Data centersCritical environmentsOperational controls

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Stakeholder managementRisk-based decision-makingInfluencingGovernanceWorking under pressure

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

HSBC

Industry: Banking

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1865

Glassdoor: 3.6

Website LinkedIn