IT and Infrastructure Lead (Satellite Manufacturing)

Location: On-site in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Company

Orbitworks operates a growing satellite manufacturing business supported by engineering, industrial operations and business teams.

What you will do

• Own and troubleshoot networks, firewalls, VPNs, virtualized environments, multi-internet connectivity and WAN failover.
• Manage backups across virtual machines, Google Workspace, Dropbox and onsite storage, including offsite and immutable copies.
• Run restore drills, isolated cyber recovery tests and quarterly business continuity exercises; document results and close gaps.
• Maintain emergency-site readiness, infrastructure resilience and continuity access while coordinating IT power resilience with Facilities.
• Strengthen access controls, MFA and endpoint security with external security partners and address assessment findings.
• Provide hands-on support for users, laptops, mobile devices, MDM, meeting-room AV, labs, manufacturing areas and cleanrooms; manage vendors, documentation, audits and infrastructure improvements.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of IT experience, including 2 years owning infrastructure as the primary or sole administrator.
• Hands-on experience with backup, disaster recovery and restore testing.
• Strong corporate networking skills across LAN/WAN, VPNs, firewalls and multi-WAN failover.
• Practical experience administering Google Workspace.
• Experience with single sign-on, mobile device management and access controls across Mac and Windows environments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to prioritize and resolve issues independently.
• Clear written communication and the ability to produce technical documentation and explain risks, progress and recovery readiness to business leaders.

Nice to have

• Experience with Cisco Meraki and Synology, including high-availability storage and Active Backup.
• Exposure to business continuity programmes or ISO 22301.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, laboratory or cleanroom environments.
• Linux desktop and virtualization experience.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.

Culture & Benefits

• Own a critical IT function as an individual contributor with support from external technology and security partners.
• Work closely with engineering, industrial operations and business teams in a growing satellite manufacturing environment.
• Balance daily hands-on support with longer-term infrastructure, security and continuity improvements.
• Opportunity to develop toward broader IT and security leadership and help build the future IT team.