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    Manager, Cyber Transformation and Strategy | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    At EY, you will have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. The opportunity EY is on the lookout for Cyber Security Manager – Strategy & Transformation. This role will be based in Kuwait. The role plays a key part in execution of strategic initiatives under Cybersecurity (CS) Priorities. The role executes (plan, design/development and deploy) strategic, complex cross-functional initiatives across the business. Expectation would be to develop execution plans, drive actions, resolve issues, identify dependencies, and manage stakeholders to produce intended results on initiatives and programs. Your key responsibilities – Lead, manage and execute large, strategic initiatives under CS Priorities portfolio, working with Leadership stakeholders. – Foster, develop and build high-impact relationships with decision makers/influencers within EY organization and with user stakeholders by understanding their evolving needs, expectations, perceptions, and key business imperatives. – Collaborate with reporting/business analytics function to evaluate business KPIs and generate insightful approaches to progress successful implementation of programs and initiatives. Support the business leader in understanding the program KPIs and user stakeholder KPIs. – Will be involved in developing business portfolio of strategic opportunities in the account-including identifying and closing new business to promote growth and boost revenue. – Guide and support various workstream leaders in developing respective workstream approaches, implementation plans and key success measures – Work with a diverse set of functional teams (Finance, IT, Risk, Communications, Talent etc..) – Navigate the program by coordinating various other business teams (service delivery teams) ensuring alignment with overall program objectives – Learn various systems (technological and others) within EY, and create expertise in the understanding of business so that execution can be effective and efficient – Provide strategic and impactful solutions to problems and challenges that may arise time to time

    Skills and attributes for success – Flair for troubleshooting operational issues and finding creative solutions to drive the program forward. – Excellent analytical skills to evaluate business issues/challenges with a view to supporting the right decision-making process. – Ability to use a strategic, solution-oriented approach to creating interest in the proposed program value proposition with senior level executives. – Should be able to conceptualize/visualize business solution and deliver customized presentation, business collaterals articulating progressive value proposition to the executive level audiences and follow up with the leaders. – Strategic thinker; ability to look at the bigger picture and who can partner with key stakeholders to drive the direction of the business. – Strong relationship management and team orientation skills; ability to lead, execute gravitas and influence others in a cross-functional environment. – Must possess excellent listening, oral, written, presentation, communication and negotiating skills. – Strong project management skills facilitating culturally diverse teams across service lines and functions. – Ability to function in a rapidly changing, heavily matrixed and often virtual environment. – Ability to prioritize, drive and adapt to change quickly in a fast-paced environment. – Culturally sensitive, capable of handling interactions with a global mindset. – A future thinking professional with the ability to lead strategic initiatives leveraging consulting skills, enabled by expertise in Project and Change Management. Qualifications – MBA, degree in computer science, computer engineer or cybersecurity relevant advanced degree from a top educational institution Experience: – 5-7+ years for Manager – Certification Requirements: CISA, CISM, CRISC, NIST, CISSP or equivalent What we look for – Ability to work and deliver as part of a world class team, and flexibility to take on impactful roles in multiple initiatives What we offer We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer: – Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. – Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. – Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. – Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build. EY | Building a better working world EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

    EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

    EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available on our site.

    The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region More

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    Kony UI and Middleware Consultant | Qatar Project Management (QPM)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Design, develop, deploy and integrate mobile app (kony) AND support operational activities.To make sure integrated services on mobile apps are available to the customers such as AFC (Automate Fare Collection), Payment Gateway etc. and fix issues if and when occurs.To support operational activities 24/7 (shift) and enhance customer satisfaction. Ad-hoc developments and enhancement of mobile app.Experience migration and update.To support the business requirements for the provision of internal applications management servicesMultitasking skills with the ability to priorities workKony UI designing, development and web service integration. Solve problems creatively and effectivelyWork in an Agile/Scrum development processFamiliarization with each stage of the software lifecycle, including but not limited to user studies, feasibility, estimation, design, implementation, integration, test and acceptanceWork within a team and have a dedicated approach to working within and meeting strict deadlines.Work both independently and, in a team, -oriented collaborative environment

    University Degree in IT (Such as BCA/MCA/BS/MS in Computer science)Overall 8+ years, relevant experience 6+ years. We are looking for anexperienced candidate who can development and manage and manageExperience:mobile app. The ideal candidate should be mature, problem solver, energeticwith exposure to writing dynamic/optimized code and integrate APIs. Must bewell versed with best practices in coding and documentationSkills:Languages: C#, SQLPlatform: Kony Studio: Web Technologies: Kony Mobile App Development Framework, Android &iOS, Java, HTML5, JavaScript, CSSWeb Services: Web APIDatabases: SQL Server 2016

    Qatar Project Management (QPM) is an independent subsidiary of Barwa Real Estate Development Company that provides expertise in Project Management, Design Management, Construction Management, and Contract Administration together with other associated Project Management functions. Established in 2008, QPM is centralized platform for provision of Project Management services to Barwa and Qatari Diar as well as local and international markets. QPM provides these services through an in-house team of highly-skilled, motivated, and qualified professionals supported by state-of-the-art information technology and highly-effective Project Management systems. More

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    Senior Automation Engineer | Adecco

    Employment:

    Contract

    10+ years in specialist fieldImplementing automation in Azure cloud environment and integration with the build pipelineConfident with C# and/or other modern languagesDesigned, implemented and developed automation frameworks from scratch using Page Object framework, Data Driven, TDD and BDD automation frameworks.Automation frameworks that support test development across any of API ,Web, MobileAPI-centric software architectures e.g. Micro ServicesPlan, Design, Build and maintenance of complex Test automation frameworks.TDD/ BDD experience e.g. SpecFlow & CucumberAPI testing tool such as SoapUI, Postman.Expertise in selenium webdriver browser automation using C#Familiar with protocols such as SOAP/REST and object notations such as JSON and XMLSource control using GITKnowledge of Azure storage blobsCI/CD (Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment) in azure environmentModern test case management software such as TestRail and JIRASound knowledge in test case implementation and execution and test result analysis and defect tracking. Strong in Software Development Life Cycle, Testing Life Cycle and Test MethodologiesHands on experience in writing SQL queries with joins Knowledge of Performance testing will be a plusFamiliar with event hubs , message bus and brokersoWASP Security Principles

    8+ years of experience in Automation testing5+ years of experience in Selenium web driver5+ years of experience in C#4+ years of experience in Azure cloud.Knowledge in oWASP Principles.Strong Experience in Cucumber, Postman, SOAP UI.Designed, implemented and developed automation frameworks from scratch using Page Object framework, Data Driven, TDD and BDD automation frameworks.

    The Adecco Group is the world’s leading talent advisory and solutions company. We proudly make a difference in the working lives of 3.5 million people every year. Our culture is entrepreneurial and inclusive, and we are united by our passion for making a difference in the world of work. We work with over 100,000 organizations in 60 countries, enabling their success. We have 35,000 people working with us across more than 60 countries and territories.

    Adecco has been rapidly growing in the Middle East since 2008, developing a substantial footprint throughout the region. We work across 250 different clients, Adecco has more than 62 full time employees, working in 4 offices, servicing all countries across the GCC region. We offer Temporary Staffing, Permanent Placement, Executive Search, Assessments, Visa And Payroll, Outsourcing, PRO Solutions customised as per client requirements. Adecco Middle East Head Office is based in Dubai with a branch at Abu Dhabi. More

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    HR Business Partner | Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Commercial Bank of Dubai is undergoing a process of rapid organizational change in order to maintain its position as one of the leading relationship banks in the highly competitive UAE banking sector.As Human Resources Business Partner you will primarily be providing a HR consultancy service to allocated business areas of the Bank and its customers to ensure the delivery of HR solutions.You will be assisting key decisions across HR activities pertaining to internal moves, assignment changes, reward recommendations, promotion recommendations, project management and employee relations cases.To provide some context you will be responsible for an employee base of around 400 across assigned Groups as well as the management of staff costs for assigned business Groups ranging between approximately 90m and 180m AED.Further duties include but are not limited to: • Acts as strategic and trusted HR Business Partner to an assigned Groups(s) by providing HR advice and support• Communicates and leads people plans and report progress against the plans to the Head of HR Business Partners, HR specialists and Business Units as required• Provides HR consultancy support, which takes into account both local business requirements and relevant internal HR factors, ensuring the effective delivery of HR solutions and services to the business• Develops and maintains effective relationships with business areas for the obtaining / exchanging of information and to identify current and future HR related requirements• Assesses the HR service requirements for the business and procure the provision of such from the relevant Specialist HR areas as appropriate• Delivers the annual calendar of activity to assigned Group(s) around manpower planning / recruitment, appraisals / calibration reviews, learning & development / training needs analysis, promotion and increments, bonus and talent management exercises• Implements HR Policies within areas of responsibilities and demonstrate understanding of business priorities and opportunities for HR contribution. Make recommendations for policy and process changes based on business feedback• Influences the business/clients in adopting best HR practice and support them in the effective management of people to maximise their individual and collective contribution• Contributes toward assigned Groups business plans and offers support in relation to HR issues identified as a result of organisational change• Identifies HR management information requirements for the business, procuring provision and subsequently undertaking analyses in order to identify issues and recommend solutions.• Monitors the effectiveness of HR services delivered, providing feedback on the quality of service accordingly• Provides support / manage HR projects as required as well as lead people work streams of business projects• Manages staff costs for assigned business areas to ensure that organizational structures are fit for purpose and annual budgets are met.• Drives change by supporting business in Organization Design Reviews ensuring that structures are efficient• Provides operational advice and support to the business as required – be a key point of contact for all operational queries, redirect as required, and escalate to the Head of HR Business Partners if necessary• Plays a key role in communicating organizational messages and monitoring feedback within the business units• Communicates and ensures compliance with HR policies, procedures and SLA’s across the business• Acts as a champion of the Banks CODE Values and provide advice to the businesses you support to ensure they are compliant when dealing with people related matters aligned with the Banks culture

    Requirements• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.• Strong standard of written and spoken English. Arabic language skills preferable• Professionally qualified to Associate or Chartered level CIPD (UK)• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in HR. Previous experience in the same / similar role managing relationships and with business experience• Understanding of all areas of HR at a generic level• Investigating / Employee Relations• Coaching managers• Performance Management• Recruitment• Organizational DevelopmentJob Evaluation• Organizational awareness & strong business acumen• Change Management• Attention to Detail• Influencing• Using information effectively• Managing the Customer Relationship• Facilitation• Tenacity

    In 1969, when we at Commercial Bank of Dubai started out little did we know that sheer grit and determination would get us where we are today. An Emiri Decree issued by His Highness the Late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the founder of modern Dubai, laid the cornerstone of Commercial Bank of Dubai. We started out as a joint venture of Commerzbank, Chase Manhattan Bank and Commercial Bank of Kuwait. A minority stake was held by a few UAE businessmen.

    By 1982, little more than a decade later, we evolved into a National Public Shareholding company. A feat complimented by an exponential increase in the capital base and mammoth restructuring of our operations. The feather in the cap came when the Government of Dubai became a key shareholder.

    Over the decades, we have transformed ourselves into a progressive and modern banking institution. We are supported by a sturdy financial base and reigned by a strong and stable management. The proof of which lies with our customers who have stood by us over the years. More

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    Relationship Manager / Company formation specialist | A Leading Consulting, Advisory & Management Solutions Firm In The UAE

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Responsible for working with clients and their advisors from all over the word, in selecting and structuring their holdings in our areas of operation, and coordinating the incorporation process with the jurisdictional authorities.• Assisting clients in choosing the most suitable business environment within jurisdictions in UAE, and subsequently supporting clients with administrative work and application process.• Conducting meetings with the local banks to understand the regulations, requirements and procedures for bank account opening, and also to understand the offerings of each bank.• Assisting clients with bank account facilitation (corporate and personal) with commercial and investment banks in UAE, and internationally.• Constantly developing and managing the strategies used to deliver and maintain strong client experiences, and ensure that excellent client services are being delivered at all times. • Assisting clients with ongoing maintenance of company, including visa arrangements, coordinating with our associates to arrange accounting and auditing, and other bespoke services.• Undertaking business development campaigns across Middle Eastern, European, African, and Asian markets to develop B2B relationships with accountants, lawyers, and wealth managers.• Religiously follow up on business development campaigns and proposals to potential clients, to bring prospect to fruition. • Identify sales leads, pitch goods or services to new clients and associates, and maintain a good working relationship with new contacts. • Assisting with the development of marketing literature and business development campaigns.• Responsible for managing her/his client portfolio and addressing all of her/his client’s needs in relation to our services.

    The ability to carefully listen to the client, understand their problems and associate those problems with the firm’s products and services. • A deep understanding of structuring companies across jurisdictions (e.g. free zones, offshore, LLC) or the ability to learn quickly. This is the basis of the job.• Ability to process information and be able to present in a simple format in order to be understood by clients with potentially little knowledge on the subject matter.• Strong passion and experience in sales and business development. • Ability to cross sell and upsell the firms’ other products services • Good organizational and project management skills.• Good client relationship skills with a lot of patience and grace.• Client oriented, experienced dealing and interacting with clients face to face, via email and over the phone.• Good communication skills (both written and verbal). Essential• Must have Bachelor degree in Finance, Commerce, Business, Accounting, Legal, Paralegal or similar.• Excellent command of the English language both verbally and written, especially in business writing. • Candidates with Corporate Services experience will be given preference. Desirable• Additional languages are highly valued especially Russian.

    A leading consulting, advisory and management solutions firm in the UAE. More

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    Senior Relationship Manager, Emerging Corporates | Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Purpose:The job holder is responsible to manage maintenance of Medium Sized (Tier 1) corporate relations, in coordination with Unit Head. Principal Accountabilities:• Maintain & manage an assigned portfolio with existing Business clients to retain & grow their banking relationships in a profitable manner and in line with assigned business growth targets.• Identify, solicit and acquire new Business clients in line with approved corporate strategies for Assets, Liabilities, Trade and Treasury Sales.• Negotiate appropriate credit lines in conformity with the Bank’s underwriting standards and risk adjusted targets after thorough analysis of information necessary for the preparation of a detailed credit proposal.• Making regular visits to clients for both monitoring and business generation purposes. Such visits to be recorded by way of call reports which are to include all pertinent information in a timely manner.• Conduct account planning with Client Service Team Members & cross selling other products & services to Business clients to ensure multi-product relationship and greater Share of wallet. Facilitating other lines of business in exploiting business opportunities through referrals to Wealth/Consumer Banking.• Establish effective & professional communication (both internal and external) to ensure turnaround time within designated parameters and higher client satisfaction levels.• Ensure timely and accurate credit administrations through timely completion of annual reviews and regular monitoring of financials, covenants and other parameters within the review cycle.• Comply with internal audit requirements in line with the policy guidelines, to ensure high standards of uniformity and consistency across the Bank• Keep abreast of developments in the local business environment to spot business opportunities. Contribute to the planning process in order to develop corporate business strategies.• Develop a strong level of local contacts with the local business and financial institutions community.

    Requirements:Education and Experience:• Degree in Economics or Finance or Business Management• 4 – 6 years of experience in Mid-Market with 2-3 years of exposure to Business Banking/Mid-Market in the UAE. Ideally incumbent should have had exposure to one or more emerging markets.• Business acumen and ability to prepare plans and strategies are essential.

    In 1969, when we at Commercial Bank of Dubai started out little did we know that sheer grit and determination would get us where we are today. An Emiri Decree issued by His Highness the Late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the founder of modern Dubai, laid the cornerstone of Commercial Bank of Dubai. We started out as a joint venture of Commerzbank, Chase Manhattan Bank and Commercial Bank of Kuwait. A minority stake was held by a few UAE businessmen.

    By 1982, little more than a decade later, we evolved into a National Public Shareholding company. A feat complimented by an exponential increase in the capital base and mammoth restructuring of our operations. The feather in the cap came when the Government of Dubai became a key shareholder.

    Over the decades, we have transformed ourselves into a progressive and modern banking institution. We are supported by a sturdy financial base and reigned by a strong and stable management. The proof of which lies with our customers who have stood by us over the years. More

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    Cloud Solution Engineer 3 | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    MySQL has a long history of being the most popular database in the world. Helping our customers leverage MySQL in the most secure cloud environment, is what we aim for:The MySQL Business Unit is looking for another Cloud Solution Consultant, that helps our customers understand and use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Focus is on MySQL Database Service, including the analytics engine “HeatWave”. We are looking for an expert in building modern open source based architectures. If you are familiar with typical solutions like MySQL, other databases, including NoSQL databases, if you understand developer needs, are familiar with Kubernetes, Docker, deployment frameworks like Ansible or Terraform, if you feel home in public cloud environments like OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure, if Cloud Native means more to you than just running VMs on a public cloud and/or you have good knowledge on analytics application design and requirements, you should consider leveraging all this by helping some of the biggest companies in EMEA in adopting MySQL and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    Join our team, contribute to growing our business and benefit from growing your profile. English and Arabic language skills are mandatory, additional languages preferred.

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More

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    Principal Systems Support Engineer | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ACS is looking for Systems Engineers skilled and with real experience on Operating System, mainly on Solaris and Linux. The engineer will join the EMEA Expertise Center, a team which centrally delivers proactive and reactive services for any country across EMEA. Advanced Customer Support (ACS) is an organization providing tailored mission critical support services for the full Oracle Product Stack. Advanced Customer Support understands the customer’s needs and helps them to increase availability, improve performance, mitigate risk and save cost. Our competent ACS Engineers have the mission: – To develop and manage the technical relationship with a designated account(s) in order to maximize the value of Advanced Customer Support to the customer,- To develop and maintain trusted relationships with the other Oracle contacts within designated account(s) and relevant third parties, – To act as the technical primary point of contact for Oracle Support and- To safeguard customer satisfaction, and renewal, through quality delivery and added value. RESPONSIBILITIES: – Delivering high quality technical results to ACS Customers; – Ensuring adherence to internal methodology, tools and quality standards; – Identifying required/recommended actions on Customer systems as main output of service delivery, based on own knowledge and experience; – Understanding customer requirements and based on own skills and experience, being able to design the proper architecture using the most appropriate products and design a technical plan to integrate them and implement the technical solution. – Analyzing, troubleshooting and solving whenever feasible, the issues the customer may face using Oracle products. – Escalating at the right time customer issues to Technical Account Manager where relevant; – Active participation on Services development; – Active collaboration with other engineers in the team or in other teams, to share knowledge, experiences and others, which can benefit ACS Business results. TECHNICAL SKILLS: – Solaris Server – Solaris Cluster – Solaris Logical Domains (Architecture and Design) Zones – Oracle Enterprise Linux – ZFS – Valuable skills on Exadata and SuperCluster

    REQUIREMENTS: – University Degree; – Fluent English (French; Spanish or German will be also valued) – Availability to travel and work onsite at customers – Availability to work 24×7 PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES – Adapting to Change – Building Relationships – Business Ethics – Communication – Customer Focus – Personal Drive – Planning & Organising – Problem Solving – Quality Results Orientation – Teamwork – Working Globally – Customer Needs Analysis – Professional &Technical Depth and Credibility – Resource Utilization & Development – Technical Problem Recognition & Resolution

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More