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    Infrastructure Specialist – Cloud Platforms Internship | IBM Middle East

    Employment: Full Time

    IntroductionThe infrastructure running industries likes transportation, energy, insurance, banking or healthcare is quickly changing as the world’s relationship with technology evolves. Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. Our Infrastructure Specialists are responsible for keeping up with these latest and greatest of these changes and using their expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our customers and products.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesIT Specialists in this job role will have expertise in managing and operation of IT hardware, software, communications, and/or application solutions, and the resources required to plan for, develop, deliver, and support properly engineered IT services and products to meet the needs of a business. The scope of this job role includes preparation for new or changed services, management of the change process, and maintenance of regulatory, legal, and professional standards, management of performance of systems and services in relation to their contribution to business performance, and management of bought-in services including, for example, public network, virtual private network, and outsourced services. Typical examples of the deliverables are service-level reporting, risk, and contingency planning. IT Specialists who primarily apply their technical skills in an internal or external customer billable services and implementation environment. The employee focuses on individual/team objectives and development of professional effectiveness.

    About Business UnitIBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world’s economy. IBM Services partners with the world’s leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.Your Life at IBMWhat matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.About IBMIBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.Being You at IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.
    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.
    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    IT Project Manager | RTC-1 Employment Services

    Employment: Temporary

    Position Title: IT Project ManagerEmployment Type: Temporary for 6 months to 1 year with permanent placementSalary: depending on experience and qualificationsJob location: Dubai, UAEAbout the Client:The hiring company is one of the leading group of companies in the UAE based in Dubai with successful track records in retail, fashion, hospitality, interior design and real estate industries.Job Role:• Coordinate all IT infrastructure related activities within all business units (ERP)• Be the in-house POC for installation hardware and software, cabling. networking components, operating systems, and office applications• Lead and work hand in hand with IT executives and vendors for system network revamping of the organization• Responsible for implementation of server-based infrastructures i.e., configure routers, modems, installation of firewalls, database storage, security, file backup, cloud, etc.• Create and maintain company standard procedures with regards to data recovery, maintenance, and data integrity• Design IP Addresses and Network switch and Firewall configuration• Conduct plan preventive maintenance (PPM) to ensure IT Infrastructure and software is in good KPI• Coordinate with the third-party solution provider for new solutions• Troubleshoot and resolve all issues related to systems functionality such as laptops servers, printers, etc.• Interface with all company’s personnel professionally by providing weekly / monthly report

    Requirements:• Male, 48 years old and below• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology or any related filed• Minimum 10 years of work experience with at least 5 solid years as a Manager or higher in one company alone• Adept in coordinating all IT infrastructure related activities across business units via ERP• Great problem-solving skills and ability to abstract functional requirements• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English• Candidates who can join immediately will be prioritized

    RTC-1 Employment Services is a licensed recruitment firm based in Dubai, UAE. Our team has been in the market since 2004 and we are supporting various industries with their staffing needs across the Middle East and Africa. More

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    Legal Advisor | Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

    Employment: Full Time

    Job PurposeAssist the General Counsel and Group Company Secretary in providing legal opinions, reviewing and drafting documentation and monitoring legal cases mainly for Commercial Corporate and Investment Banking Group. The Legal Adviser will be also the entry point for service providers’ agreements and serve as back-up for matters related to Personal Banking Group and Support functions. The Legal adviser will participate actively in managing the legal risk and raising legal awareness through the bank.Principal accountabilitiesLegal risk- Review and provide legal advice on agreements entered into with service providers- Review and provide legal advice for lending and security transactions- Review and advice on ongoing legal cases and advice the General Counsel accordingly.- Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken.- Provide legal protection and risk management advice to General Counsel especially on contract Management.- Review and advice on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.- Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.

    Litigation management- Review and monitor progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers.Regulatory compliance- Continuously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise the General Counsel accordingly.- Participate in preparing monthly and quarterly reports for the department for executive management meetings.Contract negotiation- Review all contracts or any other documentation and assess legal implications that need to be brought to the business and support functions attention.- Prepare, review and modify contractual documents to assist and support various business activities.- Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactionsAdministrative duties- Provide continuous legal awareness to the other departments- Keeping up to date with changes and developments in the law by reading journals and law reports.

    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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    Finance Manager | Propel Consult

    Employment: Full Time

    Company Profile:A leading business accelerator specializing in supporting start-ups by offering top legal support, mentoring, training and coaching programs to their clients. As well as providing numerous partnerships and a wide reaching network, the accelerator will also provide entrepreneurs with office space, seed funding, business development workshops that are tailored to the client’s needs and specifications.They are currently looking to recruit finance manager to be based in Bahrain.Duties and Responsibilities:• Prepare and record asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable.• Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.• Analyze revenue and expenditure trends and recommend appropriate budget levels, and ensure expenditure control.• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results.• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule.• Liaison work with internal and external auditors, banks and regulatory agencies.• Assist with tax audits and tax returns.• Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance.• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures .• Support month-end and year-end close process.

    Qualifications & Requirements:• Must be a Bahraini national• Must have 3-5 years of experience• Must have investment experience• A degree in Banking and Finance/ Accounting is required• The candidate must have some legal background, coordinating with the chairman, managing director

    Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions:
    Banking & Finance
    Human Resources
    Oil & Gas
    Construction
    Architecture & Engineering More

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    Senior Auditor | Farahat & Co.

    Employment: Full Time

    • Objectives: Audit experience minimum 5 years (preferred 7)• Audit experience in the UAE minimum 2 years• Experience required from following companiesErnst & young or Deloitte or KPMG or PWC (price water house coopers) or BDO or Grant Thornton (minimum 5 years) the position should be assistant manager or senior in these companies

    • University Qualifications: Auditor• Other certifications obtained: CPA• Nature and length of previous experience: 7 years• Specialist knowledge: Audit experience• Soft Skills and Personality traits: Strong background and experience with audit methodologies and techniques.

    arahat & Co. was founded in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 1985. We are an ISO certified company. FAR is a regulated firm, listed with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as an approved financial auditor/liquidator and is also listed with Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and UAE Courts as an expert witness and also, as a regulated liquidator. In addition, we are listed with many other free zones in Dubai, UAE and with the major banks in the UAE.
    We are regulated by all governmental authorities and licensed as a VAT and tax consulting firm. FAR is a member of Leading Edge Alliance(LEA) Global Network, the second largest firm network in the world. More

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    Consulting – Health Financing Advisory – Senior Manager/Director | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment: Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorHealth ServicesSpecialismOperations StrategyManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in our Healthcare Compliance practice, within Risk and Compliance services, will provide you the opportunity to work with a team that provides At PwC, we measure success by our ability to create the value that our clients and our people are looking for. Our reputation lies in building lasting relationships with our clients and a focus on delivering value in all we do.We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people who are committed to delivering world-class capabilities and quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.Established in the region for over 40 years, PwC Middle East employs over 4,000 people across 12 countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates. Complementing our depth of industry expertise and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments across the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market, and beyond.In Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the best across industry and professional functional advisory services. We focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational deep industry expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with companies and organizations, always ensuring that we are able to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever critical issues they may face. Our Consulting practice currently focuses on several core industry sectors including (Consumer and Industrial Products ; Services, Energy, Utilities & Mining, Financial Services, Government, Health Industries, Finance Function, People and Organisations, and Technology)Responsibilities:- Develop business development opportunities, manage and deliver engagements including day-to-day project, team, and client management responsibilities.- Handle projects related to health funding/financing reform, working with providers, regulators (and payors).- Work with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work, business development, and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.

    Requirements:- Education: Masters degree in health administration, public health, health economics, health information management, medicine or clinical management, or business administration.- Other related majors are acceptable.- Preferable qualifications: PhD is a plus.- Years of Experience: 10 – 12 years of experience in Healthcare; track record in healthcare funding/financing projects, preferably with providers and regulators, is a must.- Solid understanding of international healthcare systems (such as Australia, UK, US, others) and health financing areas (such as clinical coding, classification systems, clinical costing, pricing) and related casemix concepts. Understanding of revenue cycle management is a plus.- Minimum 5 years of experience within a professional services/ Consulting environment.- Previous experience within the Middle East is a plus.- Excellent business development, people management and client relationship management skills.- Excellent organisational skills, resilient and able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.- Proven IT skills in Excel, Word and Power point.- Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).- Fluent in English. Arabic speaker is a plus.- Shows flexibility and willingness for recurrent travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project dictates.- Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively with high energy.- With strong worth ethic and aligns with PwC values.

    PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.
    We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.
    In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
    We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.
    PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.
    PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm. More

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    Tax & Legal Services – Tax – Core Tax Services – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment: Full Time

    Line of ServiceTaxSpecialismGeneral Tax ConsultingManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You’ll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.
    We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.
    In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
    We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.
    PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.
    PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm. More

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    ACS Cloud Architect | Oracle

    Employment: Full Time

    Senior ACS Cloud Architect (ACA) – Advanced Customer Services/ Advanced Services Engineering Team (ASE)Purpose:The Senior ACS Cloud Architect (ACA) provides strategic solutions and architectural designs supporting the delivery of customer solutions within the Oracle and multi cloud technology stack: Infrastructure, Networks, IaaS, PaaS and Middleware, Database (DBaaS), Security, Applications. The ACA contributes to the development and implementation of IT solutions in line with the overall customer needs and strategy.The ACA works closely with the Customer to ensure alignment between business change, IT architecture, technical solutions, business resources and processes.The ACA is also the lead of technical architects who are responsible for a specific technical pillar, e.g. Database, Middleware/applications and Infrastructure. The senior cloud architect” is responsible for the whole solution (e.g. a full Disaster recovery concept covering all workloads and technical layers).ACA must have a technical background and history and is still be able to step into complex technical implementations and provide detailed support and guidance to re-establish technical momentum.Key Responsibilities:- Analyses business needs to help ensure the Oracle cloud solution meets the customer’s objectives- Apply industry and Oracle best practices, product knowledge, and business acumen- Be the Oracle cloud solution authority for the customer’s cloud architecture to ensure that customers make informed decisions regarding scope to achieve beneficial solutions cost effectiveness, quality and reuse.- Providing technical guidance on cloud solutions to customer and other Oracle project team members to underpin successful project definition and delivery.- Produce high level designs (HLD) including architecture, services and products and migration plans that meets customer demand- Define, document, communicate, and maintain the target cloud architecture for the customers IT application, data and infrastructure including any transition architectures to ensure that the customers current and future needs will be met.- Undertake research, investigations and developments in Oracle cloud technology in an appropriate way, and communicate the findings to the relevant interested stakeholder groups to inform business decisions.- Working closely with the ACS Project Managers (TAM) to ensure that the individual work streams that form the overall cloud solution are technically managed and designs and plans are maintained to reflect the customers agreed solution- Ensure Oracle cloud technologies are leveraged appropriately, that customer impacts to people, processes and technology are understood; and to resolve issues that have cross project or system scope- Be able to design solutions around multi-cloud and hybrid cloud setups- Liaises with presales as to proposed solution, and ensures early ACS engagement.- Apply the ACS Cloud Methodology (ACM) to ensure a proper end2end delivery of the solution considering relevant practices- Be an active contributor to the ACS Global Virtual Teams (GVT) program- Identifies and promotes opportunities for sales of Oracle products and services to support business growth- Work with Oracle Managed Cloud Services on reference architecture definition, design and implementation

    Required Skills and knowledge:- Educated to degree level or equivalent with experience of architectural/design principals (TOGAF like)- Proven solution design skills in a large enterprise or service provider during design, implementation and service phases- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the customer organization- Ability to present complex information in a succinct and easily-digestible manner.- design and produce creative cloud architectural & design documentation to the highest quality- The ability to quickly grasp new or emerging Oracle technologies, and how they fit with the customer’s strategy.- understanding of ACS Cloud Service Portfolio- Open/agile mindset- Experience of interfacing with senior business and IT stakeholdersPreferred Technical Skills:- Strong knowledge of Oracle Cloud (OCI) incl. related networks technologies- Strong knowledge on Oracle Database and DB Cloud services- Strong knowledge in DB migration approaches and processes- Good skills in Oracle Middleware and PaaS services and products- Good knowledge of Oracle Applications and SaaS- Good technical knowledge of relevant none Oracle product e.g. Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker, Terraform.- Strong understanding of security- Strong knowledge of Cloud native design solutions- Strong knowledge of securing On-Premise, Cloud and hybrid solutions- Knowledge of Project Management principals such as PRINCE2- DevOps experience/skillsSoft Skills- Understand and consider commercial impact of decision- Displays a professional image in front of the customer- Proactively works towards objectives and goals, delivering expected and agreed results within given deadlines- Checks progress of work against targets and takes appropriate action to keep on course- Follows up on things promised and delivers on commitments- Shows concern for the quality, standards and accuracy of own work- Ensures start and end points and milestones are clearly defined to reduce uncertainty- Breaks down complex problems/issues to determine suitability and makes appropriate assessments and recommendations- Thinks through detailed implementation in a live customer environment- Thinks outside the box and is creative with solutions- Able to convince customers and others to own point of view- Proactively takes ownership of tasks and challenges and sees them through- Asserts authority when occasion/situation demands (escalation)- Assumes role of the team leader.- Coaches team members in relevant skills.- Delegates appropriate tasks and monitors progress.- Acts as a trusted advisor (a source of truth) to the customer- Displays a professional image, behaves with integrity, and acts as an ambassador for Oracle at all times- Strives to build effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues, third parties and customers- Finds ways to recognize the contributions of others in the team.

    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