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  • Head of International Enterprise | Propel Consult

    Employment: Full Time

    Our client is provides managed solutions for businesses across GC. They are currently looking to recruit Head of International Enterprise.Location – DubaiRegion to cover – MENADuties & Responsibilities:• Accountable for the oversight of all business applications.• Provide the applications users with the training and support to enable them to use these tools for maximum business effect.• Provide development and support assistance to ensure enterprise and packaged applications are functional, effective and available.• Authorize and oversee the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, and support of related software based on department needs.• Keep current with trends and issues in the IT and telecom industry including current technologies. Advise, counsel, and educate executive team and division leaders on their competitive or financial impact.• Define and communicate project milestones, service level agreements, and resource allocation• Overarching responsibility and provides guidance for best practices framework (ex. ITIL, and Life Cycle Management) for the support and sustainability of all enterprise level software applications• Direct research on potential applications solutions and technologies, implementations in support of new initiatives and opportunities.• Manage strategic relationships between internal IT resources, distinct business units, end users, vendors, and partner organizations.• Provide leadership and direction with regards to technology, vendors, business partners, policy, and standards.

    Qualification & Experience• Must have 10 – 12 years of relevant experience• Must have experience in Etisalat/Du International Enterprise• Must have experience in Handling Product sell like GMPLS, SDWAN, Cloud , UCAS• Fluency in English. Arabic is plus• Good communication skills

    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

  • Infrastructure Site Support Analyst | Citibank UAE

    Employment: Full Time

    Infrastructure Site Support Analyst is responsible for assisting with Onsite Infrastructure Support / LAN / WAN help desk administration activities, including network maintenance, technical guidance, and security in coordination with the Technology Infrastructure team. The overall objective is to use infrastructure technology knowledge and identified policies to process data, resolve issues and execute administrative tasks.Responsibilities:• Diagnose and resolve problems through troubleshooting and basic analysis, escalate issues as appropriate• Participate in testing activities, including the creation and execution of basic test scripts• Apply comprehension of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing objectives• Assess the applicability of previous or similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances not covered by procedures• Exchange ideas and information in a concise and clear manner• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.• Responsible for overall management and security of Site Comms/Tech Rooms• Ensure 100% support in Project management, Vendor management, Asset Management, Network / Voice & Site management.

    • Previous relevant experience preferred• Ability to develop projects required for design of metrics, analytical tools, benchmarking activities and best practices• Effective written and verbal communication skills• Effective analytic/diagnostic skills• Ability to work with virtual and in-person teams, and work under pressure or to a deadline• Demonstrated knowledge of operational process changes and improvement

    Citi works tirelessly to provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products. We strive to create the best outcomes for our clients and customers with financial ingenuity that leads to solutions that are simple, creative and responsible. Citi has been present in the Middle East and North Africa since 1955 and conducts business in 16 countries in MENA of which 12 have in-country presence. It offers full scale corporate and investment banking services in Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Pakistan and maintains a representative office in Iraq. Citi’s institutional capabilities in the region include Treasury & Trade Solutions, Corporate & Investment Banking, Capital Markets Origination, Global Markets and Islamic Banking.
    Present in the United Arab Emirates since 1964, when the bank opened its first branch in Dubai, Citi has been known ever since for delivering excellence while consistently bringing world-class banking products and services to the local market. Citibank, the consumer banking arm of Citi, is currently a major player in the UAE’s credit card market and a leading provider of Wealth Management and Consumer Credit services. Citibank’s branch network in the UAE includes and a network of 60 ATMS located at various commercial centers across the UAE. More

  • System Administrator – FIS | Michael Page

    Employment: Full Time

    This role will be responsible to support the production and non-production environment of FIS for the entity.Client DetailsPrestigious semi-government entity based in Riyadh, playing a crucial role in achieving Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.Description* Extensive experience in support Windows based application* Experience in writing SQL statements (joins, updates, scripts for analysis, etc.) in the complex object-oriented database environments* Understands Database objects and structure (tables, stored procedures, views, triggers, joins etc.)* Understanding of Multi-tier environments* Knowledge of working with FIS components – atleast1-2 years of experience with FIS components, will be an added advantage* Basic knowledge of Financial capital markets* Flexible with rotating shifts covering 24×7* Basic Knowledge/experience working with Microsoft Windows Operating system* Experience in Windows Servers, Active Directory, Vmware, Backup, Ticketing Tool, etc.* Strong understanding of Data Center technologies, Cloud infrastructure, VMware technologies, WindowsJob OfferCompetitive salary and bonus structure on offer

    * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology* Fluent in English* Attention to detail – track record of authoring high quality documentation* Self-starter but team mindset – work autonomously and as part of a global team* Excellent communicator – ability to discuss technical and commercial solutions to internal and external parties and adapt depending on the technical or business focus of the discussion* Organized approach – manage and adapt priorities according to client and internal requirements* Willing to work in 24/7 rotational shift and weekend on call support

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
    Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal
    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

  • Head of Product & Innovation | Propel Consult

    Employment: Full Time

    Company:Our client is provides managed solutions for businesses across GC. They are currently looking to recruit Head of Product & Innovation.Location – BahrainRegion to cover – MENADuties & Responsibilities:• Take a point role within the Product Innovation team –organizing the work of the team, tracking and ensuring on time delivery within budget• Own and manage the product development lifecycle by working closely with the Engineering team• Ensure the smooth running of the Product Innovation team• Liase with various departments that have requests for the Product Innovation Team• Leading a team to execution the day to day functions• customer research, design thinking, strategy, and product excellence

    Qualification & Experience• Must have 10 – 12 years of relevant experience• Must have experience in Product like SDWAN, Cloud , UCAS, Digitization, AI, IOT• Ability to Cover the whole life cycle of a product specially GTM• Fluency in English. Arabic is plus• Good communication skills

    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

  • Senior Account Manager | NSI & Bluefin Talent

    Employment: Full Time

    A global leader in the Software, Analytics and Big Data arena is currently looking to recruit a Senior Account Manager focused on the Security & Defense sector across Kuwait, Oman, or the UAE. The role focuses on selling complex software solutions and services to this target segment.In addition to a competitive tax-free salary the position also offers a clear career development path.

    The ideal candidate:- Responsible for selling the company’s business solutions and services to a country’s national/federal government or sub-contractors. Develops new accounts and/or expands existing accounts within (Kuwait, Oman, UAE).- Maintains contact with account at a high, executive level, focusing on the strategic nature of the relationship.- Represents the organization to the customer and the customer to the organization. While responsible for meeting assigned quota, typically not measured on sales volume alone. Account penetration, balanced sales growth and customer service/relationships are important performance measures.- A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of public sector (security & defense) services and business solutions selling; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.- Minimum 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree is a Plus.

    New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution within the Consulting and Financial services domains.
    Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on blue chip financial services and strategy / technology consulting organizations across Europe and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.
    We are dedicated to representing best of breed candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.
    Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.
    Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote. More

  • IT Officer | NES Global

    Employment: Contract

    TAX FREE Contractual Job Opportunity has just been made available for an arabic speaking and locally available IT Officer to be based in Qatar by an industry leader.Our client is a multinational professional services network with headquarters in London, United Kingdom. They are one of the largest professional services networks in the world.

    To qualify, candidate must:Have at least 5 years of experience in IT Support in Healthcare & Medical IndustryBachelor’s Degree in Engineering Computer Science.Proficiency in ArabicHave a valid Transferrable Qatar ResidencyInterested ? Apply now and take advantage of this job opportunity!

    We know how important people are to a business. We understand what’s needed to match highly skilled technical and engineering candidates with some of the largest organisations and engineering projects around the globe. We have supplied talent to the energy, infrastructure, life sciences and IT sectors for over 30 years and we’re incredibly proud of our reputation.
    Now an international organisation with offices in Europe, Asia, America, Australia, Russia, Africa and the Middle East, we lead the way in supporting worldwide technical and engineering talent and we work with an enviable network of clients. In 2011, we achieved sales of 383 million British Pound.
    With more than 4,400 contracted personnel on assignments globally, our position is set to grow stronger as the world looks to develop safer and more sustainable energy resources. The promise of our future lies in our unrivalled insight into the industry: and the talent that works in it. More

  • Cloud Sales Manager | NSI & Bluefin Talent

    Employment: Full Time

    From our Dubai office, we are currently looking for a Cloud Sales Manager for an International Technology Distributor in Saudi Arabia.Responsibilities:• Manager the team needed to drive the Cloud sales results and achieve the required Cloud Sales in the region• Create product-marketing plans with key events and activities to achieve sales demand creation.• Good understanding of any new product announcements and changes to be able to promote them to partners and to include them in new opportunities• Giving input, training, and educating Resellers.

    Requirements:• University degree in Computing, Engineering or Business/Marketing related field.• MBA or other master’s in business is desired.• At least 8-years proven experience in Sales/Marketing of Systems Integration solutions or Services Provider solutions.• At least a two-year involvement with Cloud Solutions as part of the above experience.• Excellent market knowledge.• Working experience of the Microsoft CSP & the Open/VL models.• Experience in defining and launching products and services.• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.• Skills in preparing budgets and forecasts.• Ability to perform market opportunity analysis, size, profitability, competitor analysis.• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Software, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Excel useful.

    New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution within the Consulting and Financial services domains.
    Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on blue chip financial services and strategy / technology consulting organizations across Europe and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.
    We are dedicated to representing best of breed candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.
    Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.
    Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote. More

  • IT Systems and Infrastructure Engineer – 12 Month FTC | Michael Page

    Employment: Full Time

    Our client is a leading government organisation which is currently embarking on a period of high growth as they look to deliver an enterprise-level IT transformation programme.Client DetailsThe IT Systems and Infrastructure Engineer is a key role where the individual is responsible for building, maintaining and administrating numerous system technologies.Description* Responsible for Network LAN/WAN/WLAN and internet infrastructure patching and upgrades.* Responsible for general health and maintenance of Microsoft Windows operating systems and Active Directory.* Responsible for general health and maintenance of private VMware cloud infrastructure.* Responsible for server and network infrastructure patching and upgrades.* Follows change control procedures and work with the team to migrate changes into production environments.* Performs quality assurance of all changes before they are approved for production.* Coordinate with other technology team members to complete user requests or resolve issues where server and cloud & virtualization specific issues are escalated.* Establishes and documents standards and policies to ensure IT assets are properly secured and protected by applying appropriate access management and privacy controls.* Work with Service Desk provider to ensure optimal end-user support.* Evaluate and install relevant patches to EPM products (HFM, DRM, ODI, Essbase Planning, FR,* WebLogic).* Automation and scripting of tasks for monitoring service status in Linux and windows environments.* Monitor Hyperion Systems / Applications Logs for errors and outage conditions, manage and maintain Hyperion Services for uptime.* Manage complete system backups including scripting for Essbase backups (archive mode, etc.).Job OfferHighly competitive salary and package on offer for the best candidate

    * BS in Computer Science or a related technical field/equivalent experience.* ITIL Foundation and Hyperion Administration Certification is a must.* Experience with VMware related technologies such as: HA, DRS, vMotion, Virtual Switches and Storage vMotion.* Level 2-3 administration skills in Windows versions 2008 – 2016.* Strong experience with Active Directory & Group Policy, IIS, Clustering and DNS and other TCP/IP services on the Windows platform.* Good analytical knowledge to diagnose and resolve issues with Hyperion infrastructure, hardware, and software.

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
    Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal
    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More