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    Application Developer Intern – Enterprise Asset Management | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!Your Role and Responsibilities As an Application Developer for Enterprise Asset management you will be Designing, developing and supporting Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) application solutions using the IBM Maximo application and related frameworks and technologies. This specialty would be responsible for support existing system, design, development, testing and support of reports, interfaces, data conversions and enhancements using IBM Maximo and related tools.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study

    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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    UX Designer, Technology Consulting | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    In recent years, industries have been disrupted and transformed by digital technology. As a design and innovation consulting professional, you will collaborate with different teams to help businesses define their digital strategy and aspirations, design digital products and experiences and solve their digital and innovation challenges. As part of a high-performing team, you’ll deliver exceptional client service to create engaging, intuitive solutions for our key digital transformation programs. As organizations look to leverage the advantage that technology offers, we are committed to helping you develop the right skills that you’ll need in today’s environment. Working on programs that cross borders and sectors, the experiences you gain here will be more valuable than anywhere else. So, whenever you join, however long you stay, the outstanding EY experience lasts a lifetime. The Opportunity: We’re looking for ‘User Experience (UX) Designers’ (Senior Consultant/Assistant Manager/Manager level) to join our team in our Dubai (UAE) office. This is a hands-on role in which you will be responsible for design centric workstreams of programs, shaping outcomes, managing client relationships and helping grow the design practice. In this role, you will participate throughout the entire design process-from inspiration and research to building prototypes, communicating a vision, bringing to life integrated digital-physical experiences through products and services. If you’ve been part of multi-disciplinary projects, have collaborated with a broad range of stakeholders, interacted with clients, mentored and supported designers, designed impactful experiences and contributed towards the design community, then this role is for you. Your Key Responsibilities: – Design and deliver mockups, prototypes and iterations optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces – Leverage data analysis, user research, benchmarking, and content audits to facilitate/inform UX recommendations / UI development – Define product requirements based on user and stakeholder research – Structure ambiguous problems and define tasks needed to bring clarity – Present, defend and articulate end-to-end experiences, interaction models and design solutions with colleagues and stakeholders – Navigate multiple stakeholder groups and influence others to ensure that an end-product design meets the core business goals – Develop and administer quantitative research methodologies to gather user feedback and test user reaction and perceptions – Support technical teams through the development process specific to design considerations and user experience. – Be a part of content authoring, localization and translation, including UX copywriting and editing for assistive and descriptive content – Run and facilitate design thinking workshops – Support user testing to validate or continually reiterate and deliver a strong user experience

    Skills and Attributes for Success: – Create wireframes, prototypes, user interfaces and rapidly iterate scenarios – Develop personas, user journey maps & flows, service blueprints and visual design – Organize and facilitate co-creation and ideation workshops – Manage design project delivery team To qualify for the role, you must have: – Approximately 3-6 years of recent relevant work experience, working collaboratively across engineering, product management and user research teams – BA/BS degree in service design, graphic design, human-computer interaction, or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience – A strong portfolio that demonstrates outstanding design skills, deep systems thinking, and a passion business design that solves challenges – Expert level proficiency with common design software, in particular, Sketch, Figma, Invision and Adobe Creative Suite – Prototyping skills across a variety of mediums and needs: low and high fidelity, InVision, and/or other digital tools – Ability to communicate effectively in writing, and walk-through ideas effectively with passion and integrity Ideally, you’ll also have: – A high proficiency in verbal and written Arabic – A dedication to teamwork and integrity within a professional environment – Experience within the government and public sector – Experience in a Scrum-based production process – Experience defining or working with a design system What we Look for A highly motivated person who is open-minded with the ability to run engagements, embrace ambiguity and accept feedback and constructive criticism to realize the optimal user experience. A confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. The right candidate demonstrates propensity to learn and share knowledge with the team, fosters an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment and plays a role in nurturing and mentoring juniors within the organization. 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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    Services Solution Advisor Specialist | SAP Middle East & North Africa

    Employment:

    Full Time

    What we offer Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!We are SAP SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

    Our inclusion promise SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

    Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world’s largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

    Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

    As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP’s product portfolio and extends SAP’s leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide. More

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    Cloud Value Representative – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Preferred Qualifications Oracle is leading the digital revolution. We are empowering nearly half a million businesses across the globe to turn untapped potential into real business value. You will connect the biggest enterprises of today with the tools to compete in the digital economy of tomorrow. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has reimagined cloud for the most important enterprise applications. It runs with a Generation 2 offering and provides consistent high performance and unmatched governance and security controls across all Cloud Services from Oracle such as Autonomous and Cloud at Customer. Autonomous Database is the world’s first autonomous data management in the cloud to deliver automated patching, upgrades, and tuning-including performing all routine database maintenance tasks while the system is running-without human intervention. This new autonomous database is self-driving, self-securing, and self-repairing, which helps to eliminate manual database management and human errors. Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service provides full Oracle Databases hosted on Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Exadata Cloud Service is offered on Oracle Cloud, using state-of-the-art Oracle-managed data centers. Whilst Oracle Database Exadata Cloud at Customer delivers the world’s most advanced database cloud to customers who require their databases to be located on premises. Oracle Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer uniquely combines the world’s #1 database technology and Oracle Exadata, the most powerful database platform, with the simplicity, agility, and elasticity of a cloud-based deployment. It is identical to Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service, but located in customers’ own data centers and managed by Oracle Cloud experts. If you are looking to take the next step in your career by offering great effective, efficient, and commercially viable solutions to your clients, then one of our Tech Cloud sales roles could be your springboard to success. We have exciting new opportunities opening up working with Oracle’s Cloud sales teams. So if you are passionate, entrepreneurial, innovative, and believe in being consultative and having fun whilst you work, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Having a sense of humor in what can be a pressure environment helps, and the rewards for your contribution include a compensation and benefits package and a continuous training program in a structured environment that are world class. Description What You’ll Do Be the vital piece of the puzzle that connects us to the millions of businesses that need our help to evolve. You will. • Lead IaaS/PaaS technology deals across its assigned customer territory leveraging world leading cloud offerings from Oracle: Cloud at Customer, Autonomous Database and OCI. Aiming to Land- Use – Expand deals into IT and LOB targets to realize value for customer that lead for continuous use and expansion • Promote and evangelize Oracle products to selected customers, partners, and internal audiences • Develop relationships and collaborate with our partners to define, recommend, and drive sales • Develop and execute a sales plan that provides complete territory and sector specific coverage • Develop appropriate sales programs and solutions; maintain up-to-date competitive information and compile regional success stories • Meet with senior customer contacts to build credibility and develop lasting relationships • Engage with Pre-Sales support for customer meetings to develop customer discussions further • Lead successful go-to-market campaigns by working closely with internal marketing specialists• Contribute and lead in account planning, customer/market analysis, and strategy sessions

    Required Skills/Experience What You’ll Bring Your enthusiasm, knowledge, and customer-centricity will help us become the number one cloud company in the world. We also look for: • A strong interest in technology, passion for sales and strong communication skills. • 4+ years of experience in direct software sales, including Cloud Service experience. • Solution seller : able to understand quickly business needs and establish trust • Able to drive a high value of active opportunities at speed, at the same time, closing deals within aggressive timescales • IT and LOB : Able to confidently pitch Autonomous and Oracle Cloud to both IT and LOB audiences • Connected : Able to use Oracle ecosystem to navigate within a customer to identify targets and opportunities • High levels of prospecting skills: targeting, find the names, cold calling, get the meeting – searching for non-traditional contacts outside installed base data and using all methods to interact with them • Cloud confident : Able to outline the full Oracle Cloud picture and explain Universal Credits commercials • Hands-On : Able to personally demo or give quick hands-on example of Autonomous usage “on the spot”, without needing to always engage technical resources • Advanced technical skills in area of specialization • Value driven : Able to identify real use-cases for Cloud in the customer that drive value for the customer and can lead to rapid expansion of original deals • Optimistic and positive mind set, eager to interact and influence people, driven by winning and resilient Disciplined: daily reporting on activities, systematic fast execution A career at Oracle is defined by you. We give you the freedom-and the skills-to write your own success story. Whatever avenue you go down, you’ll gain priceless learning experiences and be supported to do your best work. Apply Now Create the future with us. Apply now.

    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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    Software Technical Architect | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction The STA is the trusted technical advisor to the clients and creates, maintain strong, trusted client relationships at all levels within the client’s business. STA designs cross portfolio solution recommendations, applying their broad technical skills, industry knowledge and business acumen expertise. STA helps clients envision the desired business outcomes that can be achieved through digital reinvention and realized through IBM’s hybrid cloud solutions, innovative capabilities, and partnership.For IBM teams, the STA has overall technical account leadership responsibilities. STA designs solutions and drive software technical innovation and sales revenue.As Software Technical Architect you will- Help our clients invest in solutions from across the IBM portfolio that will give them a competitive advantage. – Focus on broad IT strategic topics and solutions like hybrid cloud, IT modernization, DevOps, automation, Analytics, AI, Security, etc. – Have technical expertise and a deep understanding of client’s business to identify and create solutions. – Be working in an environment where project may be different from the last and where your skills, expertise and determination will be key.- Serve as a technical point of contact between IBM and clients, leading by example and sharing best practicesYour Role and Responsibilities – Provide architectural and technical leadership, and build long-lasting relationships for clients across all the spectrum of the client’s roles e.g., CxO, LoB, Architects, Dev., etc. – Demonstrate client-defined value of IBM Software solutions capabilities that address the client’s growth initiatives and business challenges – Translate client business and technical requirements into solution requirements, architecture and solution design. – Design, build , and present solutions to clients – Lead the technical validation process with clients, including solutions presentations and demonstrations, demos, technical deep dive sessions, workshops, proofs of concept (PoCs), MVPs, etc. – Provide technical leadership to the Sales team and supporting them with recommendations for development and positioning IBM Software solutions to help them achieve sales quotas – Demonstrate expertise and technical leadership by sharing knowledge and experiences, both externally and internally – Provide architectural and technical leadership, and build long-lasting relationships for clients across all the spectrum of the client’s roles e.g., CxO, LoB, Architects, Dev., etc. – Demonstrate client-defined value of IBM Software solutions capabilities that address the client’s growth initiatives and business challenges – Translate client business and technical requirements into solution requirements, architecture and solution design. – Design, build , and present solutions to clients – Lead the technical validation process with clients, including solutions presentations and demonstrations, demos, technical deep dive sessions, workshops, proofs of concept (PoCs), MVPs, etc. – Provide technical leadership to the Sales team and supporting them with recommendations for development and positioning IBM Software solutions to help them achieve sales quotas – Demonstrate expertise and technical leadership by sharing knowledge and experiences, both externally and internally

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – 8+ years of experience working in IT, as a sale’s technical specialist, engineer, consultant, or solutions architect or in a relevant role and at least 3 years of experience working as an IT Architect is expected Proven experience in IT Architecture work, such as: – Understand business and technical problems, formulate hypotheses and test conclusions to influence solution design – Plan and perform solutions, from architecture, solution design, testing, evaluation to implementation – Analyze Information Systems Architecture – Perform Architecture Gap Analysis – Develop Architecture Transition Plan – Design Architecture Governance – Architectural and Technical leadership – Experience working with account teams supporting them with the solution development and delivery, business cases, and commercial proposals – Broad understanding and experience in IT strategic topics and solutions like Hybrid cloud, Automation, IT modernization, DevOps, Analytics, AI, Security, etc. – Willing to learn and try new technologies, aiming to design client’s solutions and architectures – Ability to t ake a user-centric approach to design, creat e, build and lead compelling prototypes , demos, technical validations, PoCs and MVPs – Flexibility to work with a geographically distributed remote working team – Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English and LOCAL language Other required Soft skills: – You love collaborative environments that encourage creative thinking and finding innovative ways to design and develop new solutions and architectures with cutting edge technologies – You are ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work – You are intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management – You have analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to derive actionable insights from large amounts of information and clearly communicate complex ideas to client C-level executives while handling questions and objections – You have proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed – You have excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills and are comfortable giving presentations and speaking in front of an audience Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise – Experience with IBM Software solutions; any relevant certification is a plus – Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Cloud Platform and Red Hat solutions ; any relevant certification is a plus – Experience with other open source and private cloud solutions like Docker, Kubernetes, Anthos, Rancher, VMware Tanzu, etc.; any relevant certification is a plus – Experience with public cloud infrastructure like IBM Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP); any relevant certification is a plus – Experience with setting DevOps environments and building CI/CD pipelines – Experience with on-premise architectuire solutions migration to the cloud – Experience with Enterprise Architecture best practices, such as developing and building solutions based on The Enterprise Framework and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

    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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    Technology Partner Architect | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction The Technology Partner Architect is a senior technical sales leadership role that utilizes deep technical expertise and plays a key contributor role in IBM Partner Ecosystem, a key growth engine for IBM. The Technology Partner Architect creates and maintains the trusted advisor relationships with partners to drive successful outcomes. The Technology Partner Architect participates in strategic technical discussions with partners and helps shape their technical agenda towards IBM’s Growth Offerings. The Technology Partner Architect leads technical efforts and collaborates internally across IBM’s technical experts to identify components and design winning solutions based on IBM Technologies.Your Role and Responsibilities As a Technology Partner Architect, you will: – Develop broad-ranging expertise across the IBM technology portfolio to support your assigned partners, – Own the technical relationship with partners and work to establish a reputation as a deeply trusted technology expert, and shape partner’s technical agenda toward IBM’s Growth offerings, – Drive partners to adopt IBM technology as the basis for solutions and as part of their reference architectures, – Enable partner’s technical capability both pre-sales and delivery to ensure productive use of IBM technology, – Collaborate with IBM technical specialists to identify components and design innovative solutions for partners and clients, – Work closely with the sales team and provide technical expertise to ensure that partner revenue objectives meet regularly.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – Architectural Thinking, – Design Thinking, – Developing Architecture, – Consultative Technical Selling, – Architectural Methods (i.e. Modelling Techniques), – Strong Oral and Written Communication, and Presentation Skills, – Leading Strategic Technical Discussions, – Trusted Technical Advisor Relationship Management, – Apply IBM Mission/Vision/Strategy/Organization. Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise – Bachelor’s Degree – At least 10 years of experience in IT Architecture and Enterprise Solution Design, – Solid understanding of IBM Hybrid Cloud, IBM Middleware, IBM Data, AI, and Automation Technologies, – Solid understanding of container technologies (i.e., Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and others), – Experience in Technical Sales or equivalent role is an advantage.

    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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    IBM Automation / Integration Architect – Presales | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    IntroductionAt IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.Your Role and Responsibilities• This role defines a high level enterprise-wide IT Architecture leader focusing on the mapping of I/T integration capabilities to business needs.• The focus is on defining the relationships, flows and implementation of business (processes/activities/functions, information), applications, data and technology in the enterprise and the transitional process necessary for implementing technology in response to changing business needs. • The employee guides functional objectives or technologies with a focus on innovation and the client’s transformative journey.• Have a detailed understanding of Orchestration, Automation and integration.• Help clients understand the differentiated capabilities of cloud solutions in the context of fitness for purpose to solve key client challenges –and guide them to these solutions where right answer.

    Skills: • Provide a holistic view of enterprise solutions, including a sound appreciation of operational costs, security, performance engineering, application development and systems management. These skills should be aligned to Hybrid Cloud within the enterprise.• Hybrid Cloud include but is not limited to Traditional IT & Cloud services such as IBM Cloud and AWS along with the following technologies: Containers , Hypervisors , SaaS offerings , PaaS offerings, external & internal integrations, IT Monitoring, DevOps, and Business Automation ,Environment:• Professional knowledge related to incumbent’s function/business unit and its processes.Communication/Negotiation:• Advise other professionals and CX-Levels. • Effectively utilize group dynamics. Negotiate to define approaches and goals.Problem Solving:• Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives. • Analyze situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes. • Creativity and judgment applied to developmental work on different projects within the business environment.Contribution/Leadership:• Provides ongoing technical /operational guidance to lead professional work teams, conducts special projects, or manages department(s) (national or international). • Understand department/ functional mission and vision. • Defines and decides objectives within specified business concept or project and may have responsibility for tools and assigned resources. • Utilizes expertise to directly influence people outside department or function. Sometimes no precedent exists.Impact on Business/Scope:• Accountable for business unit results and for activities and involving multi-functional teams. Activities are subject to business measurements, and impact customer satisfaction.Required Technical and Professional Expertise• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a technical job role.• Minimum 5 years Technical architect skills including expertise in applying tools and methods.• Knowledge in any of the evolving technologies (Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Integration, BPM, Business Automation, IT Monitoring, DevOps) mandatory.• Knowledge (certification preferred) in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (Togaf, Zachman etc)• Deep knowledge of how solutions portfolios fit into client’s overall enterprise architecture.

    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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    Data Architect Supply Chain | Chalhoub Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Who we are Chalhoub is the leading luxury retailer in the Middle East. With more than 600 stores, 300 brands, and over 65 years of experience in the region, we are the premiere destination for luxury goods. To fuel the next stage of the organisation’s growth we are looking to build a world class team. From physical retail through to supply chain and customer loyalty, we aim to use technology and data to continuously improve every aspect of our operations. We are looking for top talent to join us on this journey.As a Data Architect Supply Chain, you will play a critical role in ensuring that we not only have a comprehensive understanding of our data, but that we use this to build high quality data products using integrated data. What you’ll be doing – Cataloguing and organising data sources across the business by domain- Modelling the data domains to clarify what data we have and what it means- Exploring data sources to understand whether they can add value to products- Mapping the data product vision to the required data models and sources- Defining best practices and patterns for data ingestion and transformation- Working with the data engineers to ingest, transform, and provision new data- Championing a Data-as-an-Asset mindset across the group; training the team- Promoting a good understanding of the quality and consent of our data assets- Establishing data partnerships with third parties to enrich our data assets- Keeping your technical knowledge up to date via trainings and other methods

    What you’ll need to succeed – Demonstrated team player who genuinely enjoys working with other people- Strong SQL skills, with prior experience in ingesting, organizing, and serving data- Proven ability to work with non-technical stakeholders to architect their data- Good understanding of cloud technologies, preferably Google Cloud Platform- A hunger to deliver true transformational change. This role is not for the timid! What we can offer you We will help shape your journey with us through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers the opportunity to support careers that may span different teams, different job roles, different categories and even different countries. We offer diverse career paths for those who show drive and passion as well as the desire to learn and grow.Amazing benefits We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, life insurance, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

    The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

    By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

    With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group’s success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group’s competitive edge in today’s market.

    By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. More