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    ETIC, Cloud Azure Developer – Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelManagerJob Description & SummaryAbout the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit an Azure Developer to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 8 years experience. They will be developing a reputation within the local Engineering market, having worked on 4+ Azure projects (at least 2 as Lead Developer), with at least 18 months experience across 2 of the projects. They will carry a well established professional network, and have strong alliances into the Engineering ecosystem.   You will report to the Cloud Service Delivery Director and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As an Azure Developer, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new Cloud Practice by taking an active role in the Cloud Senior Leadership Team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members in the Development & Software engineering domain  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions  – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Leading delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget  

    Role Requirements:- Ability to perform in a lead developer role, organising, mentoring and providing quality assurance on deliverables – Participate in design activities with client and lead design and process discussions – Detailing of the technical specifications required to deliver the functional requirements of the solution – Ability to provide estimation of effort for technical developments – Ability to manage stream deliverables – Responsible for issue resolution post go-live and transition to support Essential skills & attributes:- 4-6 certifications (including but not limited to: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases, AZ-30X, plus previous foundation and intermediate level certificates) – Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as basic presentation skills  – Ability to work within a fast-paced & unstructured environment.  Must be able to multi-task and effectively and continually prioritise  – Excellent time management, communication and organizational skills  – Ability to interact efficiently with senior members of the firm across multiple time zones Education- University Degree

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    ETIC – Salesforce Developer – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ETIC – Salesforce Developer – Senior AssociateLine of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit a Salesforce Developer to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience in delivering complex Salesforce solutions. They will be building a growing reputation within the local Salesforce market, and will bring a developing professional network, and good alliances into the Salesforce ecosystem.   You will work in the team that reports to the Salesforce delivery service leadership team and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As a Salesforce Developer, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new Salesforce Practice by taking an active role in the Salesforce delivery team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions across the Salesforce products – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Work in delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget

    Role Requirements:- Ability to work independently with the client (specifying requirements, presenting work results) – Experience with finding and proposing solutions Essential skills & attributes:- Certificates: Min. 4 – Admin – App Builder, Platform Dev 1 – Basic Architect-track certs – Ability to work independently on a project (implementing business logic in APEX, creating LE components, creating VF pages, performing configuration on the Salesforce platform) – Practical knowledge of project tools (including Change Sets and a code repository)  Education- University Degree

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    ETIC – SAP Data Architect – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit a SAP Data Architect to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 4 years experience in delivering complex SAP (ECC and S/4HANA) OTC solutions. They will be building a growing reputation within the local SAP market; and will bring a developing professional network, and good alliances into the SAP ecosystem.   You will report to the SAP Leader and work alongside PwC Team Members in Cairo as well as those working on client projects across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As an SAP Solutions Specialist, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new SAP Practice by taking an active role in the SAP Team  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions across a number of SAP technical areas – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Playing an active role in the delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget Role Requirements:- Responsible for the creation of quality solution documentation, including Functional specifications – Responsible for the Configuration build of the specific SAP module of component in which you specialise – Good knowledge of the SAP data domain – Participate in design discussions with client and lead design and process discussions – Support the evaluation of the data strategies and approaches  – Detailing of the technical specifications required to deliver the functional requirements of the solution – Responsible for identification for Data RICEFW objects  – Ability to provide estimation of effort for data related tasks – Ability to manage your own workload – Responsible for data migration and cutover topics for the data stream – Responsible for data issue resolution post go-live and transition to support

    Essential skills & attributes:- S/4HANA Certified Associate – Solution Manager 7.2 know-how – Has the competence to perform the role effectively  – Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as basic presentation skills  – Ability to work within a fast-paced & unstructured environment.  Must be able to multi-task and effectively and continually prioritise  – Excellent time management, communication and organizational skills  – Ability to interact efficiently with senior members of the firm across multiple time zones Education- University Degree

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    AWS Developer – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ETIC – AWS Developer – Senior Associate – (Cairo)Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit an AWS Developer to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience. They will be developing a reputation within the local Engineering market, having worked on 4+ AWS projects, with at least 12 months experience across 2 of the projects. They will have a growing professional network, and have alliances into the Engineering ecosystem.   You will report to the Cloud Service Delivery Director and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As an AWS Developer, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new Cloud Practice by taking an active role in the Cloud Senior Leadership Team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members in the Development & Software engineering domain  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions  – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Leading delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget  Role Requirements:- Ability to perform in a lead developer role, organising, mentoring and providing quality assurance on deliverables – Participate in design activities with client and lead design and process discussions – Detailing of the technical specifications required to deliver the functional requirements of the solution – Ability to provide estimation of effort for technical developments – Ability to manage stream deliverables – Responsible for issue resolution post go-live and transition to support

    Essential skills & attributes:- 3-5 certifications in relevant AWS Development disciplines or technologies – Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as basic presentation skills  – Ability to work within a fast-paced & unstructured environment.  Must be able to multi-task and effectively and continually prioritise  – Excellent time management, communication and organizational skills  – Ability to interact efficiently with senior members of the firm across multiple time zones Education- University Degree

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    ETIC, Quality Assurance & Process Improvement Lead | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career within Egypt Technology and Innovation Center, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients design customer strategies that address the customers’ underlying needs and desired outcomes. We help build bridges between digital and analog mediums, delivering personal and contextual experiences powered by technology and analytics, and driving the total experience by engaging the customer, product, partner, and employee experiences.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.- Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary. – Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations. – Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions. – Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments. – Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart. – Promote and encourage others to value differences when working in diverse teams. – Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders. – Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm. – Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct Responsibilities:- Establish the centre quality management system and ensures that all processes are adequately defined, documented, communicated, promoted, maintained and delivers all the needed process trainings as required. – Supports agile development mindset and culture establishment  – Define operational processes that complies with international standards (CMMI etc.) – Utilize data driven techniques like six sigma in quality improvement projects – Maintain compliance with all company global policies and procedures – Designing and develop quality processes that support the business objectives – Handle customer quality complains, identify potential root causes and act for their correction – Acts a global escalation point for quality and process compliance aspects. – Hosting and leading regular quality and process compliance forums in the organization to monitor organization quality targets  – Develop quality and process improvement objectives & strategies that support company objectives’ achievement and MUST be fully in line with company global Quality Strategies. – Support different center technology towers in: – Definition of quality assurance goals and objectives – Establishing quality assurance plans that would comply to quality goals – Execute quality plans and report quality status – Ensure the quality of project’s delivery – Support the projects’ teams by providing delivery Go/No Go recommendation, according to the status of delivery/release audit. – Report quality risks to top management. – Establish and lead a team that audits the operational processes and practices to ensure their compliance against the dictated customer quality goals and international quality standards. – Handle people management of Quality and process improvement department – Demonstrable experience of driving a programme of continuous improvement within the diversified capability technology towers to increase the quality and efficiency of the service provided to the territories  – As required, able to work with in-territory client pursuit / engagement teams to co-create client proposals / solutions that utilise EDC center staff – Extremely well networked and respected in the local QA and PI Oracle workforce community (“Resource magnet”)Core personal competencies: – Leadership – Commercial / Business Acumen – Broad Technology / Digital Perspective – Global View (Inclusivity / Diversity) – Network / Relationships

    Requirements- 10 -15 years of experience in Quality assurance / Process Improvement in software engineering field – 10+ years of experience applying known international software development standards (CMMI – CMMI for services) or equivalent standards, Certification is an advantage – Experience conducting process audits /Assessments, Certified Assessor from global recognized body is a plus – Practical experience in applying agile methodologies and Agile coaching (SCRUM – SAFE – Dev-ops), Certification is a plus – Experience in establishing data driven improvement initiatives, certificate in six sigma will be considered as an advantage – Previous experience in establishing and managing QA & PI teams and systems with global software delivery centres having the nature of diversified technology BU with different standards and processes. – Previous experience and participation in establishing and practicing software life cycle engineering quality gates as part of CICD processes will be considered an advantage – Has the competence to perform the role effectively  – Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as basic presentation skills  – Affinity to work with quantitative data, good analytics  – Ability to work within a fast-paced & unstructured environment.  – Must be able to multi-task and effectively and continually prioritise  – Service-orientated attitude, proactive thinker, networker, information seeker, team player  – Excellent time management, communication and organizational skills  – Extensive knowledge of relevant computer software eg Microsoft and Google Suite – Willingness and interest to frequently interact with and reach out to Partners, Directors and the team  – Ability to interact efficiently with senior members of the firm across multiple time zones Education- University Degree, preferred Bachelor in Computer Science / Computer Engineering

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    GenO Associate Technology Consultant | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Join us as a Cloud Infrastructure Consultant. Start your success story with GenO!What is GenO? https://www.oracle.com/uk/corporate/careers/generation-oracle/ Are you passionate about changing lives through technology driving innovation to our customers adopting Oracle Cloud ? Are you eager to learn, grow, and succeed in shaping your future? We’ll help you find your calling and kick-start an extraordinary career in a leading company as Oracle is.Generation Oracle (GenO) is Oracle’s brand new career development initiative, focused on identifying and advancing early-in-career and returnship talent through a tailored Sales, Solution Engineering and Consulting programme. GenO delivers learning, continuous development and clear, accessible career paths whilst offering the opportunity to influence and help steer our business into the future.Become the advisor our customers trust & be a catalyst for their success! As part of the Consulting Services programme, you will work directly with our customers by helping them unlock the full potential of the Oracle Cloud and realise the maximum value of their Oracle Cloud solutions.Become a Cloud Architect advisor of our customers and be a catalyst for their success implementing innovative solutions based on Oracle Cloud!As part of the Consulting Services programme, you will be a member of the international network of experts who help our customers implement Oracle infrastructure solutions based on IaaS and PaaS cloud services, to host and protect all kind of applications and data.What you’ll do: – Use Oracle internal tools, resources and network to learn and stay up to date with on innovation and leading technologies – Lean from experts and contribute to bring value to our customers leveraging on Oracle’s international network of experts – Contribute as a team member on customer projects together with Oracle experts and leaders. – Consult with clients to understand their business requirements and map them to our solutions and services. – Learn how to design solutions using Oracle leading technology and Consulting methods, tools and best practices – Build successful customer relationships.

    What you’ll bring – Bachelor’s degree. – Fluency in English. – 0-4 years work experience. – Critical thinking: You have an analytical approach to problem-solving. – Enthusiasm & knowledge. – Love & passion for customer success. – Communication skills: You are outgoing and have excellent communication abilities. – Range: You are curious and have varied interests. – Drive: You have a “roll-up-the-sleeves” and “get the job done” attitude. – Effectiveness: You’re able to multi-task, prioritize and manage your time What we’ll give you – Significant investment in your professional development via training, mentoring and an international network of experts and thought leaders inside Oracle. – The opportunity to engage with a variety of customers in multiple areas. – Fun and flexible work for the ideal work-life balance. – An inspiring, inclusive, and multicultural community that values fresh perspectives. – Competitive pay and excellent benefits that will help you do your best work. As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

    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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    A&C Cloud Partner Account Manager | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Builds long term, strategic relationships with named and vertical business alliance partners. Facilitates the development of strategic marketing and new business plans for all assigned partners to meet or exceed assigned business goals. Works with Partners to identify opportunities and create demand through lead generation activities and target account selling strategies. Actively track joint sales pipeline and meet or exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets. Develop and maintain relationships with global counterparts to leverage corporate initiatives and to ensure adherence to Alliances and Channel standards. Monitor partners business results, making recommendations for improvements to increase penetration for the strategic partners. Establish rules of engagement and operational escalation procedures to quickly identify and resolve issues.

    Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Demonstrated track record developing and managing Global Partnerships and driving Partner account activity. Prefer strong analytical, sales channel and marketing skills. Prefer 8 years of related experience with a secondary education in Marketing or a related field.As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

    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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    Automation Cross Portfolio Architect | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction At 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 IBM Saudi Arabia is looking for a senior Automation Cross Portfolio Architect with good experience and expertise in IBM Automation portfolio, including Cloud Pak for Integration, Cloud Pak for Business Automation, IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps, IBM Cloud Pak® for Network Automation, API Connect, App Connect Enterprise (ACE), DataPower, IBM MQ, WebSphere, IBM DevOps software, Instana, Turbonomics, Application Performance Monitoring, , ECM, BPM and ODM. He/She will be responsible for supporting IBM local business partners in architecting, solutioning, and selling IBM AUTOMATION solutions. We value problem solving skills and an attitude towards learning, great communication and accountability. Qualified candidate will be working in a presales team supporting IBM local business partners to promote and sell IBM’s AUTOMATION software to commercial clients across industries. Automation Cross Portfolio Architects are technical consultants to clients, IBM sales teams and IBM Business Partners. They understand the client’s business requirements, technical requirements and/or competitive landscape. They provide technical sales support which may include collaborate with IBM sales teams to define, design, and detail the technical aspects and feasibility of proposed solutions; respond to RFP documents, deliver presentations and demos; develop and deliver technical education; support critical situations; design solutions; and answer technical questions. Key activities for the Automation Cross Portfolio Architect in this role will include: – Architecting IBM Automation Solutions – Design and develop integration flows using IBM Automation software to fulfil customer requirements. – Customer Engagements – Provide leadership and subject matter expertise to commercial customers in Saudi Arabia on IBM Automation opportunities. Successfully conducts Presentations, Demos, Design/Discovery Workshops, etc. that drive hybrid cloud integration revenues. – Technical Sales Accelerators – Develop and deliver product presentations, complex demonstrations, discovery workshops, deep-dive discussions and whiteboard sessions that demonstrate the business value and technical strength of IBM Automation software. – Deployment Support – Support existing hybrid cloud integration commercial clients to see the value of the IBM Automation software they acquired. This includes providing guidance and best practices to the implementation team, in addition to working with IBM support team and product team to accelerate the resolution of support tickets/PMR’s. – Business Partner Engagement -Develop innovative enablement Programs for the BP community that highlights important new product features, capabilities, and deployment patterns. Support BP in a way to make them independent from a sales stand point – Collaborate with the wider IBM team in Middle East Africa and WW for enablement and customer engagements Additional responsibilities include: – Lead and execute customer engagements in presales for Automation software with all needed technical design and architectural decisions ensuring the best quality of work while maintain solution viability and cost efficiency. – Provide technical leadership to achieve business results (software deployment, S&S renewals, stream revenue) for commercial clients in Saudi Arabia. – Use technical and business acumen to build and maintain relationships with key customers decision-makers. – Provide technical leadership on solution design, deployment best practices, and IBM’s technology roadmaps. – Explain how IBM’s Automation offerings compare, contrast, and integrate with the customer’s existing software investment from IBM, business partners, and the competition. – Apply product and industry-specific knowledge to understand business problems and bring relevant recommendations to the client. – Collaborating with IBM Automation commercial sellers to define, design, and detail the technical aspects and feasibility of proposed solutions. – Support customer-facing and prospect education activities, such as trade events, user conferences, delivering workshops, and delivering product demonstrations. – Removing inhibitors to the sale through discovery, assessments, whiteboard/chalk talks, presentations, and demonstrations. – Taking initiatives to own accounts and issues and driving team members toward common goal of winning business. – Assist with software deployments and resolution of post-sales issues.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – A master or bachelor degree in IT, computer science, computer engineering, or similar field. – At least 7 years of overall professional experience. As such, excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, including strong presentation skills required. As are excellent time/project management, organizational and collaboration skills. – At least 5 years of experience in external client-facing projects. Must demonstrate a strong solution design background and an increasing amount of customer engagement leadership experience. – At least 2 year of experience with IBM Automation Software and also new trending technologies, open source and community development preferred due to breadth of customer environments this technology brings. – Experience with event driven architecture and messaging is extremely crucial including in technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, API Economy, Microservices, IIB and MQ. – Ability to analyze business requirement user stories and model it domain based services – Good understanding of the key differences to architect and design enterprise hybrid Cloud native solutions – Enthusiastic, persuasive and self-starter, ability to motivate team members, disciplined operation and reporting/alignment with local and regional management – Exhibit presentation and communication skills – Ability to support training and consulting in post-sales tool and processing deployment situations.

    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