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    banking digital project manager | Rhodium Consulting

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Summary:Seeking a meticulous and driven Project Manager with proven track record in implementing digital projects in the baking industry. Successful incumbent will be appointed to help the bank transform and stay ahead in a fast-changing digital world. A technical savvy professional who understands the depth and breadth of new emerging technologies in the banking sector to effectively manage Digital Transformation initiatives. Responsibilities:• Lead development teams and own responsibility for the delivery of specific digital solutions and component/unit testing efforts.• Oversee and report on project status, manage project team resources and assignments, ensure project milestones are met and up to standard.• Work with technology partners to develop the content for development and solutions design deliverables, ensure project estimates cover all activities within scope, including project management and application development, software quality assurance reviews, and vendor and contract management activities.• Ensure all requirements, project plans, and changes to commitment are communicated to all affected team members.• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to support / develop sound business cases with an on-going focus on reusability, scalability, innovation, and enterprise-wide solutions.• Ensure the project team follows all quality assurance processes.• Drive stakeholder communications develop effective stakeholder management required for team delivery.• Act as an escalation point for all risks and issues affecting the development team, and for working to define and implement mitigation strategies.• Responsible for delivering in line with financial forecast / plan, and achieving benefits targets as defined for Application Development teams.• Manage and track costs in line with investment governance to deliver agreed outcomes and service-level within budget.• Identify all development related project dependencies and risks and ensures mitigation/contingency plans are in place for identified risks.• Responsible for management of the overall mobile development / design teams providing both leadership and technical guidance.

    Required Skills:• Proven ability to interact with various business users, senior management, IT teams and external vendors effectively• Experience in project plans, milestones, measures, budgets, resource, and time management.• Excellent leadership skills and emotional intelligence to influence key decisions, mediate conflicts and build consensus• Resourceful and proactive team player with excellent analytical and planning skill• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.• Desirable skill(s): PMP, CITPM, COMIT or PRINCE2 certified• Experience as an IT PM – 8+ years• Experience in Agile methodology – 3+ years• Experience in application release management – 3 + years• Previous Banking or FI experience• PMP certification or equivalent.• Experience in dealing with platform stability initiatives.

    Specialized in the management of large strategy-based transformation projects, business transformations, ERP/ technology advisory, and management consulting. More

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    Data Scientist | Adecco

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Requirements:• Expertise in developing and implementing MIS (Management Information System) using data science and AI/ML.• Work closely with the business teams on defining and implementing data science use cases relevant for the MIS department• Develop data science models, with great flexibility on implementing state-of-the-art data science solution by ensuring models impact is measurable• Identify and assess significance of variables and data points required for the respective data science models• Implement advanced AI / machine learning solutions leveraging different technique for advanced analytics• Handle end-to-end implementation of the data science use case• Work closely with the central data science team on leveraging data science framework and tools required for the data science model production deployment.• Work very closely with data engineering and data infrastructure team on getting relevant data points integrated and make available as part of the central group data lake.

    • 5+ years of experience in Data Science.• 5+ years of experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning and Python.• Expertise in Business Intelligence tools.• Strong work experience in Sales/Operation Domain.• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML & Data Science.• 5+ years of experience in Sales & Operation Domain.• Expertise in tools like Power BI, Tableau, python, deep learning, machine learning, predictive analytics, SQL, NLP etc.

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

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

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    Power BI Developer | Adecco

    Employment:

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    Power BI Developer with 5+ years of experience. Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs, database migrations, dashboard development and technology management. Required2. Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in the following required:a. 5+ years of hands-on experience in design and development of dashboard, reports, data model using Power BI, particularly Power BI Cloud based developmentb. Extensive experience of working with products like Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) tabular Cube development, String SSIS, Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Azure Data Lake, synapse and runtime.c. Very strong SQL skills for querying and creation of views/tables, functions and stored proceduresd. Experience in Data Warehouse, ETL processing, Tabular models, DAX and M querye. Experience with Multidimensional concepts, data modeling and MDX queryf. Development or Coding experience with C#, Web API, .Net, Powershell, SQL NoSQL Databases including OSS (Maria, Mongo etc), Cosmos DBg. Exposur to working/ building cubes for huge datasets (required)h. Knowledge of Visual Studio (SSDT)3. Working experience in banking sector or in a leading solution vendor for banking products.(required)

    a. 5+ years of hands-on experience in design and development of dashboard, reports, data model using Power BI, particularly Power BI Cloud based developmentb. Extensive experience of working with products like Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) tabular Cube development, String SSIS, Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Azure Data Lake, synapse and runtime.c. Very strong SQL skills for querying and creation of views/tables, functions and stored proceduresd. Experience in Data Warehouse, ETL processing, Tabular models, DAX and M querye. Experience with Multidimensional concepts, data modeling and MDX queryf. Development or Coding experience with C#, Web API, .Net, Powershell, SQL NoSQL Databases including OSS (Maria, Mongo etc), Cosmos DBg. Exposure to working/ building cubes for huge datasets (required)

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

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

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    ServiceNow Solution Architect | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction IBM Application Consultants work directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational strategies that drive adoption of change. We are looking for experts who can build credibility and trust with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs.Your Role and Responsibilities IBM’s strategy is anchored on hybrid cloud and AI, enabling our clients to transform their IT and business services. ServiceNow is integral and a key part of that strategy, providing the critical integration layer, helping our Clients optimise their IT and business workflows and managing their legacy and cloud services.IBM is one of the largest ServiceNow Global Elite Partners. We are targeting exponential growth with specific strategic partners creating bilateral returns that materially matter and elevate IBM as the relationship of choice for valued client outcomes.We are seeking a ServiceNow Architect to join a fast-growing team of ServiceNow professionals working with our account teams and clients across industries, to advise and build solutions to critical business problems, and to support our revenue growth.The ServiceNow Architect – Sales will:- Leverage IBM ServiceNow offerings to support sales campaigns across your market, working closely with ServiceNow account executives within their market- Develop and grow relationship with IBM business sector and account teams to generate and develop sales opportunities- Work with IBM sales, solution and commercial teams to define and build applicable proposals through the sales lifecycle with handover to delivery- Responsible for providing architecture oversight to our projects as well as help in architecting solutions for our top national and international clients.- Provide thought leadership, review and advice on the client’s ServiceNow Architecture and integration within ServiceNow modules and 3rd Party solutions and build new methods and tools to be used across all our projects.- Provide technical consultation to our clients in terms of using ServiceNow best practices for implementations and ongoing operations- Establish enterprise wide best-practices and IT thought leadership in Service Management, Service Integration and Management, Intelligent Automation Platform and Robotic Process Automation.- Implement complex ServiceNow solutions for our clients in all applications/modules such as TSM Pro, ITSM Pro, HRSD, ITOM Pro, SAM Pro, HAM Pro, ITBM Pro, Security Operations, GRC, FSM Pro and CSM Pro.- Support the resolution project challenges on constraints including, risks, time, resources and scope- Provide expert guidance for best practices related to ServiceNowRequired Technical and Professional Expertise – 10+ years of IT experience with Proven ServiceNow Product knowledge- 3-5 years of experience as a ServiceNow Solution/Technical Architecture with implementing SaaS/PaaS Solution on specific cloud architecture.- Experience in multiple end-to-end ServiceNow implementations across all modules – TSM Pro, ITSM Pro, HRSD, ITOM Pro, SAM Pro, HAM Pro, ITBM Pro, Security Operations, GRC, FSM Pro and CSM Pro.- Strong experience in integrating ServiceNow to several other applications using SOAP/REST. Preferred to have experience working with ServiceNow to ServiceNow and ServiceNow to Remedy ebondings or any other Products of similar nature.- Strong working in an Agile/DevOps environment in Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, automated testing, Agile metrics Preferred Tech and Prof Experience- Strong understanding of the key technologies relevant to the ServiceNow integration solutions including: SSO, SAML, SSL, Web Services, LDAP, JDBC, ODBC, REST,FTP and also well versed with cloud technologies.- Mandatory ServiceNow certifications – Certified System Administrator, Certified Application Developer, Implementation Specialist in 2 or more of these modules – ITSM/HRSD/CSM/FSM/ITBM/Discovery/Service Mapping/GRC/SIR/PPM/Cloud Management- Experience with enterprise level tool migrations- Experience in software engineering and design architecture- Excellent Communication skills – ability to communicate at an executive level

    Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise – Preferably ITIL v4 certified- Preferably be TOGAF 9 certified or have a similar enterprise architecture certification- Strong Agile/DevOps delivery experience- Should have good knowledge of network/infrastructure/database/asset setup for an organization to be able to assist client using ServiceNow ITOM/ITAM- Current understanding of best practices regarding system security measures- Experience with scripting in the ServiceNow platform using JavaScript, Jelly, and/or AngularJS for Business Rules, Client Scripts, UI Actions, UI Pages, Widgets, Background scripts etc- Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals- Ability to handle change and be open to it, along with good time management and an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

    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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    Associate Principal – Sustainability Design | Khatib & Alami

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The Associate Principal- (Sustainability Design) is the subject matter expert on the topic of (Sustainability Design) design and is a key reference point for his team members. He is in charge of the technical aspect of the design activities of projects of medium to high complexity in K&A. He works closely with Project Managers for the review and validation of design deliverables and monitors the checking and reviews of all design phases and ensures the proper implementation of all related adjustments and revisions. The jobholder conducts design value engineering in coordination with the Project Manager and design teams. He shall stay abreast of the latest trends and developments in the (Sustainability Design/ Energy Management/Commissioning) architectural design market and represent the firm in the professional engineering community, as needed. Internal Business Process: • Provide subject matter expertise for technical and focused topics• Provide sophisticated technical subject matter expertise to design teams during all stages of design delivery (concept design, schematic design, final design) in coordination with Design Managers and Project Managers• Support the collection of internally available data to support project execution• Lead discussions with clients to determine criteria guiding design, including budgets, preferences, etc.• Provide technical assistance in the development of concept designs, including all required drawings and reports, for projects of medium to high complexity, for discussion with clients• Support Design Manager/Project Managers in the refinement of selected design options into schematic and draft final designs, including all required drawings and reports• Provide support in design coordination with other design specializations (e.g. Architecture, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Transportation) to coordinate design requirements across disciplines for design projects of medium complexity across all design stages (conceptual, schematic, detailed), as needed• Closely work with stakeholders for design value engineering for projects of medium to high complexity, as needed• Closely work with Project Managers for the review andLearning & Growth:• Upload design deliverables into the knowledge management repository as per policies and procedures• Attend periodic training to further develop relevant skills• Implement corporate policies and procedures• Lead training sessions and provide publication and training material

    Minimum requirements: • Total Experience – 12+ years, of which minimum [+8] core experience in Sustainability rating [LEED] on mega projects• Qualification – BSc. Architectural Engineering, [M.Sc. Sustainability] with Extensive, knowledge [Must have] in:Skills Required: • Daylight analysis [Expert level]• Urban thermal comfort analysis [Expert level]• Passive house performance analysis. [Expert level]• Facade Engineering• LEED AP [BD&C, ND] + CEEQUAL Assessor, with minimum of [10] certified large development projects as team leader.

    Khatib & Alami, a multidisciplinary urban regional planning, architectural and engineering consulting company, offers clients an integrated approach toward the ever-increasing need for reliable project delivery systems. In-house expertise and the continuous recruitment of bright and innovative professionals enable us to meet the challenges of development with due consideration to environmental protection, social and economic characteristics of society. In close concert with clients, we have been able to consolidate factors that make the resultant project coincide with the client’s vision within the time frame and budget set out for implementation.

    K&A started its consulting services in Lebanon and extended the areas of its professional activities in accordance with the growth of its experience, and its human and financial resources. The company operates in various countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Gabon and USA. K&A employs around 4,000 professionals and technicians. Since 1984, K&A has continuously ranked among the top 100 International Design firms as published by Engineering News Record (ENR). K&A has also obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Quality Management System (QMS). More

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    Software Engineer – SDE II, ECCF TECH | Amazon.ae

    Employment:

    Full Time

    DESCRIPTION • Job summary• The Amazon Middle East and North Africa team is looking for a Software Development Engineer who is passionate about building great products for our customers. The SDE-II will be based in Amman, Jordan and must have Software engineering experience involving solving complex problems. They SDE-II will:• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.• Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables• Write high quality distributed system software• Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.

    BASIC QUALIFICATIONS • 5+ years industry experience in designing software architecture and operating scalable software systems• Oral and written communication skills (ability to produce runbooks, technical, and non-technical documentation)• Experience coaching junior software development engineers including code review and design review• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or related technical disciplinePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Ability to effectively articulate and drive solutions to technical and business challenges• Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly• Experience working with driving product vision to deliver long term customer and advertiser value• Willingness to own all stages of development process: requirements, design, implementation, testing, and operational support• Excellent interpersonal communication with strong verbal / written English skills

    Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae. More

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    Digital and Innovation Consultant | Halian

    Employment:

    Contract

    Our ClientA leading consultancy firmYour Responsibilities• Work on co-creation of digital concepts on a wide variety of domains (Product selection, product recommendation, business cases, ROI, and TCO).• Apply innovative technologies (e.g. Blockchain, AI) to current and future business challenges.• Provide competitive analysis of potential digital solutions.• Take the customers point-of-view while delivering the digital assets in the market.• Manage projects through their complete lifecycle, including monitor the planning, budget and staffing of the team delivering the project.• Share your knowledge and experience in various domains, depending on your area of expertise• Coach and mentor more junior team members.• Proactively assist the team in various aspects of the project.• Prepare deliverables.• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen.• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues.• Ensure you are adhering to compliance matters

    Your Qualifications• Professional experience (between 6 – 10 years), either in consulting, and/or in the hospitality sector, specifically in designing or delivering digital solutions in the market• Strong team spirit, balanced by a healthy sense of autonomy• Excellent analytical skills, conceptual thinking and pragmatic approach• Solid communication and presentation skills• Certifications such as Agile, Scrum, or other Project Management methodologies• Knowledge of leading digital and innovation products, skills, and competencies.• Must have consultancy experience, preferably in Big Four• Demonstrates some proven knowledge and success, as both an individual contributor and functional team member, with identifying and addressing client needs related to consulting, designing, and implementing various Microsoft application-based solutions• Platform and capability maturity assessments• Value framework and case build• Platform vision definition• Transformation roadmap shaping

    Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong track record of delivering value for our customers across the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa.

    The experience we have gained means that we can help our clients reduce information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up valuable internal resource to focus on core business activities. Our knowledge base covers a variety of industry sectors including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals, as well as a specialist Financial markets capability in our Luxembourg office.

    We operate with a culture of openness and trust that helps us to develop strong working relationships with our clients and with our core technology partners Dell, Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec.

    Our three key service offerings of Managed Services, Resourcing Services and Professional Services can be used independently or integrated to provide a truly comprehensive service. More

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    Software Developer | United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job DescriptionThe Big Data Analytics Center (BIDAC) is established to conduct quality big data research, training, consultation and to provide unified big data platform services within the UAE and internationally. The main objective of BIDAC is to conduct leading-edge research and services within the emerging domain of big data analytics and disseminate technical know-how that can be applied to improve the performance of public and private enterprises. – We are currently in need of an experienced software developer. – The ideal candidate is expected to have intensive experience in writing efficient programs and support software solutions related to big data analytics research and development.- The candidate is expected to decompose highly complex problems into manageable requirements and then develop and implement sensible, reliable, and efficient solutions within a dynamic and rapid code development environment without sacrificing quality. – He/ She must have intensive experience of working in designing, creating, deploying, and managing large and effective databases.

    Minimum Qualification- BSc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field from a recognized university.- An ability to design, implement and manage software programs. Experience in developing database solutions to store and retrieve information.Preferred Qualification- Experience in gathering and analyzing system requirements. – Proven experience in developing successful dynamic websites, tools, and software.- Intensive experience in designing relational and no-SQL databases – Ability to design and develop user-friendly interfaces. – Proven experience in related technology such as cloud computing, distributed systems, Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce, etc. – Familiarity with data visualization tools. – Proven work experience as a Data Architect, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or similar role.

    Founded in 1976 by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, UAEU is a comprehensive, research-intensive university enrolling about 14,000 Emirati and international students. As the UAE’s flagship university, UAEU offers a full range of accredited, high-quality graduate and undergraduate programs through nine Colleges: Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Food and Agriculture; Humanities and Social Sciences; IT; Law; Medicine and Health Sciences; and Science. With a distinguished international faculty, state-of-the art new campus, and full range of student support services, UAEU offers a living-learning environment that is unmatched in the UAE.

    As a research-intensive university of international stature, UAEU works with its partners in industry to provide research solutions to challenges faced by the nation, the region, and the world. The University has established research centers of strategic importance to the country and the region which are advancing knowledge in critical areas ranging from water resources to cancer treatments. UAEU is currently ranked the number one research university in the GCC, number two in the Arab World, and #370 globally.

    UAEU’s academic programs have been developed in partnership with employers, so our graduates are in high demand. UAEU alumni hold key positions in industry, commerce, and government throughout the region. Our continuing investments in facilities, services, and staff ensure that UAEU will continue to serve as a model of innovation and excellence. More