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    Executive Manager – Core Banking Application Development | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Core-Banking Application Development | Executive Manager | Riyadh This is a Technical Leadership Executive Manager Role accountable to create, lead and manage a high functioning specialist team to support the core-banking system (Retail, Corporate, and Treasury) across a large Bank in Riyadh. Application Development & Banking experience requiredClient DetailsThe Michael Page Executive Team are currently recruiting on a retained basis for one of the largest banks in Saudi Arabia.This is a vital position as Executive Manager – Application Manager position to lead & direct a team of developers and work on the development of software of the Banks core banking applications.Description* Help to manage a specialist team to support the core-banking system (Retail, Corporate, and Treasury) across the bank.* Collaboration with the Enterprise Architecture function to enable the emerging Tech stack.* Build and maintain effective working, operational and contract relationships (underpinned with SLA’s) across key vendors is essential. * Accountable to expedite the development of software within our vendor’s a large number of customizations across areas such as the Retail & Corporate Systems is a critical part of development and support.* Document all analysis, design, and development deliverables and align to the overall IT and Business Strategy as per the banks Vision* In addition, the role expected to manage, Guide the SME in his field and be able to analyse and prioritize business requests and design changes to support those needs, in consultation with other business and technology teams within the bank.Job Offer* Competitive salary * Health care* Tax free salary * Benefits * Bonus

    Minimum Experience:* 9 Years of experience in IT Industry.* Expertise with core-banking systems along with IT technology.* Managing projects within the Bank, relating to core banking under IT Applications Development managing:* Retail Banking* Consumer Finance* Skilled and experienced in core-banking systems* Application Development Experience * Help to lead and manage a high functioning team* Application Development * Saudi National

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Cloud Adoption Manager | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Cloud Adoption is a newly-formed organization within EMEA Technology Cloud Engineering (TCE) group, having the mission to increase customer consumption growth by driving fast activation , nurturing an optimal ramp up and removing technical barriers . Aligned to a territory and working together with Sales and Account Cloud Engineers (ACEs), the Cloud Adoption Manager will primary focus on the post-booking side of our customer’s lifecycle, ensuring a successful and sustainable cloud consumption growth. Does this pique your interest? If so, we hope to meet you! Role and Responsibilities The Cloud Adoption Manager will collaborate closely, as needed, with the relevant TCE teams to agree on specific activities and/or deliverables required in each of the accounts they are managing. The ultimate goal is to improve usage and usage growth of Oracle Cloud while also creating a robust customer experience across the entire cloud adoption lifecycle Typical activitiesDrive a fast and smooth Customer activation – Strong focus on Activation for new cloud customers and/or workloads, minimizing time to first value and accelerating consumption growth – Provide standard methodology guidance on the Landing Zone in alignment with our Workload Architects activities – Equip the customer with the relevant knowledge for early usage – Manage the customer’s Adoption Plan – Continuously monitor and review Adoption Plan with the customer to guarantee the progress according to their expectations, facilitating the value realization – Monitor and predict consumption fluctuations , define and execute corrective actions – Pro-actively monitor burn rates and provide consumption forecast – Assess churn risk (customer or service) and formulate mitigation plan – Detect and flag potential new workloads (to ACEs – Account Cloud Engineers) or new implementation opportunities (to internal implementation services – LIFT) – Drive Go Live Assurance to guarantee success in this Critical Milestone for the customer – Provide “Longer Term” customer assistance on environment already in Production through Operations Monitoring and Optimization Advisory – Energize Customers interest by sharing information and facilitate connection with relevant Oracle activities – Share and/or recommend customer/ industry specific standard methodologies & content Remove barriers – Assure progress and prompt resolution of SRs and escalations by engaging relevant teams and advocating for customers – Identify structural issues affecting customer use of Oracle Cloud and initiate conversations with relevant teams (Cloud Ops, Product management, Sales) to formulate a resolution plan – Act as a customer advocate for product features and requirements

    Skills and Profile – To fulfill the role of a CAM we are looking for individuals matching the following profile: – Proven experience in Tech Cloud engineering roles with a track record of successful customer engagements. – Passionate about Technology with Breadth and Depth knowledge- Certified on OCI (or equivalent certifications from competition) – minimum OCI Foundations Associate level – Solid understanding of competitive landscape – hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure is a plus – IT Market Literacy – able to advise on technology standard methodologies by understanding the Cloud market trends and their impact on various industries – High Energy and social skills Focus on Customer Centricity: – Always looking to anticipate customer needs and offer the most relevant advice, education or standard methodology. – Enjoys customer success – Communication – Excellent communication and presentation skills with high degree of comfort speaking across all levels of management and IT roles – Project Management – It is knowledgeable of the most common PM methodologies and tools (ie. Prince2) – Focused on results to improve problem resolution & escalation management – Possesses strong listening and coordination skills to comprehend customer’s issues, and work to resolve them. If vital, engage other teams to ensure successful and speedy resolution – Analytical problem solver with keen problem-solving abilities, strong task planning and delegation skills. Is Pro-active and demonstrates lateral thinking – Ability to identify and handle escalations Customer Lifecycle awareness – Able to understand the customers’ existing IT landscape, business requirements and their definition of success. – Position Oracle as a business partner by delivering value to functional through executive levels Commercial business understanding – Partners with Sales, Account Cloud Engineers, Domain Specialist, Workload Architects and LIFT teams to ensure customer success and predictable and sustainable consumption growth increasing forecast accuracy Collaboration skills – Standout colleague with great networking abilities – Ability to work in (virtual) teams. To get a specific job done often requires working across various regions, cultures and LoBs – Strong understanding of the entire TCE ecosystem (and beyond) and how each team contributes to the customer success – Agent of Change , driving creative and new customer engagements to convert our customers on the best cloud advocates!

    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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    ERP Oracle Functional Consultant | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ERP Oracle Functional Consultant – Jeddah – Saudi ConglomerateThe role is Jeddah based, mainly automotive business looking for a Oracle functional consultant with strong skills in Oracle ERP to monitor IT applications in ERP Oracle, FusionThis is a permanent role based in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, paying competitively.Client DetailsAs an ERP Functional Consultant, you will need strong Technical skills with Oracle EBS and version 12 Fusion.As an ERP functional consultant you will Provide onsite and remote support to the end users mainly on Oracle Fusion ERP..This role you will Implement new application features and modules when needed and develop and test detailed functional designs for business solution components and prototypes.You will work with the Assistant Manager to Support other team members across different ERP applications.Description* The purpose of this role is to provide first line support for the staff and monitor IT applications ERP – Oracle Fusion* Develop and test detailed functional designs for business solution components and prototypes.* Conduct workshops for business requirements analysis and gather the required specifications in detail.* Recommend new enhancements to the process automation and communicate any potential risk of running processes/solutions if any.Job Offer* Tax free salary * Career progression to grow a team * Education help

    Skills required * Deep experience on Oracle Fusion and Oracle EBS* Experience in requirements gathering and analysis techniques.* Good knowledge on process modelling and visualization tools/frameworks.* Experience in solution design and prototype implementation.* Excellent understanding of software development lifecycle.* Experience on agile project delivery methodology and frameworks.* Involvement in implementations as senior functional consultant.Nice to have * Excellent Experience in Finance, Supply Chain and HR modules.

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Lead DevOps | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    You will collaborate with consulting teams to gather requirements, specify, design, develop, deliver robust devops capabilities serving client needs.Client DetailsA well established and high growth organisation who pride themselves on quality, delivery, and innovation in the markets they serve. They are an exciting and fast paced business working on high projects globally.Description* Build the team to further build and optimise the client’s infrastructure, platform and solutions. * Lead the team to design and implement the DevOps architecture and automation solutions including but not limited infrastructure security, automated provisioning, CI/CD pipeline.* Coach your team to drive for results with continuous improvements on technical skills, architectural thinking and communication efficiency. * Empower your clients DevOps capabilities by providing industry subject matter expertise by defining DevOps strategy and roadmaps. * Facilitate improvements in developer productivity through the development and CI/CD flow * Drive collaboration within the group in order to negotiate and assemble project plans, secure commitments on deliverable, and resolve blocking issues.Job OfferOpportunity to lead the DevOps practice in your own vision to transform an industry.

    * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent. * Solid leadership experience running DevOps within a large high paced delivery program, with at least 5 years of development experience. * Experience of working with high growth, data driven organisations is highly preferred. * Familiarity with .Net development and overall experience working with Microsoft Technologies. * Knowledge of private, public and hybrid cloud architecture, networking, workload types, migration patterns and tools. * Excellent experience in building CI/CD pipelines using automation tools (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, etc), able to build/manage a pipeline from start to finish. * Experience with containerization principles and frameworks (Docker, Kubernetes) * Analytical and problem-solving abilities. * Experience working with Agile methodologies and DevOps principles.

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Principal Systems Support Engineer – ACS | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ACS is looking for Systems Engineers skilled and with real experience on Operating System, mainly on Solaris and Linux. The engineer will join the EMEA Expertise Center, a team which centrally delivers proactive and reactive services for any country across EMEA. Advanced Customer Support (ACS) is an organization providing tailored mission critical support services for the full Oracle Product Stack. Advanced Customer Support understands the customer’s needs and helps them to increase availability, improve performance, mitigate risk and save cost. OUR COMPETENT ACS ENGINEERS HAVE THE MISSION: – To develop and manage the technical relationship with a designated account(s) in order to maximize the value of Advanced Customer Support to the customer- To develop and maintain trusted relationships with the other Oracle contacts within designated account(s) and relevant third parties, – To act as the technical primary point of contact for Oracle Support and- To safeguard customer satisfaction, and renewal, through quality delivery and added value. RESPONSIBILITIES- Delivering high quality technical results to ACS Customers; – Ensuring adherence to internal methodology, tools and quality standards; – Identifying required/recommended actions on Customer systems as main output of service delivery, based on own knowledge and experience; – Understanding customer requirements and based on own skills and experience, being able to design the proper architecture using the most appropriate products and design a technical plan to integrate them and implement the technical solution. – Analyzing, troubleshooting and solving whenever feasible, the issues the customer may face using Oracle products. – Escalating at the right time customer issues to Technical Account Manager where relevant; – Active participation on Services development; – Active collaboration with other engineers in the team or in other teams, to share knowledge, experiences and others, which can benefit ACS Business results. TECHNICAL SKILLS- Solaris Server – Solaris Cluster – Solaris Logical Domains (Architecture and Design) Zones – Oracle Enterprise Linux – ZFS – Valuable skills on Exadata and Super Cluster

    REQUIREMENTS- University Degree; – Fluent English (French; Spanish or German will be also valued) – Availability to travel and work onsite at customers – Availability to work 24×7 PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES – Adapting to Change – Building Relationships – Business Ethics – Communication – Customer Focus – Personal Drive – Planning & Organising – Problem Solving – Quality Results Orientation – Teamwork – Working Globally – Customer Needs Analysis – Professional &Technical Depth and Credibility – Resource Utilization & Development – Technical Problem Recognition & Resolution

    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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    IT Professional Services Engineer | SEDCO

    Employment:

    Full Time

    SEDCO is a global leader in providing digital branch transformation solutions. Our mission is to empower businesses with innovative solutions to transform their branches, while offering their customers the exceptional experience that they deserve. We provide comprehensive customer experience solutions all across the globe.Your Role:This role will be responsible for performing support, maintenance, installations, site surveys, documentations, updates/upgrades, troubleshooting, etc. for SEDCO’s products at customers’ locations.You will:• Make onsite Support for SEDCO’s Products HW/SW.• Make remote Support for SEDCO’s Products HW/SW.• Install & Configure for SEDCO’s Products HW/SW.• Conduct Site Surveys.• Conduct SEDCO’s Products Updates/Upgrades.• Complete Documentation for SEDCO’s Products as required.• Maintain Excellent Customers’ relationship.• Conduct Presentations/Demos on SEDCO’s Products as required.• Do internal Service Department Tasks.• Conduct Training to Partners.Reporting to: Professional Services ManagerNumber required: 1

    What You Bring:• Excellent command of English & Arabic Spoken and Written.• Documentation tools (MS word, MS Visio, MS project)• Ability to relocate according to work needs.• Excellent customer service & communication skills.• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.Technologies:• Knowledge in networking (Wiring, Switches, IP Addresses, Ports)• Knowledge in Windows Operating System – Win 10, WinServer2012-2019 (Administration, Services, IIS, Troubleshooting)• Knowledge in databases/reporting administration, preferable MS SQL2012-2019 (Connectivity, Backup & Restore, maintenance)• Good knowledge in IT projects cycle.• Knowledge in MS Power BI is a plus.• Knowledge in HTML5. is a plus• Knowledge in Web Services APIs.• Knowledge in .NET Development is a plus.Other requirements:• Applicant must have legal residence with valid work permit in KSA. • Required a KSA valid driving license

    SEDCO helps Banks, Telecom, Governments, Healthcare, Retail, and Utilities to transform to smart digital branches to improve customers experience and reduce the operational cost.

    SEDCO has solid relationships with over 80 partners worldwide, with thousands of installations around the globe. More

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    Principal AppsDBA Support Engineer – Oracle Advanced Customer Services | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Principal AppsDBA Support Engineer – Oracle Advanced Customer ServicesAdvanced Customer Services is a global organization within Oracle, providing tailored mission-critical support services to customers with complex IT requirements. We provide customized, proactive solutions for all Oracle applications and technologies: Sun Servers and Storage, Database, Middleware and Applications. Highly skilled Advanced Services Engineers (ASE) provide support in the continuous operational improvement of Oracle environments. ASEs do this by leveraging Oracle’s support-based intellectual property and customers’ experiences throughout their involvement with Oracle’s technologies. Our goal is for every customer to gain ever-more value from their Oracle Solutions by helping them make well informed decisions regarding the implementation; management and use of Oracle technologies. ACS Senior Support Engineer – Applications DBA expert Core Activities And Responsibilities: A highly experienced Senior Oracle Applications DBA with deep technical expertise in installing, configuring, upgrading, migrating and managing large production builds of Oracle Applications and EBS Suite of Products. Ideally should have 6-10 years of hands-on experience as an Apps DBA managing production environments. Strong in Oracle Applications performance tuning and troubleshooting middleware stack components. Responsibilities – Works at customer site in the implementation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and Upgrade of Oracle Applications R12, Oracle MW components (Web Logic, OID, etc..) – Works with support to resolve Customers SRs. – Conduct knowledge transfer sessions both within the Oracle team and to end users. – Work closely with the functional team and delivery leaders to provide engagements work estimates and drive excellence in functional work. – Ensures that new services are appropriately captured and put in ACS corporate repository – Proactively maintains knowledge of Oracle’s current and future products/solutions offerings for the specified Supply Chain area.

    Technical Qualifications:- Highly experienced in the implementation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and Upgrade of Oracle Applications R12. – Proven exposure of installation of Oracle Application R12.1 & R12.2 on Enterprise Linux production environments. – Experienced in installation and managing middleware components like Oracle WebLogic server, OID etc. – Good Conceptual knowledge of Oracle RDBMS internals, Backup & Recovery using RMAN, performance tuning, logical and physical design of database. – Experience working in an enterprise environment and supporting critical production databases and applications. – Experience in installing, configuring, upgrading and administering different versions of Oracle Database. – Strong experience working as an Oracle Applications DBA in 12.x versions. – Solid understanding of the product architecture and ability to analyze and solve issues across multiple layers of the stack. – Exposure to RAC and ASM Administration. – Must have the ability to upgrade and migrate databases from one platform to another using various tools like Oracle Data Pump, RMAN and TTS/XTTX and execute migrations using such tools. – Hands-on experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager. – Must be familiar with day-to-day operations such as monitoring, performance tuning and making recommendations after generating AWR and ADDR reports. – Troubleshooting memory related errors with Oracle 12c and Patching with RAC and Non RAC. – Provide support for Oracle database environments that include problem identification, reporting, tracking, analysis, and resolution. – Strong shell scripting knowledge. – Good knowledge of PL/SQL. – Experience in working with Oracle Applications & Databases running on Oracle Cloud platform. – Experience in migrating on premise databases to Oracle Cloud. – Basic software networking skills. Other Qualifications: – Strong English written/verbal communications – Self-motivated individual who works well in a team environment. – Willingness to work in shifts & weekends as required. – Willingness to travel in the region (MEA) and work out of client locations. – Willingness to provide on-call support on a 24/7 basis when needed. – Experience in working as part of Global/ Matrixed/ Remote teams. – Self-driven, ability to work under minimal supervision. – Excellent Analytical skills. Experience: – Minimum 6 years+ of overall experience in relevant technical roles.

    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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    Data Engineer – Enterprise Content Management (Internship) | 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 Advises, designs, develops and supports application solutions with focus on Content Management offering such as FileNet. This role may design, develop and/or re-engineer highly complex application components, and integrate software packages, programs and reusable objects residing on multiple platforms. Content Management addresses steps for developing a content strategy for an application with content assets that need to be managed and organized: identifying and promoting content and asset management to manage the infrastructure to store, access, and manage a full spectrum of digital information.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise Excellent Communication Skills. Fluency in Arabic and English. Bachelor degree in similar field.

    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