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    Application Developer – Java & Web Technologies | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!Your Role and Responsibilities Over the past 100 years, IBMers all over the globe have helped make the world work better and smarter. In this new era of Cognitive Business, IBM is helping to reshape industries by bringing together our expertise in Cloud, Analytics, Security, Mobile, and the Internet of Things: Changing how we create, collaborate, analyze and engage. From transforming healthcare to improving the retail shopping experience – it’s what IBMers do. In Africa, we’ve been changing the way the continent does business for more than 50 years, and as our company continues to grow, we’re looking for talented professionals to join us in this new era.Join us and be part of a diverse and global team of thinkers and doers, and make an impact.The Developer in this job role should have expertise in translating IT requirements in the design, development, and assembly of components to create custom information systems. Typical examples of the deliverables are functional and technical designs, models, components, code, unit tests, and documentation. IT Specialists who primarily apply their technical skills in an internal or external customer billable services and implementation environment. The employee leads technical support or the business processes.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise Skills: Environment: • Experience and working knowledge in key functional processes. Awareness of business activities.Communication/Negotiation: • Exchanges information, ideas and concepts. Requires negotiation to achieve coordination.Problem Solving: • Use advanced technical knowledge to perform and apply new technical procedures to the business processes. May recommend improvements to existing technical procedures based on understanding of new technologies.Contribution/Leadership: • Working individually or as a team member, may set work priorities within well established procedures and objectives.• May provide coordination of activities.• Gives technical direction. Viewed as a technical expert

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    IBM Openpages Consultant | Halian

    Employment:

    Full Time

    – Providing consulting services on Governance, Risk & Compliance management- Establishing new offerings within GRC space and socialize with prospective customers- Work as a mentor for customers to migrate towards enterprise GRC- Prospective candidate should be an expert contributing to different phases of the GRC consulting lifecycle- Candidate will be intensely involved in business process consulting; to define the problem, propose and create the solution – Candidate will also play an important role in the development, configuration and deployment of the overall IBM Openpages GRC solution- Candidate will guide teams on project processes, deliverables and contribute to the proposal development, client training and internal capability building and help detail the project scope- Governance, Risk & Compliance consultant should perform as-is state analysis of the GRC processes, define an approach to move from traditional way of managing G,R,C processes to an integrated GRC model and help automating the processes using the enterprise / IT GRC tool- (S)he will be responsible for developing GRC related offerings based on the industry trends, socialize them internally within the company and with the clients to ensure new business

    – Bachelors degree or equivalent required- At least 7 years of experience with Information Technology- At least 5 years of experience in IBM Openpages installation, administration- Experience with design and deployment of IBM Openpages in a large scale customer environments- Experience with Governance, Risk and Compliance, business Process Consulting, problem definition function.- Experience with architecture/design /detailing of Processes in GRC are- At least 5 years of experience in Development/ Configuration/solutions evaluation/ Validation and deployment on IBM Openpages- Experience with integration of IBM Openpages with enterprise tools- Experience with compliance reporting using IBM Openpages- Excellent written, verbal & analytical skills- Strong understanding of Enterprise GRC & IT GRC domains- Experience with enterprise policy management, compliance management modules within IBM Openpage- Experience with exception & workflow management- Experience with Vendor management solution- Experience with Compliance management solution

    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 – Blockchain | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our client is an amazing NFT marketplace and the first of its kind in the region. They work with a number of high-end artists and specialise in providing a top end services to niche and high net worth individuals across the UAE. They are expanding their operations rapidly and need additional assistance based in the region. They can provide an excellent working environment, and compensation package for the right person. The Role* Write solidity smart contracts from scratch* Integration with Layer 2 scaling solution (ex: Polygon, Immutable X etc.)* Integration with fiat payment solution* Integrate with various blockchain (BSC, Solana)* Have extensive knowledge about MetaMask

    The Candidate* Strong start-up mindset, with a track record of working within a fast-paced start-up environment* Has significant blockchain experience* Be very reliable/knowledgeable and very pro-active in suggesting improvements and tech directions.* Tech Stack (Essential)* Standards: ERC 721, ERC 1155, ERC 20* Storage: IPFS* Wallet: MetaMask* Server: Digital Ocean* Database: Mongo DB* Platform stack:* Front-end: React JS* Back-end: JavaScript, Node JS* Smart contracts: solidity* Relocation to Dubai will be required* 3/5+ years of blockchain development* Language: Solidity

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More

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    IT Operations Manager – Document Management Firm | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    IT Operations manager – Document Management Firm – RiyadhIT Operations manager | Software Document Management Firm | Riyadh • Work with IT Director to ensure operational activities, requests, changes are identified and completed on time. • Look at budget and agreed SLAs and ensure the business targets are reached• Work with ensuring stakeholders are kept up to dateClient Details• Cloud based Software firm who specialise in Document management for high profile clients across the middle east.DescriptionRESPONSIBILITIES: • Work with the ICT Director, IT Managers/leads• Work with IT vendors to select and new “off-the-shelf” products • To act as the right hand person for the ICT Director in managing the day to day activities.• Ensure smooth operations of the ICT department,• Provide Strategic input from prior experience, to ensure our business maximises technology.• A Primary point of communication between IT, Operations and clients• Architects, administers & supports the organisation’s core IT hardware, software & Infrastructure• Build relationships and gather requirements from key non-technical project stakeholders• Liaises with the third-party vendors • Draw up detailed plans for IT services • Coordinating with IT and Operations and senior management.• Leading technical teams to carry out the tasks and deliver the services defined in the service level in helping managing the support service & delivery functions• Own and manage all Incidents and Request to resolution in coordination of the Service Desk• Provide escalated on-site support for hardware, software and network connectivity issues.• Manage the tasks of IT teams• Work with IT Teams to analyse and redesign IT service and IT business processes, taking a lead role as required. • Ensure appropriate risk assessment and compliance checks are carried out.• Engage with IT Processes such as Service Desk, Incident Problem and Change ManagementJob Offer• This is a permanent role Based in Riyadh • Paying competitively • Tax free salary • Excellent benefits • Bonus

    • The Successful candidate would be an IT operations manager within a document management firm or similar industry, has worked in a Senior capacity as an IT Operations Manager• This person must have an Ops technology background. • The ideal candidate should have experience managing and working with the IT Applications and Infrastructure team.• This hire should take on all the IT director’s Operational tasks and must be flexible and able to take on responsibility.

    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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    Senior/Lead ReactJS Developer | A Leading Company In UAE

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Responsible for the design, code, deploy, unit test and functional test of software web applications and platformWrite well-designed, tested, and efficient code by using best software development practicesContribute in all phases of the development lifecycleWorking together with other teams to enhance the collaborationEnsure technical projects can cover functional and stabilityRun tests to identify design flaws and bugs, such as performing code reviews and performance analyses

    Salary:
    AED
    10,000 to 25,000
    per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

    Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field requiredAt least 4-year of Web-related developing experienceHighly knowledgeable with ReactJSProficient with HTML/SASS/CSSStrong experiences building fast and high performance websitesWith hands-on experience with Redux state management frameworkHave worked on web apps integrated with secured REST API endpoints, websockets and real time dataTest coverage: competent skills in unit and integration testsProactive, can work in a team or independentlyKnows how to build and deploy Single Page Applications (SPA) to development/production environmentStrong Agile/Scrum development experienceEnglish communication and Effective communication skillsKnowledge with GraphQL is a plusKnowledge with Angular and Vue.js is a plus

    A leading company in UAE. More

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    Senior Business Analyst | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Prepare high quality design based on BRD and SRS• Implement systems and content that leverages the capabilities of existing systems • Contribute to decisions on product, tool and method selection, providing input on industry trends • Ensures accuracy of finished product design, reviewing for completeness, conflict avoidance, and ensuring clients objectives are being met throughout life cycle • Participate on projects during design, bidding and construction administration • Ensures all production adheres to quality Company Standards • Collect business requirements and needs from external and internal stakeholders • Participate in meetings with Engineering and Operations functions in order to enhance the process of business requirements collection • Develop high level business systems requirements specification document (BRDSRS) to enable the development of high/low level designs for building products and solutions • Support the identification of potential products and solutions to be developed while approving new systems and platforms requested to be incorporated in the enterprise architecture blueprint and framework • Mentor a team of systems Analysts to produce high quality SRS

    • Understand department’s Strategical vision and follow the plan and suggest improvements to the plan• Understand and follow Demand and Technical Management Department’s policies, procedures and controls. • Provide suggestion on improvement of Demand and Technical Management Department’s systems • Conduct day-to-day activities to in compliance with stipulated policies and procedures • Follow defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with other functions and constantly work on its improvement• Guide, mentor and develop the Business Support team as part of their continuous improvement of the quality of deliverables • Search and support recruitment of talent for Business Support group• Provide effort for the tasks wherever requested to support the budgeting process

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More

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    Senior Systems Administrator | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Provides technical and operational systems administration. Installs, maintains, develops, and implements policies and procedures for ensuring the security, availability and integrity of the systems, applications and infrastructure which managed by SE. • Responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, network servers, and virtualization.• Install and upgrade computer components and software, manage virtual servers, and integrate automation processes.• Troubleshoot systems and application errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems, and assessing impact of issues • Deploy developed systems and application on targeted environments. • Work with other technical departments (security, computing, networking, and enterprise architecture) to ensure fulfilment of infrastructures and application development related activities. • Managing and support multiple environments (development, testing, staging and production). • Creating and managing system permissions and user accounts. • To respond to service incidents within the times specified in any Service Level Agreement (SLA). • Collaborate with various managers and other SE personnel to improve existing processes, increase automation and meet SE operational goals.• Installing upgrades and patches to existing systems and environments. • Setting up and maintain required documentation and standards. • Mentorship and tutoring for newcomers and/or junior team members. • Be available for on-call support as needed.

    • Experience in managing both Linux (RHEL, Centos) and Windows Servers.• Experience in Server logs management and troubleshooting.• Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP• Expert skill level executing high-availability technologies (replication, mirroring, failover clusters, etc.).• Familiarity with VMWare and SAN management and concepts.• Knowledge in network related concepts (IP networks, subnets, routing)• Experience in security and Firewall configuration and management.• Working knowledge of virtualization, VMWare, or equivalent.• Experience in configuring systems and application environments.• Experience in High Availability and performance requirements (Load Balancer, Clustering)• Understanding of XML, JSON, XSLT, SOAP, XML Schemas, WSDL concepts, and RESTful web services.• Experience in JBoss / Tomcat Application Servers , Version Control Systems (SVN/GIT) and JMS Queues or RabbitMQ.• Knowledge Security protocols (Open id connect , Oath2 , JWT)• Experience in automation and DevOps tools is preferred (Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes).• Scripting language experience (i.e., Shell, Perl, python).• Familiarity with programming languages API.• Knowledge with on-prem and public cloud technologies (AWS, Azure)• Great interpersonal and communication skills.

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More

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    ERP Solution Engineer | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Provides direction and specialist knowledge in applying the technology/application to client business. Facilitation of customer product/application understanding through presentations demonstrations and benchmarks; provision of support throughout the sell. As a Principal Sales Consultant you will be responsible as the expert for formulating and leading presales technical / functional support activity to prospective clients and customers while ensuring customer satisfaction. Acts as a technical resource and mentor for less experienced Sales Consultants. Focuses on large or complex sales opportunities that need creative and complex solutions. Develops productivity tools and training for other Sales Consultants. Develops and delivers outstanding Oracle presentations and demonstrations. Leads any and all aspects of the technical sales process. Advises internal and external clients on overall architect solutions.

    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. 3 years vendor (sales and marketing) experience. 7 years business experience with relevant computer applications or database/tools. Ability to implement the most advanced product features. Thorough knowledge of system and application design. In depth knowledge of competitors. Demonstrated project management skills. Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills: needs analysis, positioning, business justification, closing techniques. Ability to persuade others through presentations, demonstrations, and written communication. Ability to travel as needed. A/BS degree or equivalent, advanced degree highly desirable.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