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    Junior UX/UI Designer | Chalhoub Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Who we are Chalhoub is the leading luxury retailer in the Middle East. With more than 700 stores, 300 brands, and 60 years of experience in the region, we are the premiere destination for luxury goods. To fuel the next stage of the organisation’s growth, we are looking to develop a world class digital and e-commerce capability. Building on our strong data foundations, we are looking to create an agile and truly customer-centric organisation to deliver significant growth. We are looking for top talent to join us on this journey. Role Our Junior UX/UI Designer will have an analytical mindset, a creative spirit and experience designing interfaces for the responsive web. Additionally he or she will have a strong belief in data driven decision making and iterative/lean product development practicesWhat you will be doing – Creating best in class digital assets for our websites and digital media activities across all several fashion brands. – Creating UI designs that adhere to and build on existing UI brand guidelines and style guides – Operating within the Digital Product development cycle capturing requirements and feedback from stakeholders and iteratively rolling out new UI features and UX improvements to existing features – Defining, designing and implementing top-notch, responsive and user-centric websites, email templates and more – Creating email HTML templates, including bespoke email campaigns and newsletter – Ensuring all designs work within a responsive framework and with pixel perfection – Conceptualizing original Website design ideas that bring UX simplicity and user friendliness to complex roadblocks – Acting as the brands guardian to ensure quality of UI design and UX across all of our digital platforms – Able to demonstrate immediate results on conversion rate and sales – Keeping up to date with the latest trends, styles and techniques and best practices in UX design – Working closely with web developers

    What you will need to succeed – 1-2 years professional experience as an interactive designer/user experience designer; expertise in responsive Web interfaces, Apps and emails for both e-commerce and content properties – Have experience in designing and implementing Websites, Apps and email, ideally in a retail environment Experience in Responsive design, cross browser and cross device production (Desktop, Mobile iOS and Android ) – User experience design skill set including data-driven analytics capabilities, and a working understanding of web application technologies Excellent knowledge of Figma, Adobe XD, HTML5 and CSS3 coding – Working knowledge of Dreamweaver/Visual Studio Experience with Adaptative design Experience with Material design User Experience – Design skills in Arabic are nice to have – Ability to be resourceful, hands-on, detail oriented and work independently while being a strong collaborator with peers – Professional portfolio of design that demonstrates creativity and problem-solving – Self starter with the ability to work both independently and as team member What we can offer you We will help shape your journey with us through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities, and exposure to different assignments within your role. Our Group offers the opportunity to support careers that may span different teams, different job roles, categories and even different countries. We offer diverse career paths for those who show drive and passion as well as the desire to learn and grow.

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

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

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

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

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    Application Architect – Adobe Marketing & Analytics | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders.Your Role and Responsibilities We are looking for an ambitious and self-driven software architect to join our team! IBM Interactive Experience (iX) will work with the client on this journey, to shape new demands, to create and develop an environment that enables innovation and the rapid testing of ideas (fail fast, learn fast), to set up the tools, methods and approaches for the client to create a sustainable and cost-effective digital capability. IBM is looking for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect to work closely with clients, developers, business analysts to build AEM solutions and translate business requirements into technical details. – Advise and mentor developer teams. – Lead and develop projects from early concept through design development. – Consult with clients to determine their requirements. – Deliver requirements for integrated solutions across various IT disciplines. – Responsibility for creation and following day to day architecture and delivery plan. – Pay attention to system integration, sustainability and feasibility. – Suggest and implement solutions for process improvement. – Adhere to all the requirements and guidelines for quality, security, extensibility etc.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – English – fluent. – 4 + years of experience in application architecture and Java software development – 2 + years of experience implementing Adobe Experience Manager solutions (Sites, Assets) – Experience with one or more of: SOAP/REST, SQL/NoSQL databases, ESB. – Experience with one or more Java concepts and patterns including: Java , OSGI , Sling, JMS, Junit . – Experience designing and building in the cloud (ideally Azure). – Experience with project automation technologies including: Jenkins, Continuum, Hudson, automated unit testing, Maven, SonarCube, Selenium, Jira, and GitHub – Strong skills to effectively interface with client – Configuration planning, testing, change management knowledge and experiences. Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise – Strong collaboration and team leading skills – Agile Development Methodology experience is advantageous – Experience with Adobe Cloud Manager, CDN configuration. – Experience with Adobe Experience Manager SPA framework and exposure to serverless (Adobe I/O).

    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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    DevOps Engineer | Alpha Data

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Maintaining and Administering OpenShift platforms environment.• Manage cluster components, Manage machines, Manage container registries, Manage users and groups, Manage authentication, Manage Ingress, API server, and service certificates, Manage networking, Manage storage, Manage Operators, Resource quotas, Prune and reclaim resources, Monitor the cluster• Managing installation, upgrade, and role-based access control (RBAC) of Operators in a cluster,• Troubleshooting OpenShift Platform components• Troubleshooting and Log Analysis on of Kibana and ELK: Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana• HashiCorp Vault Platform knowledge and administration• Respond to system and application failures promptly to bring applications and services back online.• Understanding of OCP playbook to trigger implementation of new cluster, new node• Monitor the underlying infrastructure, forecast and ensure the capacity availability• Build and Contribute the OCP standardization document spanning across the development, design, coding, implementation and security compliance• Manage the complete cluster health check, report weekly and monthly with RedHat Technical Account manager for any actions and improvement needed• Manage the ELK(Kibana) for logging and troubleshooting• Manage Prometheus and Appdynamics as part of continuous monitoring , Implement and manage the existing and new microservices with appdynamics agents• Manage integration of Twistlock and its vulnerability report, working closely with Security team.• Work Closely with DevOps teams for creation of new projects as per journey needs and for oneclick JIRA production deployment• Build and ensure Blue green deployment for microservices, along side DevOps team• Manage and validate any New integrations and manage existing (Smartconnect, Filenet, BPM, ESB) with and from OCP• Manage the server level compliance, Antivirus, Patches , working with infra team.• Good knowledge of migration to cloud – AKS, ARO, OCP on AWS and multi cloud management with implementation of new apps on cloud and on-premise• Follow-up with service teams/vendors for support issues and respond quickly to service tickets in a timely manner• Participated within an Agile/Scrum team, extensive hands on experience with quality assurance methods.• Create and maintain documentation to support the testing, installation, operations and maintenance of assigned systems and applications.• Support business Users to translate business requirements to Vendors (in technical steps) and vice-versa• Closely monitor the incidents tickets and problem tickets and close them before the breach of SLA.• Provide periodic reports and monthly updates on the ongoing initiatives to department head.• Facilitate and UAT of projects, CRs by adhering to Quality control policies and guidelines.• Support “go-live’ and post ‘go-live’ activities for projects and any releases to production.• Ensure business continuity by conducting periodic system health check, DR rehearsal, security updates, technology updates, backups, hardware maintenance, software maintenance, license maintenance, and technical design improvement to assigned systems• Attend all the team meetings, one to one meetings to have a high level of communication culture.• Timely response to email, tasks assigned and diligent follow-up with various stakeholders.• Deep Knowledge of OpenShift Platform• Strong experience in managing of OpenShift’s Master/Infra & worker nodes. OpenShift Container Platform architecture, Kubernetes and Docker Images, Docker Registry, Docker Files, Docker Compose, Docker Containers• OpenShift Container Platform architecture, Kubernetes and Docker Images, Docker Registry, Docker Files, Docker Compose, Docker Containers• Operator Lifecycle Manager, OLM controls the installation, upgrade, and role-based access control (RBAC) of Operators in a cluster knowledge• Deployments, DeploymentConfigs, ReplicationControllers, ReplicaSets, Comparing Deployments and DeploymentConfigs, DeploymentConfigs-specific features, Deployments- specific features knowledge• Installation, Setup, Initial Configuration, Configuration Management, and Server Maintenance, Security and AD/LDAP Integration, Cluster installer activities, Installing the OpenShift Ansible Broker, OpenShift Ansible Broker configuration options• Deep Knowledge of Kibana and ELK: Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana• Elasticsearch; Index, Shards, Node, Cluster, Scale Up/Out, Configuring & Deploying, Backup, Snapshot and Restore, High Availability, Repository, Snapshot, and Restore, Production Monitoring, Alerting , JVM, Diagnosing Problems• Logstash; Configuration, Inputs, Filters, and Outputs, Installation and configuration, Backup and restore, Cluster and availability• Kibana; Time Picker, Search, and Filters, Kibana Discover, Visualization, and Dashboard Interfaces, Installation and configuration, Backup and restore, Cluster and availability• HashiCorp Vault Platform knowledge• Secret Engines, Static Secrets, Cubbyhole Secret Engine, Dynamic Secrets, Encryption as a Service, Transit Secrets Engine• Vault Operations, Vault Policies, Commands (CLI)• Vault Deployment, Vault Cluster Deployment, Installing Vault, Configure system, Configure Consul, Configure Vault, Vault Agent. Installation, Setup, Initial Configuration, Configuration Management, and Server Maintenance, Security and AD/LDAP Integration• Troubleshooting HashiCorp Vault

    Mandatory Certified in one or more of following• OCP 3.x/4.x Administrator• Azure RedHat Openshift (ARO)/AKS/OCP on AWS.• Good knowledge of migration to cloud – AKS, ARO, OCP on AWS and multi cloud management with implementation of new apps on cloud and on-premise• Expertise in setting up project specific environment on Linux/Unix platform that involves CM branching, merging, labelling, Baseline and development work areas• Comprehensive experience in the design and implementation of Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Delivery and DevOps Operations for Agile projects.• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to work directly with customers and partners.• Expertise with container-based platforms (Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Jenkins).• Strong experience in scripting language (Bash Script, Ruby, Paython) to support & develop pipeline.• Experience automating deployments with modern configuration and deployment management systems (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, etc.)• Experience in End to End DevOps pipeline Skills preferably with Openshift and Kubernetes.• Deployment strategies and the coordination of architecture changes for rapidly evolving project.• Experience in building cloud/ On-premises applications, application development or micro-services and familiarity with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).• Monitoring (APM) technologies like AppDynamics, Grafana• Experience with CI/CD and their pipelines.• Experience with integration Git with OpenShift.• Experienced in Subversion, GitLab, Ant, Maven, Jenkins, Puppet, Tomcat.Previous experience:• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.• 4+ Years’ of experience in support and administration of OpenShift Platform, Candidate experienced in Banking / Financial industry will be preferred.

    Alpha Data, is the leading system integrator with over 30 years track record. Founded in 1981, Alpha Data has grown from two employees to a 700-strong workforce building ICT infrastructure solutions for thousands of organizations.

    Alpha Data works with its clients though a combination of deep-level business and technical expertise, an extensive knowledge of today’s technologies, and a mature, highly capable delivery and services infrastructure. Alpha Data’s offerings help our customers improve processes, reduce data centre and infrastructure costs, manage risk and governance and enhance top-line revenue. Our business approach is based on establishing long-term partnerships that encourage success through mutual benefit.

    Alpha Data has established strong industry ties, with the highest level of accreditation achieved with HP, Microsoft, Avaya, Cisco, Belden and Juniper in addition to an eco-system of complementary vendors. This enables Alpha Data to deliver a breadth of best-of-breed solutions to its customers through our teams of pre-sales, post sales, project implementation and support experts. Alpha Data has won the Systems Integrator of the Year Award at two of the region’s leading technology awards – CPI’s Reseller Middle East Partner Excellence Awards and ITP’s Network Middle East Innovation Awards, respectively and has always maintained a top position in the list of system integrators in UAE. More

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    Programme Management Director | RTC-1 Employment Services

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Position Title: Programme Management Director Employment Type: Full Time Salary: up to 45K QAR all-inclusive depending on experience and qualificationsJob Location: Doha, QatarAbout the client: An international IT services company that specializes in digital transformation, innovation, and value creation.Job Description:Oversees every aspect of a programme from detailed planning to handover and operationsEngage and manage relationship with client, suppliers, partners and internal company stakeholdersManage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of businessManage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectivesManage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings

    Qualifications:Open to Arabic nationals45 years old and below With total of 10 years experience PMP certification from PMI or equivalent is requiredExcellent experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / WaterfallTechnically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Projects, Microsoft Dynamics, Application Middleware, and PeopleSoftExperience in delivering Mega software projects preferably in the Major Events/Sports Domain (typical program scale of 20+m USD)Possess knowledge of the market (Cybersecurity, Integrated Systems, IOT, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure Cloud) to which they are assigned, including industry, trends, the applicability of Infor products within the target market, and key competitorExperience working with Qatar government organizations is an advantage

    RTC-1 Employment Services is a licensed recruitment firm based in Dubai, UAE. Our team has been in the market since 2004 and we are supporting various industries with their staffing needs across the Middle East and Africa. More

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    ERP Technical Consultant | Halian

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our ClientHalian are partnered with a leading banking and financial services corporation who are undertaking major digital transformation initiatives and require an experienced ERP Technical Consultant with Oracle HRMS exposure within a Banking Institution.Your Responsibilities• Analyze business requirement and translate it into technical specification.• Preparation of effort estimation and delivery plan.• Design and develop applications in compliance to functional specification and making specific determinations about system performance.• Preparation/Documentations of SDD and Writing unit and integration tests cases.• Must have technical knowledge on the Oracle HRMS applications and the technical tools• Must have knowledge of JSPs, Restful Web Services (both JSON and XML), Microservices, Spring Batch, Spring Scheduler, Spring Security etc.• Must have integration skills for defining integration patterns, building integrations between the Cloud and on-premise applications.Halian GroupWith over 20 years of experience, we have come to understand that innovation is the only way to provide agile, practical solutions that transform businesses and careers.Our tech-talent and smart services help you to realise tomorrow’s potential. Discover the amazing things possible when you bring the right people and the right technologies together.

    Your Qualifications• 6-8 years experience in experience with product designing and implementation.• Strong technical knowledge in required application area.• Must have technical knowledge on the Oracle HRMS applications and the technical tools• Must have knowledge of JSPs, Restful Web Services (both JSON and XML), Microservices, Spring Batch, Spring Scheduler, Spring Security etc.• Ability to review, understand and improve program code and system documentation.• Good verbal and written communication including ability to prepare system documentation.• Ability to interpret solution documentation and identify areas of concern and recommend approach.

    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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    Magento Developer | SrinSoft

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Building and configuring Magento 2x eCommerce websites • Responsible for designing complex technical solutions and providing technical expertise across multiple projects to meet client B2C and B2B requirements. • Optimize the code for better performance • Setup and configure Magento 2.X sites. • Must have the ability to develop Magento Modules and Customization, Extension Development. • Demonstrable knowledge of API integration, Payment Gateways, Shipping, etc. • Full understanding of the Magento themes and templating systems. • Experience with complete eCommerce lifecycle development. • Strong understanding of Performance Tuning, Browser Compatibility, SEO Practices, and Version Control. • Ability to work in a team environment.

    The candidate should possess strong technical capabilities in Magento, PHP, and other open-source technology. Development of technology framework, code as per the standards, configuration management, etc. Proficiency to handle complex and quality demanding jobs. Analyze Technical requirements for the project requirements and do the necessary R&D.Skills Required: Magento, PHP, Mysql, Javascript, bootstrap, HTML, CSS, REST, JSON

    SrinSoft, a US based rapidly growing IT Consulting company specialized in helping customers manage the convergence of Digital IT and Engineering Services with seamless automation and distinctive products.

    We are a software development organization specializing in the area of custom software/product development, application migration and maintenance on Microsoft .Net platform. We are also involved in developing applications and maintaining projects on IBM I series with different ERP packages for different verticals. Our engineering services division specializes in conversion of drawings from 2D to 3D engineering software and designing new projects in 3D software.

    SrinSoft with more than 500+ seasoned IT professionals, distinguished Design & BIM Engineers, Automation Specialist and offices in USA, Dubai, Europe, Australia, and India (Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Pune), strives as the customer’s trusted partner in managing their technical complexities and providing the best possible solutions.

    With an ISO 9001:2015 accreditation, our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. More

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    IT / Computer Engineer | Ooredoo Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Role Summary: Responsible for IT operations, quality and providing support for the business teamsDuties and Responsibilities: – Fulfilling operational requests from other technical and business teams – Providing support for business teams – Troubleshooting and identifying solutions to resolve system issues – Ensuring that business support systems are up and operational 24/7 – Other tasks might be required.

    Work Experience & Qualifications:: – University degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science – Knowledge in Oracle SQL & PL/SQL – Knowledge in UNIX / Redhat Administration and Shell scripting. – Fresh graduate are welcome to apply Personal Traits & Special Skills: – Strong communication abilities. – Good problem solving skills. – Ability to learn new technologies. – Ability to work under pressure. – Customer and service orientation. – Fluent in English and Arabic.

    We are a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet, and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. As a community-focused company, we are guided by our vision of enriching peoples lives and our belief that we can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential.

    Formerly known as Qtel Group, we have a customer base of 92.9 million and reported revenues of USD 9.3 billion in 2012. More

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    Package Specialist | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Package Specialist – SAP HANA FIN JVAIntroduction As an Application Package Specialist, you’ll help clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You’ll gain in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client expected business results and become the expert you want to be.Your Role and Responsibilities Supports implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions in SAP HANA FIN JVA (Join Centure Accounting). Uses business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the Clients’ business environment in order to achieve Client expected business results. The employee focuses on individual/team/department/ operational objectives.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – Years of Experience in total 10+ – Years of Experience in a particular field SAPFI 10+ – R2R- SAP FIN.JVA

    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