QNB1329 - IT Manager

  • Country
    Oman
  • Closing Date
    21-Dec-2015
About QNB

Established in 1964 as the country’s first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grown to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines.

QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor’s (A), Moody’s (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications.

Based on the Group’s consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.

QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.

Role Summary

This role will be responsible for administration and safeguarding from an IT perspective, to help identify and improve business system needs and objectives, current operational procedures, problems, input/ output requirements, data scope and successfully deliver services to support the enterprise’s strategy systems and networks installed in the International branch with full compliance with the Group IT, security, operations and BCP policies.

Role Description

You  will responsible for ensuring service levels and quality metrics are achieved.

You  will ensure that architectural issues and core competency directions are considered and resolved across all I.S. Projects, including those involving internal development, package acquisition and outsourcing.

You  will ensure projects are completed within time, cost and quality requirements.

You  will write business analysis and business requirement specifications for all projects undertaken by the branch.

You  will consistently write, translate, and code software programs and applications according to specifications.

You  will research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.

You  will develop an awareness of programming and design alternatives.

You  will ensure backup DR readiness at the country level and at head office level and conduct rehearsals. Update DR plan.

You  will be responsible at DR site for bringing up applications, connecting all branches, monitoring, running EOD, starting normal replication and activate VPN concentrator.

You will dispatch all incoming messages to all the concerned departments and maintain archives of all messages.

You will configure all IT hardware following H.O. specifications.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.

5-7 years of experience in the field of IT.

Note: you will be required to attach the following:
  1. Resume/CV