Role Summary

The role is primarily responsible to implement and document, deliver and support the application by coding and documenting, testing, and maintaining the development of software programs and applications as per the specifications provided by the designated systems analysts using the standard development tools.

Role Description

Carefully analyze possible software and application program changes to ensure congruence with the Group’s long term planning and approved strategy.

Design, implement, document and develop applications as per the specified budget and plan.

Liaise with the concerned business for their information requirements and follow-up as and when required to answer their business needs.

Develop new applications as per user requirements and the plan specified by the designated systems analysts.

Correct bugs and errors by making appropriate changes and then retest the program to ensure that the desired results are produced.

Conduct trial runs/ perform testing of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.

Perform revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.

Write, analyze, review, and rewrite programs, using workflow chart and diagram, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter, and symbolic logic.

Write or contribute to instructions or manuals to guide end users.

Investigate whether networks, workstations, the central processing unit of the system, and/or peripheral equipment are responding to a program's instructions.

Prepare detailed workflow charts and diagrams that describe input, output, and logical operation, and convert them into a series of instructions coded in a computer language.

Use object-oriented programming languages, as well as client/server applications development processes and multimedia and Internet technology.

Abide by the Policies and Procedures developed for maintaining the Information Security for the Data Centre Operations and shall take on active responsibilities in achieving, managing and maintaining the ISO 27001 standard.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. 
2+ years’ experience in financial services with a specialization in application programming.
Experience in RDBMS.
Strong programming skills in the development tools and languages.
Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
Ability to identify need for change, adaptable and flexible in anticipating and realizing improvement opportunities.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic 
Training courses and certification in relevant programming languages.
Good interpersonal skills.