Specialist - Software Engineering

Transguard Group

Valid Till: N/A

Dubai, UAE

Company Description

Transguard Workforce Solutions is the UAE’s leading provider of unique and innovative HR solutions. With a decade of experience in the region and a team that possesses extensive knowledge of the market, we provide a fully integrated HR solution.

Job Description

  • Lead and direct the development of application standards, tools, technologies, architecture, and data to ensure alignment of the same with the overall IT strategy.
  • Recommend an optimum organisation structure for the Software Development section so that resources are optimally utilised, and communication can take place in an efficient manner.
  • Develop and design GCAA’s IT applications standards covering all application tools and technologies, set the basis for implementation and monitor compliance throughout the organisation.
  •  Manage the effective achievement of GCAA’s objectives through the leadership of the Software Development and Maintenance section.
  • Overall responsibility of managing multiple projects and project teams allotted to respective projects.
  • Lead project by ensuring proper ownership of scheduling, resources, issues, cost, risks, decisions, communication, and internal processes.
  • Effectively manage the different development phases with appropriate inputs, outputs, and participants to ensure timely and successful completion of projects.
  • Monitor company’s requirements and translate them into IT requirements to proactively assess application
    development needs and plans development accordingly.
  • Supervise and organise user acceptance tests to ensure that the processes captured are in line with user
    requirements agreed in the SRS.
  • Ensure that all issues reported by IT QA team are fixed in the testing phase of applications.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT or Information Systems, MIS related discipline with 5 years’ experience in management of IT/IS and application development
  • Provide on-going support and resolution of issues reported on GCAA’s IT systems by internal and external
    users.
  • Carry out presentations and training for internal users and external stakeholder at the time of launching new
    applications.