IT Applications Senior Engineer

Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced IT professional to drive complex architectures and ensure integration across large programs. You will oversee development of applications, handle system and integration tests, and resolve escalated issues with a focus on scalable, compliant solutions.

Candidates should have at least 4 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IT, with strong collaboration and change management skills to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and IT governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Enterprise Architecture to research trends and promote architecture discipline.
• Review IT projects and design consistent applications across projects.
• Gather and translate business requirements into detailed architectures.
• Perform system and integration testing and manage escalated issues.
• Monitor applications, analyze performance, and apply upgrades.
• Capture tacit knowledge and document for vendors and knowledge systems.

Skills

Collaboration and Communication

Developing Professionalism

Proficient Project Management

Proficient Software Development

Advanced IT Compliance

Proficient IT Change Management

Proficient Results Oriented

Proficient Customer Focus

Proficient Solutions Development

Proficient Enablement of Change

Developing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent

Job description

Purpose of Job

Jobholders at this level are experienced professionals capable of conducting work with general directions They are primarily concerned with developing solutions to challenges which require some analysis to understand and resolve and addressing issues escalated from junior levels They undertake complex operational activities including overseeing the development of applications and the execution of system and integration tests solving systems and applications escalated issues and preparing plans for permanent changes to eliminate reduce chronic issues

Job Resposiblites

Coordinate with Enterprise Architecture to research and remain abreast of the latest enterprise architecture and application development trends establish policy and strategy for the selection of systems architecture components and promote the discipline to ensure consistency Collaborate proactively with Enterprise Architecture to review IT projects maintain a stable and viable architecture and accordingly design consistent applications across projects within a large business change program Collect and understand the business requirements use the appropriate tools including logical models of components and interfaces produce detailed component specifications and translate these into detailed architectures and designs of complex systems for implementation Balance between functional service quality and systems management requirements ensure that appropriate solution standards are adhered to and accordingly provide recommendations on technical aspects of system development and integration including requests for changes deviations from specifications etc Gather project needs in coordination with project team review users requirements and determine specific system requirements including time and resources needed to complete project Receive system changes analyze and assess the relevant system changes impact on resources infrastructure costs etc and facilitate the development of detailed technical specifications and designs for systems Assist in the development of business application specifications address all design aspects appropriately and provide the detailed specifications for programming and coding Participate in the preparation of the needed inputs for testing schedule and execute system and integration tests and ensure effectiveness in meeting user needs Receive systems and applications escalated issues identify root causes of outages troubleshoot and resolve simple issues escalated during implementation and prepare plans for permanent changes to eliminate reduce chronic issues Perform day-to-day monitoring of application processes collect and analyze performance records and logs and apply upgrades and system patches to ensure smooth operations Capture applications and systems tacit knowledge transferring tacit knowledge to vendors and knowledge management systems for proper documentation and ensure that all teams are updated

Education

Education _x000D_ Bachelor s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent is required

Experience

Experience _x000D_ A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

Competencies

• Collaboration and Communication


• Developing Professionalism


• Proficient Project Management


• Proficient Software Development


• Advanced IT Compliance


• Proficient IT Change Management


• Proficient Results Oriented


• Proficient Customer Focus


• Proficient Solutions Development Planning and Integration


• Proficient Enablement of Change and Innovation


• Developing