QNB Group, one of the Worlds Strongest Banks and the leading bank in the Middle East and North Africa, is delighted to announce the expansion of our office in Qatar. QNB is seeking a Head of Information Technology to grow our Information Technology team in Oman.
QNB has witnessed rapid domestic and international expansion over the past few years with 2013 Net Profit of US$2.6 billion and a growth rate of 13.7%.
QNB Group is a leading financial institution with a presence in 26 countries and 3 continents, operating across almost 600 locations and has a workforce approaching 14,000 employees.
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 enterprises 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. - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.
- 5-7 years of experience in the field of IT. Qatar National Bank (QNB), established in 1964 as the countrys first Qatari-owned commercial bank, has an ownership structure split between the Qatar Investment Authority (50%) and the private sector (50%).
QNB has steadily grown to be among the largest banks in the region and is by far the leading financial institution in the country, with a market share approaching 40% of banking sector assets.
QNB offers a full range of Retail, Corporate, Investment, Treasury, Wealth Management, and Islamic Banking products and services for individuals, corporate institutions and government entities in Qatar as well as internationally.
QNB has the largest distribution network in Qatar, comprising 44 branches and offices (including 3 mobile branches), in addition to 12 Islamic branches and offices operated by QNB Al Islami, and more than 160 ATMs. |