IT Specialist, Cloud Technology required in Alghanim Kuwait, iiQ8 Jobs

IT Specialist – Cloud Technology

Location: KW – Company: Alghanim Industries

Long Description

Job Summary

You will be responsible for architecting/implementing and maintaining the performance, integrity, and security of Infrastructure Cloud technologies and Data management using on-prem/cloud platforms.

Ensure that appropriate design and deployment plan executed for new business-critical applications. Perform data analysis to detect emerging trends and underlying service issues, make recommendations and help formalize data management, housekeeping, and archiving standards.

Job Responsibilities

•   Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy AWS/Azure applications, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics
•   Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for AWS/Azure solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance
•   Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
•   Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required
•   Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity
•   Creates and maintains all databases required for development, testing and production usage for Alghanim Industries SAP systems
•   Manage a continuous integration and deployment methodology for server-based technologies
•   Provide and develop a level of expertise and solutions in; VMware, Linux, Storage Systems, Networking, ITIL, basic project management and Problem Solving
•   Managing Alghanim AWS/Azure Infrastructure Lifecycle.
•   Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment
•   Recommend process and architecture improvements in AWS and Azure
•   Performs ongoing tuning of the Oracle and SQL database instances
•   Troubleshooting systems Performance issues, fixing problems, and owning issues through to resolution
•   Plan and implements backup and recovery of the Business-critical systems
•   Control migrations of programs, database changes, reference data changes through the development life cycle
•   Manage disaster recovery and replication procedures along with Managed Service Provider
•   Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
•   Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
•   Strong analytical, communication and organizational skills

Candidate Requirements

Education:
•   Bachelor’s Degree or qualified by experience
•   Oracle , VMware and ITILv3 certified , AWS / Azure certified
Experience:
•   Minimum 7 years’ experience in a similar role
Skills;
•   5+ years of hands-on experience on Cloud Infrastructure implementation using Azure and AWS platforms.
•   Experience in designing and managing AWS and Azure infrastructure in line with business requirements.
•   Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company
•   Forecast data growth trends and optimize systems and databases performance
•   Hands-on VMware administration experience contributing to the successful design, development, implementation, change and release management.
•   Competent in developing documented process and adhering to Cloud and Database standards and best practices
•   Strong knowledge in Systems Performance and tuning.
•   Experience in different OS platforms and cross platform migration skills.
•   Ability to work independently in complex environments of multi-vendor systems