IT Applications Specialist

About
AL TAIF is the leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services, and comprehensive lifecycle support for land platforms, heavy utility vehicles, and ground support equipment. We empower our customers to focus on their missions, confident that their land-based platforms and systems, warfighters, and other personnel are in optimal condition to operate at peak performance.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other IT section personnel to resolve issues and ensure solutions are viable.
• Identify options for potential solutions to IT issues and assess them for both technical and business suitability.
• Conduct regular reviews of IT systems and generate reports on efficiencies and improvement areas.
• Identify the organizational need for new applications and prepare technical specifications as a roadmap for software development.
• Evaluate, test, and recommend new opportunities for enhancing company software, hardware, and IT processes.
• Submit reports to the relevant department heads and senior management when necessary.
• Provide instructions and training to staff when necessary.
• Attend regular internal and external meetings to provide updates on the progress of IT tasks and present to users the application solutions being proposed.
• Keep system stakeholders informed on issues and progress.
• Design KPI dashboards and other web-related reports.
• Assist in preparing specifications and user requirements. Encode, test, debug, and document programs for relatively straightforward or small projects.
• Ensure all IT property is maintained in a serviceable condition, routinely inventoried, and safeguarded.
• Maintain the confidentiality and security of all company information.
• Support other members of the IT section in fulfilling their roles.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, housekeeping, and environmental directives.
• Perform other duties as required by their line manager and the Manager, IT and Digitalisation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related discipline required. Master's degree preferred, or equivalent years of experience in the same field.
• A minimum of four to five years of experience in an IT Applications role is required.
• Certifications in SAP, IBM, MAXIMO, Microsoft and/or Oracle are an advantage.
• The ability to implement best practice standards, and maintain the network applications and security is preferred.
• Knowledge of LANs, WANs, VOIP, and telecommunications is required.
• The ability to work analytically and independently, as well as with a team, is preferred.
• Have, or be able to obtain, a valid UAE driver’s license.

Location
Abu Dhabi, AE