June 23, 2011

Senior Consultant, Social and Digital Media - ClearTag - Lebanon

As a Senior Consultant in Web & Digital Media you are responsible for developing, managing and maintaining the primary websites of Cleartag. You must have a strong user understanding and demonstrated expertise in Web content, usability, architecture, development and design.

Responsibilities
- Demonstrated ability to manage a Web team & process. Provide excellent management and leadership to the Web & Digital Media staff and work collaboratively with staff, management and IT support.
- Partner with internal and external content managers, editors, designers, developers, and other team members to ensure sites meet both client and Cleartag's needs, align with the brand strategy platform, and meet Cleartag's Web standards.
- Market and present web/digital strategies to diverse audiences, manage multiple projects and maintain schedules and budgets.
- Excellent web/digital media project management and estimating experience.
- Fluent in development optimization techniques to deliver the best user experiences in the most technically efficient manner.

hr@cleartag.com

June 22, 2011

Senior Web Developer - ClearTag - Lebanon

The Web Developer's role is to participate in the design and development process of a web application. The Web Developer shall have a strong knowledge in software architecture and design and have experience working in a design group that develops critical applications.

Responsibilities
- Collaborate with analysts and designers in the development and initiations of new software programs and web applications.
- Research, document, and implement program requirements and specifications.
- Consistently write, translate, and code software programs and applications according to specifications.
- Oversee the quality assurance of program logic, date processing and error resolution.
- Run and monitor performance tests on new and existing software for the purposes of correcting mistakes, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging.
- Design interactive software tools for commercial deployment
- Administer diagnostic analysis of test results and deliver solutions to critical areas
- Develop an awareness of programming and design alternatives.
- Cultivate and disseminate knowledge of application development best practices
- Gather statistics and Prepare and write reports on the status of the programming process for discussion with management and/or team members.
- Determine, develop, and maintain user manuals and guidelines.
- Install software products for end users as required.
- Liaise with company's software and hardware suppliers for prompt rectifications of any problems.
- Liaise with Network administrators, system analysts, programmers and other software engineers to resolve any defects in products or company systems.
- Take an active role in cross-departmental projects when needed.
- Write and/or delete programming script to enhance functionality and/or appearance of company web site and web applications as necessary.
- Direct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
- Interact regularly with managers, clients, vendors, and agencies to field queries and questions.

hr@cleartag.com

June 21, 2011

Project Manager - LAU - Lebanon

The IT Department has a vacancy for a Project Manager who will be reporting to the Director of IT Applications and Solutions. The Project Manager is mainly responsible for ensuring the successful planning and execution of IT projects. He/she manages work plans and coordinates activities to ensure quality and meet timetables.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Plans and executes assigned IT projects.
- Revises and updates project plans as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Reports to the Director of IT Applications & Solutions the status of all assigned projects.
- Maintains, upgrades and provides support for selected University-wide ERP systems.
- Actively participates in the Business Process Reengineering initiatives of the University and provides and facilitates technology solutions to these initiatives.
- Identifies resources needed and assigns responsibilities.
- Technically manages the staff assigned on a certain project task.
- Identifies and minimizes risks across projects (risk to fail a project).
- Coordinates activities to ensure quality and meet timetables.
- Reviews deliverables (programs, modules, etc…).
- Ensures that project documentations are complete, up-to-date, and stored appropriately.
- Performs other duties pertinent to this job as assigned.

Education and Experience
- B.E., B.A. or B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- Minimum of 8 years experience (2+ years in managing complex IT projects; 6+ years in Software Development)

Special Skills & Trainings
- Experience in Higher Education and/or OLIB, Blackboard is a plus
- Knowledge of Unix/NT, Client/Server, RDBMS and Web Applications environment
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritize jobs
- Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Good English oral and written communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to work with diverse teams

beirut.hire@lau.edu.lb

Deadline for applying to this opening is June 30, 2011.

June 20, 2011

IT Project Quality Service Manager - Sola Group - Abu Dhabi

One of the leading companies in the UAE and specially in Abu Dhabi, this is the type of company you want to be working for as it provides excellent atmosphere, stability benefits and over market price packages and benefits. They are looking for a Project Quality Service Manager with strong international firm experience to be responsible for Determining the appropriate frameworks and processes for the establishment of quality standards and operational procedures, evaluating and advising on the required control mechanisms to monitor adherence to quality assurance and operational requirements.

Responsibilities
- Manages the activities and resources required to meet the objectives set for project quality assurance
- Oversees the development of a communication plan that is appropriate to the culture, politics, organizational constraints, and complexity of the program
- Maintains and develops the methodology and its integration with the EPM tool, and works with the Head of ITPS to implement any changes and modifications to the process
- Assesses the suitability of external suppliers’ project methodologies, and the integration of these with the internal methodology approach
- Provides quality assurance reviews to large or complex development projects, ensuring adherence to standards

- Identifies project risks including areas critical to the continuity of the organization's business

- Sets criteria for the measurement and audit of quality assurance standards and daily operations, and provides assistance in the execution of audits and feedback sessions to project managers

- Ensures a knowledge base is developed detailing all services available to clients/users, and works with client/user representatives to determine service level requirements. Also advises on the use of sampling techniques, where appropriate, and statistical analysis to monitor activities which are subject to SLA, such as response times to service requests

Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- At least 7 years of experience
- Experience required in IT operations, PQSC role
- Certificate in Project Management.
- IT Quality Assurance certification (e.g. ISO Quality Assessor)
- Desirable: Change management, and quality assurance experience in a professional services firm desirable

tarek.rizkallah@solagroup.com

IT Business Analyst (Banking/financial Sector) - Sola Group - Abu Dhabi

One of the leading companies in the UAE and specially in Abu Dhabi, this is the type of company you want to be working for as it provides excellent atmosphere, stability benefits and over market price packages and benefits. They are looking for a BA with strong international firm experience to be Responsible for liaising between the ITD and business units with the objective of identifying business requirements and ensuring the implementation of project outcomes are on schedule and in line with user requirements

Responsibilities
- Oversees the identification of user requirements and determine information system plans by establishing possible interactions between different existing and future systems. Advises users on all aspects of information technology, and identifies opportunities for its application, its scope and the broad system requirements
- Investigates and models medium business functions, processes, information flows and data structures using methodical and consistent techniques
- Oversees the definition, planning and justification (in business terms) of projects to develop/implement automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes
- Advises users on possible solutions for a particular problem/need, related costs and feasibility of such solutions. Oversees the establishment, negotiation, maintenance and promotion of service level agreements with business lines, as required
- Leads the investigation of medium operational requirements and problems, seeking effective business solutions through improvements to information systems, data management, processes/ procedures, organization and equipment

Requirements
- Minimum Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or equivalent
- 3-5 years experience in IT system analysis/ design required
- Experience required in identifying user needs and developing business cases preferably in a financial institution

tarek.rizkallah@solagroup.com

June 17, 2011

10 Month Internship User Experience (Usability) Coordinator - Oracle - Ireland

The User Experience Coordinator will join the Applications User Experience (UX) user assistance team in Dublin on an 10-month intern basis. The Apps-UX team provides state of the art design patterns, standards and guidelines to Oracle’s development teams so they can deliver a highly intuitive and product usability experience to users of the Oracle Fusion Applications enterprise applications. The user assistance team also provides the infrastructure for the Oracle Applications Fusion Help portal and content.

The role will provide opportunities to learn more about user experience processes such as usability testing and design pattern creation, project coordination across different time zones, and to engage with a wide range of design and development professionals.

Enthusiasm and experience with web design, usability heuristics, social media, or cultural differences in how people work and behave is required. Experience with database and enterprise applications a definite advantage. A portfolio of work done will be requested.
See http://usableapps.oracle.com/ for more information.

Responsibilities
- Assist in the research, design, and delivery of Applications User Experience (UX) design patterns and guidelines for Oracle Fusion Applications and other products.
- Provide constructive feedback on reviews of user assistance and other areas design patterns, standards, and guidelines.
- Support usability testing efforts in Ireland and Europe.
- Coordinate deliverables for the global delivery of the Oracle Fusion Applications Help within an agile development process.
- Coordinate any customer or social media conversation feedback about Oracle Applications.
- Identify emerging trends and hot topics in user assistance and business applications generally (for example mobile apps, community forums).
- Create guidelines and checklists for global delivery of the Oracle Fusion Applications Help.
- Respond to forum or e-mail queries from product teams about user assistance components (messages, doc, help) creation and delivery
- Maintain websites with latest news and information about user experience research and deliveries.

Qualifications
- Studying or Completed a Computer Science, Engineering, Multimedia or equivalent degree. Subjects studied should include usability, user interface design, human computer interface studies or related areas.
- Experience of using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Visio or related design tool to design web sites or applications.
- Experience of conducting research at college level (focus groups, surveys) and analysing data.
- Working knowledge of computing architecture, mobile applications, databases and web or enterprise applications.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Results orientated, an ability to manage priorities is also expected.
- Organized and detail oriented.
- Support activity on social media forums (boards.ie, for example) or in free and open source software or content development communities a definite plus.
- Second language an advantage.

Oracle Like No-one else:
A challenging placement in a positive atmosphere within an international organization with a dynamic team Ideal start date September 2011

As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

lorraine.gallagher@oracle.com

June 16, 2011

Technical Support - Entelligence - Lebanon

Entelligence, a fast growing Lebanese Information Technology company is looking for a serious Technical Support personnel who will support the client in technical problems they may encounter in the operation of software, hardware, operating systems, applications, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Installs, tests, and maintains a variety of personal computing hardware and software systems, with local area network connections
- Performs diagnostic tests, modifies or repairs hardware
- Replaces hardware or software as needed
- Assists client in software and hardware problem resolution
- Logs calls and takes appropriate action to ensure a satisfactory response with acceptable time frames for the client
- Keeps up to date with current trends and is prepared to make recommendations
- Keeps customer log updated
- Follows support documentation.

Skills
- Support on Win2K / XP environment
- Support on Hardware PC
- Worked already on customer site
- A strong understanding of a wide variety of personal computing equipment and software
- Ability to follow manuals and read complicated instruction
- Ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment including personal computers, printers, etc.
- Experience in a support capacity in a user-oriented environment
- Good communication skills
- Fast Learner
- Team worker
- Responsible

Requirements
- 1 to 2 years of experience in the above tasks.
- Computer related University degree
- Motorized
- Willing to use his car for work requirements
- Willing and able to work flexible hours
- Not committed to an activity that might affect his working hours
- Living in the Beirut and suburbs area.
- Can start immediately or maximum in one month.

Working hours
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:30
- Saturdays: according to work load

recruitment@entelligence-it.com

Software Engineer (Arabic fluent) - Google - Zurich

Software Engineers at Google are developers who yearn to create and implement full product life-cycles – not just code solutions. This means you need to have a solid foundation in computer science, you consistently come up with new ideas and you would naturally strive for a deep understanding of your products in order to be able to continually improve upon them. With the bigger picture in mind, you will seek to code elegant systems. Our teams develop massively scalable, distributed software systems and also collaborate on multitudes of smaller projects that have universal appeal – which requires research, awareness, interactivity and asking questions. You bring strong competencies in data structures and algorithms, along with a technical fascination for how stuff fits together. You're motivated to experiment and take chances in order to make a difference in your field, unafraid to stand up for your ideas and eager to embrace change.

As a Google engineer, you will work on problems in a number of areas, including cutting-edge information retrieval algorithms, scalability issues related to dealing with huge amounts of data and a rapidly increasing user population, and developing Google's portfolio of Arab specific products. You'll be comfortable within an Agile software development environment, where engineers each handle all aspects of system architecture, design, coding and testing, without a job hierarchy.

Responsibilities
- Research, conceive and develop software applications to extend and improve on Google's Arab specific product offering.
- Contribute to a wide variety of projects utilizing natural language processing, artificial intelligence, data compression, machine learning and search technologies.
- Collaborate on scalability issues involving access to massive amounts of data and information.
- Solve all problems that come your way.

Requirements
- MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or PhD preferred with a strong record of academic achievement.
- Strong C/C++/Java programming skills and several years of software development experience.
- Extensive experience with designing and programming distributed systems.
- Software background and success developing large scale, web-based applications, ideally launched in the Arab market.
- Substantial knowledge of Unix/Linux or Windows environments.
- Interested in finding and solving interesting technical problems from a globally scaled perspective.
- Fluency in English and Arabic (both classical and modern) as well as good knowledge and understanding of Arab culture

Apply Online

June 15, 2011

Interaction Designer (Arabic fluent) - Google - Zurich

We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." We're passionately interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their behaviors, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. The User Experience team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, copywriters and Web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.
The role: Interaction Designer, Arabic

As a UI Designer, you will work closely with engineers and product managers throughout all stages of the product cycle. You are a critical thinker with a good design sense, a strong technical background, and an eye for making things better. Interaction Designers work on projects that have an impact on the web experience of millions of Google users.

Responsibilities
- Helping to define the user model and user interface for new and existing Google products and features.
- Developing high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
- Gauging the usability of new and existing products, and making constructive suggestions for change.

Requirements
- BA/BS with solid academic background in human-computer interaction or related field preferred (BS or MS in Computer Science or related field a big plus.)
- Demonstrated experience in designing usable web-based interfaces.
- Expert HTML and CSS skills.
- Excellent knowledge of JavaScript for rapid prototyping purposes.
- Strong, clean visual design sense.
- Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
- Fluent in Arabic

Apply Online

June 14, 2011

Cloud Exadata Solution Architect - Oracle - Qatar

Responsible for creating an architecture and business case to support an Exadata opportunity in conjunction with the Oracle account team. This includes qualification discussions, architecture reviews, business workshops, solution architecting, financial modeling and business case building.

Detailed Description
This is a senior-level sales consulting position. The ideal candidate processes a breadth of knowledge and understanding of solutions, industry best practices, multiple business processes or technology designs across multiple product families.

The Exadata Solution Architect
- Analyzes business needs to ensure Oracle solution meets customer objectives.
- Exercises creativity and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to create an architecture and business case to support an Exadata sale utilizing Oracle products and technology to meet customer needs.
- Frequently operates at the leading edge of technology.
- Influences customer leadership in acceptance of Oracle Exadata solutions and services to facilitate the closing of sales deals.
- Presents and demonstrates business proposals to customers.
- Builds and maintains a network and up-to-date specific industry or product knowledge.
- Knowledgeable of competition and external factors that may influence Oracle’s competitive position.

Profile
- 10+ years of experience relevant to this position including.
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Sciences or Business or equivalent.
- Deep Oracle product, technology or business expertise.
- Experience with all aspects of database technology solutions
- Deep expertise in at least two of the following areas is desired: Oracle database, data warehousing, data security, maximum availability and performance architectures, system management.
- Ability to craft and articulate strategic solutions around Oracle Exadata and Oracle Core Technology products
- Knowledge of competitive & partner products, technology and solutions.
- Proficient in using selling and negotiation techniques and tools.
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to travel as needed.

Other relevant experience
Oracle Database, data warehousing, VLDB Features and Oracle Exadata. Experience across industries like financial services, communications and public services a plus. Understanding of competitive industry appliances. Ability to understand the Cloud Computing principles and present the Oracle Cloud strategy.

Key skills
Consultative Skills
- Work with customer in a consultative fashion, seamlessly moving between technical, organizational and financial discussions.
- Understand and express the solution value in terms of the customer, both financially and non-financially.
- Demonstrate understanding of the implementation complexity with large scale database and infrastructure projects

Architecture Skills
- Act as a Solution Architect combining products from multiple Oracle pillars.
- Create solution architectures in conjunction with the customer that takes into account all layers of their infrastructure from storage to database to server.
- Build a data architecture that supports both OLTP and Data Warehousing.

Financial Management Skills
- Create financial models to express key areas such as TCO, ROI and Operating Budgets
- Communicate with senior management in relevant financial terms
- Prepare various scenarios that take into account all costs and benefits including Oracle and non-Oracle solutions
- Create risk models that are relevant to senior management in their terms

As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

Apply Online

June 13, 2011

Scrum Master - Smartdate - France

Smartdate is the fastest growing social dating site in the World, with 22,000 people registering everyday, and revenues going through the roof!
Our service is an international platform loaded with highly innovative Web 2.0 functionalities and fully integrated with social networks (Facebook). We are an ambitious startup developed by proven entrepreneurs and experts in the industry, and funded by tier 1 VCs.

Our team is based in Paris, in a fast growing and very international environment (12 nationalities). We work primarily in English.
With us, you will experience from the inside the thrill of building up a future web sensation. Our CEO and founder is an HEC Paris alumni who worked for major players in the dating industry.

Responsibilities
Our demanding management has high ambitions, our creative product managers have imagination, and our talented and international development team is eager to execute. You will be responsible for channelling this talent towards building rapidly and efficiently very successful products as imagined by our product team.

You will establish and manage the processes that will enable our Ruby on Rails and Java development teams to achieve high effectiveness and maturity in how they operate. You will need to ensure that team members collaborate smoothly both within the team and in project context, and work to eliminate impediments that prevent the team from working as effectively as possible. You will facilitate all teamwork, especially communication within the development team and between the development and product teams. You will need to challenge and coach the team to get the team to achieve higher effectiveness. You will also ensure that the team continually improves its work to the point where it can be trusted to continue improving itself.

Profile
- 4-5 years successful hands-on Scrum Master experience - not someone who learnt it through books and seminars only
- Deep understanding of Agile and Lean (obviously)
- A rigorous manager who never lets go and charismatic leader who knows how to inspire
- Knowledge of Ruby on Rails and/or Java a clear plus
- Top-notch university degree reflecting very good analytical and logical skills
- Independent, entrepreneurial work style and "driver" mentality / track record as an entrepreneur
- Excellent communications skills on all organizational levels
- Perfect English, other European languages a plus

Offer
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be associated to a future web sensation, which got funded by Tier1 VCs in one month. The founding team has already made a similar project a success and will do it again with the right person on board.
High-end salary and options plan. Reporting directly to the CEO.

Send CV and cover letter to jobs@smartdate.com

Senior Software Engineer - Smartdate - France

Who are we?
Smartdate, based in Paris France, is a fast growing, VC-backed, international online dating platform. Our goal is nothing short of world domination, at least in the dating space (for the time being, Google can breath a sign of relief). Our team comes from a wide variety of backgrounds from successful entrepreneurs to jazz musicians to former Yahoo lead engineers.

Since the launch on Valentine's Day 2010, Smartdate has been exploding. We are now the top trafficked dating site in France. Due to this explosive expansion, we are currently searching for other talented and interesting individuals to help see us through to total world domination(™).

Our team is hard working, young, serious, fun, and very international. We are working in central Paris primarily in English, yet, French, Spanish and Korean can also be heard from time to time. So, if any of this interests you, please read on. We are always looking for like-minded individuals to join this young and dynamic team. So if you think you are 'the one', please don't hesitate to take the red pill and send us an email.

Who we need?
- A great developer, collaborator, and inventor all rolled into one
- Someone who understands that Programming is an art form that sometimes fights back
- Someone who prefers short-term, business-impacting projects to long, slow software releases
- A team worker who works hard and plays hard as well.
- Someone who can create high-performance, reusable, and well-tested software
- Someone who is excited by cutting edge web technologies and their implementations.
- Someone who is intrigued by the idea of working for a new Internet start-up in the heart of central Paris and making some serious money

Why should you join?
- To be part of a small, young, vibrant, international, motivated (and so much more!) team
- To enjoy a great work environment: loft like offices in central Paris
- To be part of the unique adventure of starting up a successful business with proven entrepreneurs.

Requirements
- Previous startup experience and development in an Agile development environment a plus
- Strong Understanding of Design Patterns and software architecture
- Experience with large scale deployments a bonus
- Strong focus on quality and testing
- Familiar with the NoSQL and other open source movements
- Understands what is funny about Chuck Norris
- The maturity to know when to work like crazy, and when to kick back
- World-class knowledge of one or all of the following: Ruby on Rail, Java, or Python.

Perks
- Competitive salary and stock option plan.
- Living in one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities on the planet.
- Great team atmosphere

jobs@smartdate.com

June 10, 2011

Sales Consulting Team Leader - Oracle - Lebanon

OracleDirect’s Technology Sales Business has responsibility for selling technology based business solutions in EMEA. In line with the setup of this business, OracleDirect is seeking to appoint a Team Leader for its Technology Presales Team. This will represent an exciting career opportunity for an experienced professional to play a leadership role in this fast growing and highly strategic sales team. The person who takes on this position will become part of a stimulating team environment and will be based in Dubai. This job represents a senior role within OracleDirect and will be part of the overall OracleDirect Sales Consulting group.

Responsibilities
- Sales Consulting responsibilities – 50% of the job
- Leads the setup, development and delivery of a Sales Consulting capability, ensuring that it matches current and future demand
- Ensures the fulfillment of the day-to-day responsibilities of Sales Consultants, providing technology sales with appropriate Sales Consulting support throughout the sales cycle
- Articulates value propositions exploiting Oracle’s total product and solutions capability in the designated industry/market, to customers and partners
- Supports demand generation activities
- Participates in the process of planning and generating future business plans and playbooks
- Works closely with and builds relationships with other Oracle Lines of Business, including Sales Management, Hardware Sales business, Client Managers, Industry and Product Consultants, Business Development, Multi Channel Sales, Marketing, Development and Solutions Leaders
- Works with Sales Representatives to understand and qualify new opportunities
- Works with relevant industry/product specific Partners (ie ISV’s, VAR’s, VAD’s etc) to integrate their solution into the overall solution
- Leverage Presales near- and off-shore centers for the business

Management responsibilities – 50% of the job
- Provide accurate and timely management information
- Set objectives and regular review the performance of the team and individuals
- Throughout performance management to ensure high level
- Drive action to ensure KPI targets are met
- Balance the team utilization breakdown on different activities
- Manage competencies of the team to anticipate and meet demand.
- Set personal development plans for team members to ensure right competencies level
- Support, coach and mentor individuals in achievement of their personal development plans
- Ensure skills development and training are provided where required
- Recruit and induct new team members as required
- Contribute to the achievement of a revenue/margin target
- Monitor the effectiveness of the Sales Consulting team in supporting opportunities and in business/customer development activities
- Promote OD cross location work collaboration

Requirements
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Strong results orientation
- Strong customer orientation
- Team player who can motivate and lead others
- High degree of personal motivation
- Demonstrated ability to plan tasks and follow-up on actions.
- Fluent in English, written and verbal

Qualifications
- Academic qualification in Business, IT or Engineering
- A minimum of 5 years experience within the IT sector, of which 3 should be in a Sales Consulting role
- Background in supporting sales projects involving business-critical systems and a good understanding of the overall sales cycle
- Experience in performance management
- Experience in the technology business would be an advantage.
- Experience of working in a matrix organization would be an advantage
- Experience in leading a team would be an advantage
- Thorough understanding of Business Flows in a typical organization
- Committed team player who can motivate and lead
- Additional language capabilities(French) would be an advantage

As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

Apply Online

June 9, 2011

Web Developer - Adline - Lebanon

Adline are seeking a web developer (asp.net, php, phone apps, apps)

- To design and develop the corporate website ensuring strong functionality and optimization
- To design and develop relational database systems and their web interfaces.Responsible for integrating the SQL Server database with the company website.Responsible for the design of company web pages, including graphics, animation and functionality.To develop web page infrastructure and application related to pages with more advanced graphics and features.To assist the Company Director in the planning of overall company strategy regarding web development and search engine optimization.
- To monitor web server and site technical performance.

Requirements
- Proven Web and Database Development experience.
- In depth PHP/ASP(.NET), JSP, JavaScript, CSS and (X) HTML knowledge
- Strong database knowledge specifically SQL Server or MySQL
- Web / Graphical Design skills would be desirable.
- A flexible attitude with proven experience of working in a small team.
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

info@adlinemedia.net

Industry Analyst (Temporary) - Google - Dubai

This is a temporary 6 or 11 month role.

As a Industry Analyst you will aim at developing tailored value propositions for Google products targeting multiple industries and geographies across the Gulf region. Armed with deep knowledge of Google products, marketing trends and client needs, you’ll consolidate and document industry data and trends to develop strong understanding of the various industries that Google serves in the region. You’ll support the direct sales team to develop customized presentations to best demonstrate Google’s value proposition to clients in all major industries. You’ll also help to develop compelling, customized marketing plans and presentations to refine how we position our products and help achieve our Sales team’s objectives. You come to us with a sharp, analytical mind and an entrepreneurial spirit, and you’re eager to join an exuberant, accommodating team environment.

Responsibilities
- Develop smart, integrated, research-based proposals and presentations to enhance Google’s reputation as a consultant and partner with clients
- Use your comprehensive knowledge of Google’s products to align them with the client’s marketing objectives
- Research and develop deep knowledge of key industries/verticals, and the respective competitive landscape, client products and key business issues
- Develop new marketing collateral using industry, marketing and third party research
- Utilize measurement tools to add relevant data to presentations and proposals

Requirements
- University degree or equivalent with an excellent academic record
- Proven track record of exceptional performance and high productivity
- Superior analytical stills, with an ability to see both detail and big picture issues
- Strong project management, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Proficiency in computer applications, especially presentation tools
- Fluent in English, Arabic a plus

Send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to temporaryjobs@google.com
The subject field of your email must include Industry Analyst (Temporary) – Dubai.

June 8, 2011

System and Network Administrator - Chedid Capital Holding - Qatar

Chedid Capital Holding www.chedid-capital.com are seeking a System and Network Administrator.

- Responsible for installing, configuring, maintaining, administering and troubleshooting the systems & network infrastructure.
- BS in computer science, or telecommunication, or CE degree from reputable university or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 to 3 years experience in IT.
- Knowledge in Active Directory, Email server, DNS, DHCP, TMG, IIS, IT Security (Anti-spam, antivirus, web filter, IPS), Storage (NAS, SAN), Backup/Recovery, WAN & LAN (routers, firewalls, switches, internet connections).
- Experience in database administration and SQL language is a plus.

Salary depends on experience. The package includes accommodation and other benefits.

najib.abifadel@yahoo.com

Senior PHP Developer - Media Quest - Lebanon

Responsibilities
- Design and develop new and existing Web applications using industry standard technologies (specifically PHP and MySQL).
- Provide input on web platform design and configuration to maximize application performance.
- Recommend solutions for new applications and enhancements for existing applications.
- Recommend code and design optimizations to improve the scalability of the applications and maximize performance.

Requirements
- 2-3 years of hands-on PHP, MYSQL and Apache with strong web application development and Linux experience.
- Good experience in the field of web development (preferably in a media environment and open source technologies).
- Good knowledge and experience of web standards, technologies and tools (HTML, XHTML, CSS, Content Management Systems, web development (PHP, JavaScript, WAMP, MySQL, etc.), video streaming, etc.) - Good knowledge and experience with open source software like Apache, PHP, WordPress, Drupal, phpBB, etc. (experience with Wordpress modules development would be a definite advantage).
- Intermediate knowledge and experience in web development, design, and content management solutions.
- Must have a thorough understanding of the web technologies and its culture.
- Intermediate experience with multi-media editing software in order to manipulate, create and adapt multi-media content to the internet requirements.
- Able to work on both Linux and Windows platforms, and as such additional experience of ASP.net, C#, VB.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, etc would be desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to work very well under pressure and keep abreast of current technology.
- Able to work on R&D for SEO and SEM plans.
- Good Team Player
- Disciplined, Dynamic and highly motivated
- Excellent multitasking capabilities.
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills with little supervision.
- Good levels of communication. Both written and verbal.
- A university degree in Engineering/Computer Science.

jobs@mediaquestcorp.com

June 7, 2011

Online Ad Trafficker - Media Quest - Dubai

Perform the day-to-day ad placement, scheduling and updates for customers, including rich media ad placements using OpenX.
- Ensure that campaigns start and end on time and fully delivery all booked impression, including working with sales staff to ensure all creative materials are delivered on time.
- Investigate and resolve delivery/performance issues.
- Maintain ad inventory forecasts and availability schedule and publish to sales team periodically; assist sales to resolve technical problems and answer questions on materials to be delivered.
- Advise/consult with ad salespeople regarding advertising inventory, availability forecasting and campaign performance.
- Work closely with Sales to communicate campaign changes, technical issues, launch delays, delivery issues and optimization.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports, and act as a liaison between Sales, Marketing, and Digital departments to ensure optimization and accurate delivery for digital campaigns.

Experience with one or more Internet ad management or targeted marketing applications (e.g., openX, DoubleClick DART / DFP, 24/7 Real Media,Falk AdSolution, etc.) required. Deep openX experience required.
- Familiar with online advertising, marketing, and sales concepts and metrics with 2+ years supporting a sales organization.
- Attention to detail, thorough, accountability, excellent follow-through
- Keen understanding of ad campaign metrics and analysis including; CPM, CPC, and CPA.
- Ability to work well independently and within a team environment.
- Problem-solving skills and resourcefulness
- Comfortable juggling multiple tasks; ability to prioritize responsibilities; excellent time management.
- Familiarity with HTML, Flash and various rich media advertising creative technologies.
- Acting as liaison between Ad Operations department, sales organization and all technical aspects
- B.A. or B.S. degree or equivalent.

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June 6, 2011

UI Designer - Politnetz AG - Switzerland

Politnetz.ch is the social net for politics. We lower the bar for political engagement. Everything is politics and with us political interaction grows click by click from simple information seeking to discussions with your politicians. Politnetz brings all opinions to one place since we think that a collaborative effort in politics bring about better results and produces a space for your ideas and concerns.

Unfortunately, even we can‘t find every good idea on our platform. This is why we are looking for you as a creative head leading design and UI at politnetz. We want to develop with you how we can manage to make politnetz easier and more intuitive for a broad public. Jump on board and help us so that politics can loose its bad taste! To be a designer at politnetz is not just producing some nice campaigns for toilet paper or chewing gums. It‘s about doing something worthwhile and pushing user engagement on the web to the next level. Or put in other terms: Creating the interface to a better society.

Politnetz is around for about 2 years. The network has by now 10 000 registered members and a rich functionality in all areas of politics. For about a year we deliver content to the online newspaper 20Minutes and will start an equally important collaboration with the cross-media TV channel Joiz. For the upcoming national elections our goal is to achieve a wide awareness in Switzerland and to bring our vision and ideas to every Swiss household. Being a designer at politnetz you will talk to a broad and very mixed audience.

We expect from you a strong background in web design as well as usability and interface design. Good knowledge of HTML/CSS are a must-have, knowledge in Javascript (JQuery) is a plus. You should be interested in what‘s going on on the web and where the trends are going. Tell us about your most intriguing questions, which blogs you like, which newsletters you are subscribed to and which media channels are important to you.

You can expect from us a dynamic and enthusiastic team. We put high priority on making the experience at politnetz genuine. As a start-up we are not interested in common company models and want to find out with you what‘s the best way to get it done and get real.

Send letter of motivation and a selected example of a web interface to gabriel@politnetz.ch

SEO Specialist - Eastline Marketing - Lebanon

Currently seeking a talented search engine optimization specialist that is passionate about SEO and has the skills to propel our clients' websites to the top using only ethical white hat practices.

Responsibilities
- Analyze website architecture, link structure, content, and document optimization recommendations.
- Work with internal development and design teams to implement improvements to new and existing sites that result in top page natural search listings.
- Draft optimization plans for various website components including copy, meta tags, page title/descriptions, internal linking, sitemap, etc.
- Ensure adherence to proper SEO guidelines with respect to coding and adherence to established copy/keyword standards.
- Research targeted keywords and match up to relevant content pages.
- Monitor overall SEO program success with regard to keyword ranking, indexed pages, backlinks, etc.
- Perform competitive analysis to help improve future SEO results.
- Maintain knowledge of current SEO practices to develop and recommend new SEO strategies.
- Maintain awareness of various SEO resources and tools.
- Report on traffic and positioning and use available analytics tools to develop comprehensive analysis of data for senior management .
- Forecast visit figures based on past performance and available market data
- Selecting potential link candidates
- Successfully obtaining & negotiating inbound links
- Assess Sites Spider Friendliness & Make Recommendations Based on Research

Requirements
- Must have a good understanding of the following:How browsers process data
- How search engines process content Robots.txt & .htaccess files
- SEO Friendly Redirects
- Mod-Rewrite
- Optimizing dynamic websites
- Optimizing Flash websites
- Various content management systems
- Troubleshoot sites with ranking problems
- Keyword research
- Site Structure
- Internal link structures
- Link popularity
- Internet literacy is a must
- Fluent in Arabic, English, and French (speak and write)
- Good computer application skills (MS Office mainly)
- Must be productive, committed, creative, innovative, and a good problem-solver
- Effectiveness, quality, and efficiency in achieving duties
- Commitment to perform assigned task according to job description
- A minimum of 3+ years experience of optimizing websites for Google, Yahoo, and MSN while being a cooperative team player with a can do attitude.
- Examples of your SERP results would be beneficial.

info@eastlinemarketing.com

June 3, 2011

Principal PHP Developer - souq.com - Jordan

As a principal PHP developers you will help lead a team in developing both front-end and back end systems. You should have excellent knowledge of programming best practices and design patterns with strong front end HTML, CSS, and JavaScript experience. You should be comfortable working with a Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) environment and must be able to clearly understand requirements and ask questions to obtain clarity when in doubt.

Requirements
- Expert PHP development capabilities with 3+ Years of experience.
- Expert SQL capabilities and query optimization.
- Expert relational database design and performance optimization.
- Good HTML/CSS/JS/AJAX coding capabilities. HTML5 and CSS3 are plus.
- Good knowledge of browser rendering capabilities, limitations and standards.
- Experience building international web sites and have a solid understanding of localization best practices.
- Highly competent with user interface, information architecture principles and the intricacies of web site design for complex functionality.
- Object Oriented Programming Experience
- Very knowledgeable of database structures and systems
- Excellent English written / verbal communication skills
- FTP/SSH/Versioning systems usage skills
- Bachelor´s degree a must, masters preferred.

ahmad@souq.com - Include the job title in the subject

Data Analyst - souq.com - Jordan

Responsibilities
- Analysis of information using various statistical methods, trying to see patterns in data
- Analyzes and reports on billing and financial data to determine aberrant numbers
- Support the analytics needs of a business unit by analyzing the web traffic using google analytics
- Creating dashboards by pulling data from different data sources for presentation to senior management team
- Web analyst will typically focus on multiple business unit websites and support all facets of the decision making platform. they will also work with the website technology team closely to identify gaps in the data capture strategy and collaboratively implement enhancements

Deliverables
- Daily , weekly , monthly reports (Excel ,BI tools)
- Website behavior and customer experience analysis
- Data consolidation and validation
- Effective and persuasive presentations (Verbal and written) to project teams and business leaders

Requirements
- Bachelor´s degree in computer science , MIS , or statistics
- Excellent experience in writing SQL queries
- Very strong skills in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of end users and technical sources
- Handles multiple tasks , switches priorities and focuses as needed

ahmad@souq.com - Include the job title in the subject

Senior PHP Developer - souq.com - Jordan

As a senior PHP developers you will play a key roll in developing both front-end and back end systems. You should have excellent knowledge of programming best practices and design patterns with strong front end HTML, CSS, and JavaScript experience. You should be comfortable working with a Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) environment and must be able to clearly understand requirements and ask questions to obtain clarity when in doubt.

Requirements
- Expert PHP development capabilities with 3+ Years of experience.
- Expert SQL capabilities and query optimization.
- Expert relational database design and performance optimization.
- Good HTML/CSS/JS/AJAX coding capabilities. HTML5 and CSS3 are plus.
- Good knowledge of browser rendering capabilities, limitations and standards.
- Experience building international web sites and have a solid understanding of localization best practices.
- Highly competent with user interface, information architecture principles and the intricacies of web site design for complex functionality.
- Object Oriented Programming Experience
- Very knowledgeable of database structures and systems
- Excellent English written / verbal communication skills
- FTP/SSH/Versioning systems usage skills
- Bachelor´s degree a must.

ahmad@souq.com - Include the job title in the subject

June 2, 2011

Linux System Administrator - souq.com - Jordan

Responsibilities
- Build, manage and administer Linux servers environment
- Develop, maintain and improve scripts & tools that automate manual procedures
- Track & manage hardware/server inventory
- Assist with monitoring and maintenance of infrastructure systems and troubleshoot production issues
- Maintain & contribute to enterprise security model and best practice
- Project manage infrastructure initiatives and ensure proper communication, coordination & fast execution of tasks
- Perform major upgrades and patch management
- Provide 24/7 on call support

Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 2+ years of solid, systems administration proficiency with Linux products
- Experience with scripting languages
- Demonstrated strong experience with the following technologies - Linux, EC2 Hosting, Security Policies, Security Auditing and a variety of storage and backup solutions
- Able to thrive in fast paced and demanding environments
- Has an experience in web server environment performance and tuning stuff.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills, clearly communicate complex technical concepts verbally and in writing
- Understanding of overall LAN/WAN network topologies

ahmad@souq.com - Include the job title in the subject

Senior Quality Engineer - souq.com - Jordan

As a senior quality engineer you will be responsible for ensuring quality through out the development lifecycle starting with requirement definition all the way to code rollout. You will help establish quality guidelines, establish process, and champion quality as a core component of any product development effort. You are required to have strong technical knowledge of system design, programming best practices. You will need to help developers in writing code level automation using tools such as PHPUnit, SimpleTest, as well as write and automate UI level testing using tools such as Selenium.

Requirements
- 3+ years of product development/programming experience. PHP development is a plus.
- 3+ years of proven experience with structured testing methodology.
- Outstanding organizational skills.
- h4 knowledge of SQL capabilities and query optimization.
- Background in load and performance testing.
- Good knowledge of browser rendering capabilities, limitations and standards.
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS/AJAX coding capabilities. HTML5 and CSS3 are plus.
- Experience building international web sites and have a solid understanding of localization best practices.
- Excellent English written / verbal communication skills
- FTP/SSH/Versioning systems usage skills
- Bachelor´s degree a must.

ahmad@souq.com - Include the job title in the subject

Senior UI Developer - souq.com - Jordan

As a senior user interface developer you will play a key roll in developing our front-end. You should have excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX. You will be required to develop standards compliant web pages and adhere to best practices of separating content from presentation and ensuring usability/accessibility.

Requirements
- Expert HTML/CSS/JS/AJAX coding capabilities. HTML5 and CSS3 are plus.
- Expert knowledge of browser rendering capabilities, limitations and standards.
- Experience building international web sites and have a solid understanding of localization best practices.
- Highly competent with user interface, information architecture principles and the intricacies of web site design for complex functionality.
- Excellent English written / verbal communication skills
- FTP/SSH/Versioning systems usage skills
- Bachelor´s degree a must.

ahmad@souq.com - Include the job title in the subject

June 1, 2011

Web Developers - Born Interactive - Lebanon

- University Degree in CCE, Computer Science, or equivalent.
- Proficient in Dynamic HTML, Database Design, VB, ASP, SQL Server, etc.
- Experience is a plus.
- Organized, motivated, good communication skills, attention to details, responsible, ability to work and coordinate with team members.
- English/Arabic (French is a plus)

jobs@borninteractive.com