Technical Operations Manager

What We Need

Oivan is looking for a Technical (IT) Operations Manger with relevant
experience in managing the cloud infrastructure architecture in the Middle
East region. If you are interested in working in an international environment
in a creative and awesome team, then Oivan is the right place for you! ️

Our goal is to have this person work closely with our Head of Infrastructure
and Cloud and provide financial analysis by monitoring KPI's, and
participating in developing the IT objectives and strategy at the business
unit level.

What You'll Do

We offer you the unique opportunity to work and improve your skills with a
diverse and geographically distributed team of technology and business experts
around the world. You will provide required reports and statistics that help
the IT director in improving the operations practice. You will also be
responsible for the following:
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Act as the trusted advisor for the client and participate in technical and
governance discussion with 3rd parties such as Vendors, Saudi NCSC,
Correspondence, SoC.
* Collaborate closely with business managers and directors, understand the business requirements for the product initiatives and e-services, then reflect the business needs into technical design and processes
* Design and manage the cloud infrastructure architecture with regards to computing, storage, network and security, that improves the overall service delivery agility while reducing CAPEX and OPEX.
* Plan the required infrastructure improvement (Performance, availability, backup, disaster recovery, security compliance, risk management)
* Team building and hiring, resource enablement and coaching
* Manage the workload of daily operation tasks and delegating to best fit resource
* Plan and manage the yearly objective for the infrastructure function.
* Manage and monitor the committed SLA for services availability and response time - incidents and service fulfilment.
* Managing the compliance and delivery for internal customers ' requirements such as IT Risk/Business Continuity department, Cybersecurity, and IT Governance
* Managing the cloud infrastructure service catalogue, service delivery blueprint, SLA and integration with ITSM based on ITIL framework
* Serve as a Project Manager for various mission critical migration and initiatives

What You've Got

For this role, you are going to be working with our Head of Infrastructure and
Cloud. As the Operation Manager, we prefer that you have the following:
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Proven management track and dealership experience
* MIS degree or certified ITIL, PMP is plus
* Knowledge of industry 's best practice frameworks and standards such as IOS ‎17799, National Cybersecurity Authority, TOGAF
* Systematic thinking and experience in debugging complex technical and problems
* Bachelor/Master's degree in relevant domain
* Native Arabic Speaker
For this role, we expect you to based in Riyadh, or willing to relocate in the
near future.

What We Offer

We Offer You:
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An international workforce to learn from and grow with - we have a diverse,
multicultural workforce with Nordic values
* A fair compensation package and a considerable annual leave of ‎25 days per annum. We support our staff to be with family at the most important time. Partners with a newborn baby can have additional holidays.
* Opportunities for growth and enrichment through Grow with Oivan, our internal learning and development departments
* Line devices Mac or PC within a fixed company budget
* Team building activities, movie nights, events
Oivan as an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Oivan, we appreciate different lifestyles and cultural backgrounds. We
welcome diversity as a strength. We consider all applications equally
regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, age,
citizenship, marital status, disability, orientation or gender identity. We
strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in
tech to apply.

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compliancy and full confidentiality.

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Who We Are**
At Oivan we create and operate human-centric digital services for our clients
worldwide. With offices in Helsinki (Finland), Khon Kaen (Thailand), Bangkok
(Thailand), Dubai (UAE) and Riyadh (KSA) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), our
international team executes a diverse array of projects. For this role, you
will be based in Riyadh (KSA) and join our workforce of ‎210+ employees.

Oivan 's official language is English and fluency is necessary for success on
the job. For this role it would be a requirement to speak Arabic. A strong
dedication to teamwork and excellent cross-cultural communication skills are a
must.

Oivan company culture is reflective of our core values: Responsibility,
Reliability, and Fellowship . The decisions we make today influence our
tomorrow. We are sincere in our responsibility towards our employees,
customers and the environment. Fellowship unites us as an international
community of thinkers and doers. Throughout our hiring process, you 'll have
access to a broad representation of the Oivan team in order to get to know us
as we learn about you.