IT Operations Officer

IT Operations Officer - ‎22000434
United Arab Emirates
Closing Date: Jun 28th ‎2022

Responsible for supervising the operation of Computer applications, hardware
systems, network and related infrastructure and ensuring all of them are
functional and secure. Set controls on computers and devices to run jobs.
Effective monitoring of Production environments of IT applications and
infrastructure on a ‎24 x ‎7 Operations with Disaster Recovery and BCP Planning,
which includes IT solutions / Services hosted outside FZ.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key Activities

‎1. Supervise day-to-day operations of Data Centre and coordination.
‎2. Monitor systems availability and corresponding support processes based on
the agreed processes.
‎3. Monitors the availability of ‎24/‎7 availability of Corporate Network
infrastructure and the Data Centers to ensure the availability of all servers
and services required by flydubai, which includes IT solutions / Services
hosted outside FZ.
‎4. Carries out Disaster Recovery drills as per agreed plan and provide status
update to relevant stake holders.
‎5. Carries out scheduled backups, batch jobs as per the schedule and ensure
that they are successful.
‎6. Follows IT operations governance process.
‎7. Actively participate with Manager - IT Production Services in the IT
planning and supporting organic growth.
‎8. Executes tasks and ensures that services provided perform to agreed-upon
SLAs.
‎9. Assist in resolution of issues and problems within an ITIL framework, and
manage escalations and issues as required.
‎10. Prepares operational performance metrics and status across the IT
infrastructure, applications and networks for Manager - IT Production
Services.
‎11. Work with between internal teams, outsourcing & hosting partners and
other stakeholders to ensure incidents are resolved in a timely manner.
‎12. Should actively participate to optimize performance and continuously work
towards improving productivity.
‎13. Ensure that all changes in IT Production environments ( Data Centre and
network ) are carried out based on the processes laid out by Manager - IT
Production Services.
‎14. Coordinate with all impacted parties to ensure all IT releases and
deployments across all business units or IT business partners to ensure the
awareness on schedule and status on the progress.
‎15. Develop and maintain Operations manual, so that every processes and
procedures are documented.
‎16. Ensures hardware, peripherals, devices are in working condition and
faulty ones are replaced or repaired in a timely manner without affecting the
24x7 Operation of Data Centre and network.
‎17. Maintain contacts and escalations points of each services( applications,
Operating systems, hardware, services, air-conditioners, ).
‎18. Effectively monitors the health and monitors the health of UPS units and
carryout simulation runs at regular intervals.
‎19. Responsible for monitoring and maintaining air conditioners, Water alarm,
fire alarm and Power protections systems (UPS) in IT Data Centers and
infrastructure.
‎20. Oversee maintenance, including Preventive maintenance, of hardware, air
conditioners, UPS are carried out at agreed intervals.
‎21. Monitor info on licensing and Maintenance contracts related to IT
Production environments to ensure the continuity of services.
‎22. Participation in complex infrastructure implementation, system upgrades
and operational trouble shooting.
‎23. Plan and simulate regular restoring from backup exercises to ensure that
backups taken are reliable and can be used if a production situation for
restoration takes place.
‎24. Ensures that necessary approvals are sought and obtained in a timely
manner, so that no delay takes place in the day-to-day running for 24x7
Operations and incident management.
‎25. Carries out changes to FZ IT Production environments, which are planned
as per agreed Tier level maintenance windows and ensures necessary approvals
are available for unplanned changes/outages.
‎26. Assist Audit exercises and implement and own the process improvement
activities to improve the overall Release Management processes.
‎27. Work closely with Manager - IT Production Services and FZ IT sections to
ensure that Data Center and Infrastructure are geared up to meet the growing
demands of FZ.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

Minimum Qualification

* A university degree in business or technology. BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business.

Experience

* ‎6+ years' total experience, including ‎3+ years in a production ‎24/‎7 high-availability multi-site enterprise of mission critical systems, ERP and CRM environments, including application hosting, voice and data networks, security and information protection and ‎2+ years' experience with high availability networks and replicated disaster recovery architectures. 
* Experience in the travel or airline industry. 
* Extensive years of relevant technical and business experience, including in-depth knowledge of one or more IT processes, services, environments.
* Extensive years of experience on Travel Reservation System or similar critical systems. 
* Extensive years experience analyzing and identifying enterprise applications mainframe systems and distributed systems' environment issues and risks in performance, availability and capacity.
* Experienced in maintaining compliant operations and ensuring successful internal, external and FDA/EMA audits.

Knowledge / Skills

* Strong ITIL Release Management process knowledge. 
* Proven knowledge of IT infrastructure, architecture, applications development and support, networks, and computer operations. 
* Broad technical knowledge of network and PC operating systems including Windows Server/Desktop OS, Virtualization, Business Applications, Networking. 
* PC literacy and MSOffice skills (Visio, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required. 
* Very good understanding of FTP, SFTP, LAN/WAN, communication protocols.

Certificate / License required

* Certification in ITIL required.

CORE COMPETENCIES

* Effective communication 
* Attention to detail and quality
* Analytical Skills and critical thinking
* Interpersonal skills