Application Planning Expert

Descripción

Our client,  a global innovation and engineering consulting is looking for an Application Planning Expert for a long-term project at Riyadh.

Main responsibilities:

• Report to Strategy and Financial Planning Director.
• Define application strategy and road maps incorporating new technologies, validating these applications, determining the most optimal approach in deploying these applications.
• Assessing applications, their benefits, challenges, mitigation as well as its implications within a network.
• ·Driving the application eco-system in line with industry best practices and standardization blueprints.
• Analyzing performance reports, applying business intelligence analytics and ensuring application pain points are identified and mitigated.
• Participate in the development and implementation of financial planning/CAPEX of application enhancement and optimization initiatives.
• Advice, support and provide an expert opinion on T&O including technology planning, financial planning, optimization and value-maximizing.
• Interprets application requirements financial impact, propose application and cost-benefits analysis, guidance and support, necessary for continuous improvement.
• Do scenario planning, build business cases and run simulations and sensitivity analysis to assess the value and profitability of technology investments as well as their impact on the applications.
• Ensure providing support in the development of the financial overview, review budgets and financial statements.
• Review and develop application eco-system plans to ensure consistency and avoiding overlaps and duplications.
• Consolidate optimized application eco-system blueprints into T&O annual budget; build three years’ financial projections.
• Ensure all proposed strategic initiatives are supported by a sound Business Case in collaboration with Business Architecture, Application and Finance.
• Coordinate and laisse with all concerned stakeholders to ensure appropriate Applications are built including optimizing CAPEX requirements.
• Support management in the right application architecture decision as well as appropriate migration strategies. 
• Conduct variance analysis identify all deviations and root-causes and responsibilities.
• Assessing the achievement of submitted business case post-implementation.
• Ensures compliance with organizational policies, procedures and quality standards.

Experiencia profesional

Technical skills: 

• 10+ Years of relevant experience
• Understanding of application technologies across all telecom network landscape encompassing OSS/BSS as well as NFV/containers
• Understanding of application standards and business models such as TMForum, TOGAF, ITIL, COBOLT etc.
• Good understanding of application security principles and standards
• Good understanding application programming languages such as Java, C, C++ etc.
• Good understanding of scripting languages such as TCL, Python etc.
• Good understanding of markup languages such as XML/WSDL, HTML etc.
• Good understanding of application transport protocols such as HTTP, SOAP, IIOP etc.
• Good understanding of management protocols, SSH, FTP, Netconf, SNMP etc.
• Capable of building application roadmaps and strategies to enhance application eco-system and mitigate pain points
• Capable of collaborating with multiple stakeholders to define and determine a cohesive, efficient and future proof application strategy
• Scenario Planning
• Requirement Engineering
• Good understanding of FCAPS, reporting and analytics
• Good understanding of the industry trends for future infrastructure blueprints
• Good understanding of automation, API as well as aware of future trends such as AI, Intent based provisioning etc.
• Ability to create compelling presentation slide package and deliver an engaging presentation to stakeholders and executives.

Educational Background:

• Masters / MBA, PhD  in Software engineering /Computer Science
• Bachelors in Software engineering/Computer Science

Certifications:       

• TOGAF, ITIL, CIW, Java EE, Java SE, RHSCA, Virtualization and SDN certificates such as from Redhat, Openstack, etc.