Manager, National Systems Applications Division

Job Overview

This role is responsible for overseeing the strategic development, management, and maintenance of applications within the National Center for Government Resources. The manager will lead application design, deployment, and enhancements, ensuring adherence to quality standards, alignment with business objectives, and timely delivery within budget constraints. Continuous monitoring of application performance to identify bottlenecks or gaps and executing corrective actions is key. The role also involves implementing development strategies for applications and databases to improve system efficiency and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in formulating and executing the application strategy consistent with center goals and aligning with related departments' projects and initiatives for requirements planning, solution development, and release management.
• Ensure alignment and execution of application management and operations plans, maintaining communication with stakeholders to support center divisions and sectors throughout the application lifecycle.
• Confirm that applications comply with quality standards and user requirements, delivering solutions on schedule and within budget.
• Oversee regular application updates, necessary corrections, and enhancements, ensuring continuous data storage and retrieval operations align with requirements to maintain service levels.
• Monitor application performance ongoingly, identifying bottlenecks and vulnerabilities, implementing corrective actions, and coordinating with relevant parties to enhance the efficiency and reliability of systems and solutions.
• Supervise routine maintenance, updates, patches, and incident responses to assure system stability, security, business continuity, while maintaining accessible change management records.
• Manage integration processes among various applications to ensure smooth performance, operational management, and automation of repetitive tasks for improved administration and monitoring of applications and databases.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or an equivalent field.
• Minimum of six years of relevant professional experience in similar or related fields.
• Professional certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile PMP, or CompTIA IT Operations Specialist (ITOps) are preferred.

Contact Information

For inquiries, suggestions or complaints, please contact via email: talentacquisition.ncgr@ncgr.gov.sa