Senior Specialist - Architecture & Platform

Qiddiya Investment Company is excited to announce an opportunity for a Senior Specialist - Architecture & Platform to join our talented team. In this influential role, you will be responsible for designing and overseeing the development of robust and scalable architectural solutions that support our digital infrastructure and platform initiatives. Your contributions will play a critical role in enabling Qiddiya to achieve its mission of creating a world-class entertainment and cultural destination.

Responsibilities

• Experience in delivering large scale integration projects with a digital capability.
• Developing integration products and platforms suite, also worked as integration platform administrator
• Proven experience in successfully delivering integration solutions with any well-established API Management / iPaaS platform
• Experience in Entertainment and Theme Parks industry is a plus
• Basic understanding of IT operations & technology trends
• Prior experience in the application delivery lifecycle functions for the applications ecosystem from ideation through planning, design, development, testing and rollout phases under different SDLC methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
• Documenting of process, Integration architecture and workflows with integration
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with strong customer service orientation
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly understand complex systems
• Oversee the deployment of IT solutions within API Management and core integration platform areas, ensuring adherence to best practices and compliance with business requirements, IT Governance and Change Management
• Participate in discussions with key technical bodies (e.g. Design Authority, Centers of Excellence)
• Ensure quality of delivery for integration capabilities, in collaboration with internal resources and delivery partners
• Management reporting and escalations
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in architecting software solutions or platform development
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices
• Proven experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and microservices architecture
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively with diverse teams
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience leading architecture initiatives in an Agile environment
• Relevant certifications in cloud architecture or software development (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF) are a plus
• integration certifications
  
  

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package