July 12, 2024

Senior IT Architect - Riyadh | BCG Platinion

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WHO WE ARE

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

BCG PLATINION
As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial – nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence. 
We support our clients’ total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion’s interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations. BCG Platinion was founded in 2000 in Germany to add deep technical expertise to Boston Consulting Group’s existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America and most recently in the Middle East.


WHAT YOU’LL DO

Do you want to turn the challenges of digitization into the solutions of the future? Join us in tackling the core IT issues of leading global companies. Deploy customized platforms, architectures, strategies, and organizations to leverage the digital potential of our customers and drive true innovation, with state-of-the-art technologies such as cloud computing, AI, blockchain, microservices, and containerization. Add your individual strengths to our unique team, always there to support you. Together with Boston Consulting Group and our clients, we turn digital visions into reality.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

  • Shaping the digital transformation of globally leading companies, ensuring their success by evaluating our clients' digital capabilities and performing feasibility studies
  • Managing small, agile development teams in strategic IT implementation programs, establish modern practices like DevOps and CI/CD, and be responsible for the technical implementation of crucial digital requirements such as cyber resilience
  • Analyzing, developing, and optimizing cutting-edge, customized IT architectures while applying your comprehensive understanding of legacy IT, enterprise solutions, and current market developments such as cloud computing, microservices and blockchain.

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

  • You have a degree in computer science, (business) informatics, or a related discipline
  • You have 4 to 8 years of relevant experience in IT Consulting or software development
  • You know that modern technologies such as machine learning, cyber resilience, DevOps, agile methods, AI, and robotics aren't just buzzwords, but essential to sustainable IT architectures
  • You have broad technical expertise and interest in technology trends
  • You feel particularly comfortable in interdisciplinary teams and global contexts
  • You have experience with hyperscalers, with additional certifications from AWS, Azure, GCP, AliCloud, or TencentCloud
  • You're good at understanding and communicating complex topics in English, Arabic is a plus
HOW YOU CAN GROW WITH US

We guarantee constant new development incentives in an open and rewarding work environment.  You'll face challenges every day together with a dedicated team of talented colleagues. Individual training offers and a culture of open feedback will provide the framework you need to explore and perfect your own strengths. Our modern structures enable you to stay focused. This includes easy travel booking, our excellent back-office support and a comprehensive Knowledge Center. We cultivate a strong and close team network from which you will also profit beyond your case work.

LOCATION:

This role is based in Riyadh/KSA


BECOME A PART OF OUR TEAM

Apply over our online portal now, with your CV, a relevant project list, and all pertinent references. If you have any questions, please email career-me@bcgplatinion.com

For more information, see https://platinion.avature.net/CareersME


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