Company Description

Digitas is the Connected Marketing agency, built on the principle that there are better ways for brands to connect with people and people with each other. Leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities and a proprietary planning process called North, Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via connected solutions that include Connected Campaigns, Social Marketing, Brand Experience, CRM & Loyalty, and Marketing Transformation. A Leader in Gartner\xe2\x80\x99s Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies for six consecutive years, Digitas serves the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 4,500 employees across over 40 countries and 60 offices.



As a Digital Technology Lead you will take a key role within our Marketing Transformation offering, contributing toward advisory, design and development of next generation Martech platforms and solutions. Reporting into the regional CEO, you will oversee the establishment and integration of the Digitas Technology platform that will include DXP\'s, Commerce solutions, customer data platforms and also cloud solutions.

Technical & Product

-Experience developing for major cloud platforms, including Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

-Expertise in datacentre (on-premises) and cloud deployment of solutions using DevOps.

-Knowledge of release and configuration management, networking & infrastructure management tools for on-premises and cloud hosted environments.

-Knowledge of cyber security, application security, information security, IoT security and network security.

-Working in an agile environment (scrum and/or Kanban).

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

-Engage in a consulting/advisory role providing executive level leadership around technology and overall CXO level support for digital strategy.

-Support clients in understanding the context of their solution in the broader digital ecosystem and communicate complex technical information in non-technical terms.

-Collaborate with clients to dissect complex problems and translate business requirements into technical solution designs, which may include contextual, conceptual, logical & physical views of the architecture.

-Determine feasibility / viability of solution proposals, evaluate build vs buy decisions, assess vendor solutions and create analysis of alternative.

-Design integration with existing / potential assets within client\xe2\x80\x99s technology landscape as well as external solutions.

People & Leadership

-Capable of developing and sharing a strategic vision that others can aspire and commit to, having the confidence to adjust and adapt in the dynamic world.

-Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire.

-Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information.

-Able to proactively develop meaningful relationships with key decision makers across functions.

-Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve issues internally and externally.

-Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent.

-Encourages others to value difference, collaboration and positive spirit while getting the best out of their diverse teams.

-Listens and proactively seeks views from others to create an environment that is transparent and comfortable for others to share.

Self

-Showcases agility and ability to adapt to different situations based on past experiences, feedback and industry changes.

-Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.

-Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is capable of taking ownership of personal -development to continuously evolve and futureproof their capabilities.

-Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.

-Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness.

-Able to stay resilient and maintain drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.

Qualifications

-15+ total years of experience and 7+ of experience as a solution/application/enterprise architect with expertise across the following areas:

-Ability to create large scale architectures, estimate costs, manage dependencies and complexities.

-Current experience with enterprise applications, distributed systems, messaging, cloud, microservices and serverless technologies.

-Previous experience in coming up with digital strategy / program level architecture (multiple systems comprising an entire ecosystem).

-Experience in designing, developing, deploying, testing, evaluating and procuring software for broad, complex enterprises.

-Experience on big data processing, data pipeline, IoT, machine learning and AI processing methods.

-Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with clients and within the team.

-Excellent written skills and ability to document architecture (large program) design.

-We are looking for Arabic speakers or candidates who are willing to work/travel across the MENA region.

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