L2 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT ENGINEER - Thales

Location: Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds people cross borders energy become smarter and much more. More than 30000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things grant access to digital services analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

We have been present in Saudi Arabia for 40 years and with over 600 employees to date we are growing rapidly. Together we are delivering our signalling control and train protection systems for the North South Railway (NSR) the longest system of its kind in the world. Together we are key suppliers of Inflight entertainment and connectivity systems as well as air traffic management solutions in Saudi. We are making Saudi Arabia a safer place by securing the countrys critical infrastructure and esecurity solutions that secure the countrys electronic payment systems. Thales has been selected to supply major electronic systems for air defence and the Group also supplied communication and optronic systems for the Army the Saudi Arabia National Guards and the Air Force.

As an Operations and Support Engineer Level 2 for the Gemalto Global Services team you will be involved in tier II technical support for incidents problems and change management of hosted and managed solutions.

A week in the life of an Operations and Support Engineer L2:

You will provide technical support of hosted and managed services.

You will design and implement changes into the systems.

You will maintain and enhance internal tools to improve service industrialization.

You will provide technical guidance for new or evolution of services and for consolidated technical analyses.

You will lead the optimization of service reliability performance and security. Provide technical direction when CAB requires tier II input expertise or changes with high risk impacts on customer SLAs.

You will be responsible for product and technical knowledge rampup of the Tier II Support team.

You will participate in the definition of production requirements.

You will extend and acknowledge completion of handover milestones to Tiers I and II to comply with contractual SLAs.

Knowledge Skills and Experience:

To succeed at this job you must have experience with Linux or Unix applications; Unix or Shell scripting; SQL or Oracle database queries writing and execution and knowledge of WebLogic administration ticketing tools monitoring tools such as Nagios and validation tools such as SOAP.

You must be fluent in English.

We would like someone to join our team who is a strong verbal and written communicator analytical a problemsolver and team player.

You must have a Degree in Information Technology or a related field.

We are looking for someone with at least 5 years of experience in IT support and at least 5 years in operations.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here apply now!