Programmer (Qatari National)

Job description / Role

QNB Group, the biggest bank in Qatar, and a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, is looking to hire a Programmer (Qatari National), to meet the requirements of the expansion of its office in QNB - Qatar//Doha.

QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies now extends to more than 30 countries across 3 continents, providing a comprehensive range of products and services. The total number of staff is more than 28,000 operating from over 1200 locations.

Role Summary:
The role is primarily responsible to implement and document, deliver and support the application by coding and documenting, testing, and maintaining the development of software programs and applications as per the specifications provided by the designated systems analysts using the standard development tools.

Role Description:
• Carefully analyze possible software and application program changes to ensure congruence with the Group’s long term planning and approved strategy.
• Design, implement, document and develop applications as per the specified budget and plan.
• Liaise with the concerned business for their information requirements and follow-up as and when required to answer their business needs.
• Develop new applications as per user requirements and the plan specified by the designated systems analysts.
• Correct bugs and errors by making appropriate changes and then retest the program to ensure that the desired results are produced.
• Conduct trial runs/ perform testing of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
• Perform revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
• Write, analyze, review, and rewrite programs, using workflow chart and diagram, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter, and symbolic logic.
• Write or contribute to instructions or manuals to guide end users.
• Investigate whether networks, workstations, the central processing unit of the system, and/or peripheral equipment are responding to a program's instructions.
• Prepare detailed workflow charts and diagrams that describe input, output, and logical operation, and convert them into a series of instructions coded in a computer language.
• Use object-oriented programming languages, as well as client/server applications development processes and multimedia and Internet technology.
• Abide by the Policies and Procedures developed for maintaining the Information Security for the Data Centre Operations and shall take on active responsibilities in achieving, managing and maintaining the ISO 27001 standard.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
• 2+ years’ experience in financial services with a specialization in application programming.
• Experience in RDBMS.
• Strong programming skills in the development tools and languages.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to identify need for change, adaptable and flexible in anticipating and realizing improvement opportunities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic
• Training courses and certification in relevant programming languages.
• Good interpersonal skills.

About the Company

QNB Group is the biggest bank in Qatar, and a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa is hiring.

QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies now extends to more than 30 countries across 3 continents, providing a comprehensive range of products and services. The total number of staff is more than 28,000 operating from over 1200 locations.

QNB will assist you to take charge of your career with rich and varied opportunities to experience different parts of our global business and develop a valuable portfolio of skills and knowledge.