Senior Application Administration Expert (Doha, Qatar, Onsite)

Role Summary

We are hiring an Application Administration Expert to lead administration and operations of enterprise application platforms at the client's ISD. The role configures, tunes, and maintains the most critical application platforms at architectural depth — owning installation, patching, performance, capacity, and DR readiness.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead installation, configuration, patching, and ongoing administration of enterprise applications.

- Own application capacity planning and performance management.

- Drive application disaster recovery readiness — runbook quality, drill execution, RTO/RPO compliance.

- Govern application change management — review and approve high-risk changes.

- Manage application licensing, entitlements, and renewal cycles.

- Lead application security hardening and patch management cadence.

- Coordinate with infrastructure, database, and security teams on platform operations.

- Mentor application support staff on administration best practices.

- Author and maintain administration runbooks, SOPs, and disaster recovery plans.

- Govern integration with monitoring, backup, and ITSM platforms.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology.

- 10+ years' experience in application administration on enterprise platforms.

- Deep expertise in administration of at least two of: Oracle EBS/Fusion, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, OpenText, IBM FileNet, ServiceNow.

- Strong SQL skills and database administration awareness (Oracle, SQL Server).

- Hands-on application middleware administration — WebLogic, Tomcat, IIS.

- ITIL v4 Foundation; ITIL Specialist preferred.

- Native or fluent Arabic AND professional English — preferred (not mandatory).

Preferred / Nice to Have

- Vendor administrator certifications (Oracle Certified, SAP Administrator, Microsoft Certified, OpenText Administrator).

- Linux / Windows Server administration depth.

- Cloud platform exposure (AWS, Azure) for hybrid application hosting.

- Experience in Qatar or GCC government IT environments.