IT Specialist at Holiday Inn and Suites Dubai Science Park (pre-opening)

Job Description

Travel is a journey. At Holiday Inn, we help make it a joy.Starting with a warm, inviting welcome for all guests, whether traveling on business or for fun, enjoying a quick night, or relaxing for the week. We thrive on making our guest?s stays brighter, helping them create memories that will last a lifetime. Irresistible smiles are our specialty. We should know, we?ve been on our journey since 1952. So, if you can help us spread the joy of travel to all, we?d love to give you a warm welcome to the Holiday Inn? family.Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park, a preopening hotel, is looking for a knowledgeableIT Specialist to join their extraordinary team! Ideally located in the heart of Dubai Science Park, in the most sought after residential area of Dubai. Minutes away from mega malls, magnificent Jumeirah Beaches, world?s leading tourist attractions and Parks, auto drome and over 5 championship golf courses. The Holiday Inn & Suites at Dubai Science Park will include 240 hotel rooms and suites and 84 one-bedroom apartments, anchor F&B offerings and an extensive 1026sqm cutting-edge meeting and events facilities.As IT Specialist, you will be responsible for managing and monitoring all computer hardware and making sure systems are installed properly and working efficiently. You will maintain uncompromising data and physical security standards, ensure that all computer media saves, and back-ups are completed, documented and stored per specifications, administer all user ID?s, passwords, and the most sensitive system utilities, secure all touchy resources and critical libraries under the supervision of the IT Manager, manage the configuration reports, program files and data files on the computer system(s) to ensure maximum operating efficiency, install and test corporate approved program changes to the hotel computer system(s), provide recommendation and drive results to ensures that the hotel has appropriate technology roadmap to meet short-term and long-terms needs, and keep up to date with all approved systems and technology.IT Specialist enforce IHG technology policies and standards, ensure IT systems are compliant with IHG policies in support of local laws, regulations and industry requirements (e.g.PCIDSS, PII and Data Protection), maintain an expert understanding of the property?s business needs, methodologies, strategies, and upcoming projects. Keeps current with property, competitors,s and like industry uses of technology.?Ideally, this role requires a highly organized individual who is energetic, self-motivated with the ability to work on their own initiative and the ability to multi-task, deal with a lot of pressure and demands whilst remaining calm and working effectively is essential.

• A Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Sciences
• 1 to 2 years experience in a supervisory role at a full-service hotel, with pre-opening experience highly advantageous (MEA experience would be an additional advantage)
• Solid project management experience in organizing, planning, and executing projects from conception through successful implementation
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of hotel technology principles and practices
• Familiarity with organization design models and decision-making framework
• Effective presentation, communication, consulting, and interpersonal/consensus-building skills for the purpose of providing information to management and colleagues

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