Job Location Saudi Arabia
Job Title Application Specialist (Blackboard)
Job Type Non-Academic
Job Summary Coordinates the development, installation, maintenance, and/or modification of application programs or advanced programs for special projects on large computer systems. This role focuses on the following applications (Blackboard).
Major Responsibilities • Performs database backup, recovery, reorganization, security administration, design update and data migration, performance monitoring, tuning and capacity (space, processing capacity) planning and management for production and development
• Develops reports, interfaces, SQL workflows and extensions in SQL applications environments
• Develops and applies procedures to safeguard data security.
• Develops and enforces policies and procedures to ensure the integrity of the databases.
• Develops user requirements in new models.
• Locates software problems and troubleshooting
• Manages database clustering and user securities
• Manages real time database backup and disaster recovery
• Manages database/application server, testing server, application securities and application backup
• Developing plans for system modifications, correcting and testing of system changes prior to implementation.
• Participates in the testing process through applying fundamental unit testing concepts to program developed
• Ensures sound unit testing, debugging procedure and QA activities
• Provides on-going support of SQL application production environment
• Participates in development, testing and migration of SQL in live environment
• Applies standard development procedures and a detailed knowledge of the application being developed
• Maintains and documents all production databases and interface systems and resolve database performance issues.
• Performs database performance monitoring and tuning; controls and monitor user access to database.
• Coordinate software evaluation and installation.
Organization Information Technology
Division IT Process & Tech: Research & Econ Devt
Technical Skills • 4-5 years of Information Technology industry experience especially in application development of Blackboard.
Non-Technical Skills or Attributes .
Required Education Bachelors in Computer Science or related degree.
Required Experience • 4-5 years of Information Technology industry experience especially in application development of Blackboard.