IT Manager at Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi

About Us

At Holiday Inn® Hotels & Resorts, our job is to bring the joy of travel to everyone. That’s where you come in. We look for people who are friendly, welcoming and full of life; people who are always finding ways to make every guest’s experience an enjoyable one. When you’re part of the Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts brand you’re more than just a job title.

Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi, is looking for an efficient and team-oriented Housekeeping Supervisor to join our dynamic team! Holiday Inn is the first of its brand in Abu Dhabi, featuring 203 modern and stylish rooms and a wide variety of food & beverage outlets. Indulge in a variety of International flavors at the Silk Route Café. For a lively night out, hit the Thirty 1st Bar & Lounge with amazing views of the Abu Dhabi skyline. Visit Hubbly Bubbly, our shisha café, for a traditional Arabic experience under the stars. For Sushi lovers, SushiSan offers sushi as it should. Stock Burger Co. is a new casual dining concept defined by a perfect and always appealing pairing: premium burgers, craft brew, and all, in addition to meeting rooms and banqueting facilities.

What’s the job?

If you are a big-picture thinker and understand the role that technology plays in helping the hotel achieve its overall business goals, then the IT Manager role is the next step in your career. On a daily, you play a key role in an organization's strategic planning, helping to identify and anticipate future technology needs, as well as improve efficiencies with current systems. You’ll have ambition, talent, and some essential skills. We’re seeking someone passionate about creating great guest experiences through system efficiency.

As an IT Manager, you will work in partnership with every department to ensure guest’s needs are determined /met and oversee the overall smooth operation as well as ensure that routine network startup and shutdown procedures are performed.

A little taste of your day-to-day

Every day is different, but you’ll mostly be:

• Focus on the rejuvenation of the room experience ensuring IT services and products will be constantly assessed to remain relevant and in keeping with the hotel’s sustainability practices.
• Diagnose hardware and software problems and replace defective components and perform data backups and disaster recovery operations; maintain, administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware; operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use.
• Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
• Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.
• Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
  
  

What We Need From You

The successful candidate must demonstrate that they can effectively work in a multi-tasking environment, be enthusiastic and positive, and have an excellent guest-handling manner. The successful candidate must have the required qualifications, technical skills and experience in a similar role with proven results and includes the following:

Bachelor’s degree/diploma in Computer Science, IT or related field and at least 2 years’ experience in a similar role with computer set-up, troubleshooting expertise, and working knowledge of networks and operating systems and databases. Technical skills include PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards). Also familiar with various hotel systems including POS, PMS and CRM platforms.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UAE.

What We Offer

In return for your hard work, you can look forward to a highly competitive salary and benefits package. What’s more, because your career will be as unique as you are, we’ll give you all the tailored support you need to make a great start, be involved and grow.

At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

Travel is a journey. 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. At Holiday Inn®️ we thrive on making our guests 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. Let’s Go Further Together.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.