IT Specialist

Job Description
Food Chain Limited in Malta is looking to recruit an IT Specialist to join their team on a full-time basis.

Job Role:
To define, implement and support the Farsons Group of Companies IT network, infrastructure, and other technical services and platforms in line with the Group’s overall business plan and within the established and approved broader IT architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures, that technical solutions and procedures comply with established standards
• Leads and actively participates in the operation & maintenance of systems within assigned area
• Defines develops, configures, and supports IT technical applications
• Oversees the implementation and support of applications
• Defines hardware, network, and other infrastructural requirements and recommends relevant specifications for procurement
• Leads processes for technical procurement in line with requirements
• Keeps abreast of technological and IT security trends and applications
• Acts as liaison with external IT partners, consultants, and vendors
• Identifies and participates in external technical forums in line with Group’s IT infrastructure and IT architecture
• Understand, communicate, and reinforce standard business process concepts and methodologies within the IT organization
• Works closely with management to prioritize IT projects and define resources
• Conducts business analysis to ensure that hardware and infrastructural resources are aligned with business needs
• Assisting in resolving major and/or critical support issues
• Ensuring IT infrastructure functionality, recommending changes & enhancements
• Overseeing systems architecture and design
• Ensuring that project plans and costs, timelines, and objectives are met
• Monitoring of IT policy enforcement, reviewing and updating later as required
• Promotion and Auditing of quality standards
• Duties include working on highly technical projects and decision-making processes.

Education and requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Business and Information Technology
• Works on own initiative with minimum direction provided, setting up own standards of performance, planning, and working independently
• Assisting in services both in the general supervision and in achieving results
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Maintains strong attention to quality and detail
• Solid understanding of business practices with a fundamental understanding of project management.

Food Chain Limited:
Food Chain Limited successfully manages a number of internationally renowned franchise restaurants in the Maltese market, drawing on its long years of experience in the sector and its knowledge of evolving market trends and consumer preferences.