Software Technical Lead - Riyadh - Onsite

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all technical decisions across both systems
• Manage the dual-system operation of the Correspondence System: the legacy ASP.NET WebForms system
• and the new .NET Core + Angular system must run simultaneously and be fully supported
• Own and govern the DevOps CI/CD pipeline no deployment to production proceeds without technical
• sign-off
• Lead the planned migration from stored procedures to Entity Framework ORM
• Chair weekly technical review meetings; produce and own Go/No-Go decisions for every production release
• Mentor and code-review the full development team; define and enforce coding standards
• Ensure NCA cybersecurity controls and Secure SDLC principles are embedded in every sprint and release
• Maintain up-to-date system architecture documentation for both systems throughout the contract
• Coordinate with the DBA on database architecture and the EF migration
• Oversee integration points between the two systems, and with the Client's Identity Server and external government services

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent Arabic Speaker is a Must.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
• 9+ years of professional experience in software system development, with at least 3 years in a technical
• leadership role
• Demonstrable experience leading Agile/Scrum development teams
• Experience with code quality governance, code review processes, and technical debt management
• Experience maintaining legacy systems alongside active development not just greenfield work

Required Technical Skills

• .NET Core expert-level back-end development; this is the primary platform
• ASP.NET WebForms must be competent to lead maintenance and support of legacy correspondence
• system; familiarity with WebForms lifecycle, state management, and common patterns
• Angular (latest LTS) front-end for both systems; LTS upgrade management is a contractual obligation
• SQL Server (T-SQL) and Oracle (PL/SQL) dual database environment; must understand both
• Entity Framework Core ORM migration design; experience migrating complex stored procedure logic to
• EF is essential
• Azure DevOps or equivalent CI/CD pipeline ownership, build automation, release management
• AppDynamics or equivalent APM performance monitoring strategy, alert configuration, capacity planning
• Identity Server / OpenID Connect / OAuth 2.0 SSO + MFA architecture design and oversight
• RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) design and implementation patterns
• Secure SDLC and OWASP Top 10 integrating security controls into the development process
• Git branching strategy governance (Git Flow or trunk-based), merge request oversight
• Agile tooling (Azure Boards, Jira, or equivalent)