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Dubai: UAE airlines are hiring - and along with cabin crew and ground staff, there is a lot of emphasis on IT-related positions too.
Last year, Emirates said it was looking to recruit more than 500 IT professionals in the next six months to build its own talent pipeline with expertise in various areas, including cybersecurity, technical product management, DevOps, and hybrid cloud.
“Some of the highest demand jobs will be in the IT departments of airlines because technology is clearly benefiting every business,” said Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer, during an industry event last month.“Every sector – be it tourism or airline – will be tapping into the same resources.”
Etihad Airways has signed a multi-year agreement with Kyndryl, which was spun out of tech giant IBM, to upgrade its IT infrastructure by facilitating the use of cloud platforms. Such initiatives require highly skilled tech employees that can help companies make the transition.
Air Arabia, meanwhile, is in the home stretch towards launching two airlines, in Pakistan and Armenia, and requiring more recruitments.
So, along with ecommerce, fintechs and other categories taking in high-on-skills tech professionals, airlines too are casting the net wide with each progress made towards their return to full network operations post-Covid.
These are some of the tech roles that airlines have an eye on:
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