Jawad Al Marhoon

Delivery Manager

Driving digital transformation through innovative technology solutions and strategic leadership in cloud architecture, DevOps, and software engineering. Over 10 years running multi-vendor programs from SAR 8M to SAR 200M and building the teams behind them, PMP and TOGAF certified, applying generative AI across delivery and the software development lifecycle.

Cloud Architecture
DevOps & CI/CD
Digital Transformation
Program Delivery
Enterprise Architecture
AI-Enabled Delivery
Jawad Al Marhoon

My Vision

My vision is to bridge the gap between business objectives and technological innovation by creating scalable, secure, and efficient digital solutions that drive organizational growth and transformation, delivered under formal governance and sustained by the teams I build.

Strategic Leadership

I believe in leading with a strategic mindset, aligning technology initiatives with business goals to deliver measurable value and drive digital transformation across organizations.

Continuous Innovation

Embracing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies like DevOps, cloud-native architectures, and automation to enhance efficiency, reduce time-to-market, and improve product quality.

Team Empowerment

Building high-performing technical teams through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and creating an environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.

Governed Delivery

Running multi-vendor programs with live RAID logs, steering committees, and C-level reporting, so critical risks are resolved before they become program-level delays.

AI-Enabled Engineering

Applying generative AI across the lifecycle: AI-assisted development and security review, AI-driven proposal and documentation workflows, and agentic tooling with human approval gates.

Architecture-Led Direction

A TOGAF and HLD/LLD architecture background that lets me hold technical direction as well as schedule, from solution design to integration standards.

Industry Expertise

Extensive experience across multiple business domains, delivering technology solutions that address specific industry challenges

Banking & Financial

Led digital transformation initiatives at BSF, including the SAR 200M omnichannel banking program across mobile, web, and branch, the Jana loyalty program, and secure financial platforms compliant with SAMA regulatory standards, integrated with core banking and services such as Yakeen, SIMAH, and Qarar.

Omnichannel Customer Loyalty Regulatory Compliance Core Banking Integration Digital Channels Mobile & Web Banking

Logistics & Transportation

As Technical Lead at CAMION, owned transportation and supply chain technology, architecting a TMS, a warehouse and yard scheduling platform, and a sea and air freight platform, integrated with Maersk, CMA CGM, and Saudi government platforms (Bayan, Fasah, Wasl), with over 3,000 trucks on the platform.

Supply Chain Delivery Optimization S2S VPN Integration Government Integration Fleet & GPS Tracking Sea & Air Freight

Petroleum & Natural Gas

Developed custom systems for reservoir engineering and geological development at Reservoir Technologies over three years, and an SAP-integrated application for Saudi Aramco at Tech Mahindra that replaced manual plant waste reporting.

Reservoir Engineering Geological Development Custom Systems SAP Integration Saudi Aramco

Point of Sale & Retail

Enhanced and customized POS programs for small business clients at Themar AlMarifah, improving functionality and user experience for retail operations, and co-developed the Themar eServices mobile app for iOS and Android.

POS Systems Retail Solutions Client Engagement Mobile Apps

Construction & Engineering

Supported software development for K2 process support system at Zamil Industrial Investment Company, automating processes for accounts, fund management, customer registration, and loan verification during the company-wide migration from Adobe LiveCycle.

Process Automation Workflow Integration Engineering Solutions K2 Workflows

Technology & Software

Extensive experience across full-stack development, cloud architecture, DevOps, and mobile applications, delivering innovative software solutions for diverse clients and industries, now accelerated by AI-assisted engineering and agentic workflows.

Full-Stack Development Cloud Architecture Mobile Applications DevOps & CI/CD AI-Assisted Development SaaS Products

Professional Journey

A decade of experience driving technology innovation across banking, logistics, and software development sectors

Education

Master of High Performance and Cloud Computing

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

2025

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

2017

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, 2024
TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Practitioner, 2024
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, 2024
OCI Certified Architect Associate, 2023
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), 2017
DevOps Fundamentals, DASA, 2017

Technical Expertise

Cloud Platforms

GCP AWS Azure OCI OpenShift

DevOps & CI/CD

Jenkins GitLab ArgoCD Kubernetes Docker

Languages

Java Python C# Angular

Technical Proficiencies

Cloud Platforms

GCP AWS Azure OCI OpenShift DigitalOcean Hybrid & Sovereign Cloud FinOps

DevOps Tools

Jenkins Nexus GitLab ArgoCD GitOps Kubernetes OpenShift Docker GitHub Actions

Programming Languages

Java C# VB .NET Spring Boot JavaScript SQL Python

Web & Mobile Development

Xamarin Entity Framework Angular React HTML CSS Flutter

Database Management

SQL Server MySQL Oracle DB PostgreSQL MongoDB

CI/CD & Automation

CI/CD Pipelines Automated Testing Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Zero-Downtime Deployment

AI & Automation

AI-Assisted SDLC Agentic Workflows Human Approval Gates Local & Hosted LLMs AI-Assisted OWASP Review AI Proposal Workflows

Platform & Integration

Apigee Apache Kafka REST API Design Middleware & ERP Integration SAP Site-to-Site VPN

Security & Resilience

IAM WAF Network Segmentation Disaster Recovery & RTO/RPO AppDynamics Veeam

Architecture

Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF ADM) Solution Architecture HLD/LLD API Design C4 Modeling Integration Patterns

Delivery & Governance

Program & Portfolio Delivery RAID Management Multi-Vendor Governance Vendor Evaluation (RFI/RFP, BRD) Stakeholder Management Risk Management Budget Ownership Steering Committees C-Level Reporting

Engineering Leadership

Team Building & Scaling Hiring & Onboarding OKR Cycles Code Quality Standards Mentoring Engineering Culture

Regulated Environments

SAMA Digital Banking Regulations Compliance Gap Remediation Security Governance Audit Readiness Data Sovereignty

Methodologies

Agile / Scrum SAFe Waterfall Kanban

Project Management Tools

Jira Confluence Microsoft Project Trello Zenkit

Operating Systems

Linux (Red Hat) Windows

Professional Experience

Delivery Manager

VANDI, Dammam

Aug 2026 – Present

  • Lead the internal technical team delivering projects for the company and external clients, owning solution architecture, technical direction, and delivery
  • Define the scope of work for each engagement, translating client requirements into delivery plans, team structure, roles, and job descriptions
  • Led technical presales on 6 proposals for government, banking, and enterprise tenders: RFP analysis, compliance matrices, solution architecture, and technical proposals
  • Led buyer-side vendor evaluation for the internal Odoo ERP implementation: authored the BRD, ran the RFI/RFP, and scored proposals
  • Onboarded 4 new technology vendors and qualified the company as an approved vendor with 4 new bank and enterprise clients
  • Built a self-hosted AI agent system with approval workflows and an automated AI development pipeline enforcing security, OWASP, and pre-launch checks

Technical Lead

CAMION, Al-Khobar

Oct 2024 – Aug 2026

  • Owned the technology function (architecture, delivery, and infrastructure), leading a cross-functional team of 12 against a SAR 8M program budget
  • Building and managing high-performing technical teams across development, support, and production, with role frameworks, onboarding, and quarterly OKR cycles
  • Authored the two-year technology roadmap ratified by the executive committee, covering cloud migration, security posture, and integration
  • Ran delivery across 3 external vendors under formal governance with a live RAID log and weekly C-level reporting
  • Architected three SaaS products from scratch (TMS, scheduling, freight) with over 3,000 trucks on the platform
  • Leading cloud infrastructure management on OCI and Google Cloud with focus on scalability, security, and in-country hosting
  • Overseeing security management including IAM, WAF, DR with defined RTO/RPO targets, and network security
  • Supervising integration with governmental and third-party services via Apigee and S2S VPN connections
  • Introduced AI-assisted development tooling and FinOps governance, ensuring all services meet business requirements and regulatory standards

Digital Transformation Lead

BSF, Riyadh

Aug 2022 – Aug 2024

  • Spearheaded Omnichannel Project integration using Agile methodologies as solution and technical lead, budgeted at SAR 100M and extended to SAR 200M
  • Led around 25 staff across infrastructure, integration, DevOps, and development, including interviewing, onboarding, and training
  • Ran technical governance across a 22-month timeline, resolving critical risks without program-level delay
  • Coordinated delivery across Backbase, Mobiquity, and a dedicated QA vendor
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Nexus, GitLab, and ArgoCD, enabling zero-downtime biweekly releases
  • Managed deployments in OpenShift and Kubernetes on Red Hat Linux servers across six environments on OCI and on-premises
  • Led Scrum practices using Jira and Confluence for iterative delivery
  • Implemented security tools, backup protocols (Veeam), and monitoring systems (AppDynamics)
  • Defined digital architecture standards adopted across 3 business units beyond the program

Digital Channels Development Lead

BSF, Riyadh

Dec 2020 – Jul 2022

  • Led Waterfall projects with structured, phased implementation, all delivered on schedule and within budget
  • Managed digital content on public websites using CMS
  • Enhanced Jana loyalty program, integrating it with core banking and redesigning the redemption experience
  • Handled vulnerabilities in FransiPlus and FransiMobile using Spring Boot and Angular ahead of SAMA re-assessment
  • Initiated and led projects to revamp public and internal websites and the investor relations program
  • Led vendor evaluation and selection: authored BRDs, ran RFI/RFP processes, and scored proposals

Sr. Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra, Al-Khobar

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020

  • Developed desktop application integrated with SAP for Saudi Aramco (C#, .NET/WPF), replacing manual data entry
  • Created cloud-based monitoring solution using Spring Boot Java for printer fleet management
  • Followed Agile methodologies for iterative software development

Full Stack Software Developer

Reservoir Technologies, Dammam

May 2017 – Jul 2020

  • Developed bespoke system for key client using VB, C#, MVC, Spring Boot, and SQL Server as sole architect and developer
  • Successfully launched company website using Angular, enhancing online presence
  • Continuously improved system operability and performance, adding new features
  • Managed and optimized system databases, restructuring the schema toward normal form and sharply cutting report generation time
  • Led UI/UX enhancements across applications, improving user experience

Full Stack Software Developer

Themar AlMarifah, Qatif

Sep 2016 – Feb 2017

  • Provided comprehensive technical support for clients' systems and networks
  • Co-developed iOS and Android solutions including Themar EServices app
  • Utilized Xamarin framework, Entity Framework, Azure, and SQL Server 2012
  • Enhanced and customized POS programs for small business clients
  • Presented product demos to key clients including Al Abdulkarim Holding

K2 Developer (Internship)

Zamil Industrial, Dammam

Jul 2016 – Aug 2016

  • Facilitated transition from Adobe LiveCycle to K2 process support system
  • Automated processes for accounts, fund management, customer registration, and loan verification
  • Developed forms with integrated workflows for IT engineering and HR
  • Streamlined internal workflows and improved process efficiency

Key Projects & Achievements

Highlighting significant contributions and successful implementations across various organizations

Omnichannel Integration

Led the end-to-end integration of the Omnichannel Project at BSF, the bank's largest digital initiative, coordinating with multiple stakeholders and vendors to define requirements and deliver a comprehensive solution that aligned with business goals.

Key Achievements:

  • • Successfully integrated multiple customer touchpoints into a unified platform
  • • Implemented Agile methodologies to ensure iterative delivery and continuous improvement
  • • Reduced customer service response time by 40% through streamlined processes
  • • Improved customer satisfaction scores by 35% post-implementation
  • • Program budget of SAR 100M, extended to SAR 200M, with around 25 staff led
  • • 22-month timeline governed with no program-level delay from critical risks
Agile CI/CD Jira Confluence Backbase

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Led the initialization and monitoring of cloud infrastructure at CAMION, ensuring scalability, security, and operational efficiency across the organization's digital ecosystem.

Key Achievements:

  • • Established robust cloud infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • • Authored the Google Cloud architecture blueprint with in-country hosting
  • • Implemented comprehensive security measures including IAM, WAF, and DR
  • • Achieved 99.99% system uptime through proactive monitoring and optimization
  • • Reduced infrastructure costs by 25% through resource optimization and FinOps governance
GCP OCI OpenShift Security Kubernetes Docker

Logistics SaaS Platforms

Owned the architecture of three SaaS products built from scratch at CAMION: a transport management system, a warehouse and yard scheduling platform, and an end-to-end sea and air freight platform.

Key Achievements:

  • • Over 3,000 trucks on the platform
  • • Direct integration into carrier systems including Maersk and CMA CGM
  • • Apigee integration layer connecting to Bayan, Daleel, Athar, Fasah, and Wasl
  • • Integration specifications adopted as the standard for all partner onboarding
Apigee REST APIs S2S VPN

CI/CD & DevOps Implementation

Applied CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices at BSF using Jenkins, Nexus, GitLab, and ArgoCD, automating code deployment processes for enhanced efficiency and reliability.

Key Achievements:

  • • Automated 90% of deployment processes, reducing manual errors
  • • Reduced deployment time from hours to minutes, with zero-downtime biweekly releases
  • • Implemented GitOps principles for continuous synchronization of configurations
  • • Improved code quality through automated testing integration
Jenkins GitLab GitHub Actions ArgoCD GitOps

SAP Integration & Automation

Developed a desktop application integrated with SAP for Saudi Aramco at Tech Mahindra, automating the generation and storage of plant material waste, significantly improving operational efficiency.

Key Achievements:

  • • Automated manual processes that previously took hours to complete
  • • Reduced data entry errors by 95% through system integration
  • • Improved reporting accuracy and timeliness for waste management
  • • Enhanced data security by eliminating manual spreadsheet handling
SAP .NET WPF C#

AI-Enabled Delivery Tooling

Designed and built my own AI tooling used in daily delivery at VANDI, and run proposal and delivery work on AI-assisted workflows.

Key Achievements:

  • • Self-hosted agent system with approval workflows for reports and client documentation
  • • Automated AI development pipeline enforcing security, OWASP, and pre-launch checks
  • • AI-assisted RFP analysis, compliance matrices, and scope definition
LLMs Agentic Workflows OWASP

Get In Touch

I'm always interested in new opportunities, collaborations, and discussions about technology and innovation. Feel free to reach out!

Contact Information

Phone

+966-50-386-8474

Email

jawad.a.almarhoon@gmail.com

Location

Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

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