Overview

Web & Digital Specialist Jobs in Dammam, Saudi Arabia at Confidential Semi-Government

We are seeking a dedicated Web & Digital Specialist to own the day-to-day operation, development, and optimisation of the company group websites. This role is accountable for website design and development (Word Press/PHP), SEO and content updates, request triage, stakeholder coordination, and ensuring websites meet business, performance and security governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Fully own the lifecycle of all corporate websites (approx. 8-10 sites): design changes, development, content updates, testing, and deployments.
  • Develop, maintain and extend Word Press environments (themes, plugins, multisite setups) with strong PHP coding practices.
  • Triage, prioritise and resolve website requests and incidents; maintain a clear backlog and SLAs for Sales & Marketing requests.
  • Implement and maintain on page and technical SEO best practices: metadata, schema markup, sitemaps, robots, canonicalization, crawling/ indexability, and site speed improvements.
  • Monitor site performance and user analytics; propose and implement improvements to UX, accessibility and conversion points in coordination with Marketing.
  • Coordinate content approvals with business and website owners; manage the content publishing workflow and version control.
  • Work with external vendors, freelancers and contractors when needed; manage scope, deliverables and quality.
  • Maintain staging and production environments, backups, deployment processes and release notes.
  • Apply security patches and hardening measures to Word Press core/plugins/themes, and coordinate vulnerability remediation with Cybersecurity (perform fixes after security team approval where required).
  • Maintain documentation: runbooks, SOPs for site updates, deployment checklists, and onboarding guides for site owners.
  • Provide training and support for website owners and Marketing users on the CMS and publishing workflows.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 6+ years experience in web development with a focus on Word Press and PHP.
  • Strong understanding of Word Press architecture (themes, plugins, multisite), database (MySQL), and hosting environments.
  • Practical SEO experience (technical and on page) with measurable outcomes.
  • Comfortable with Linux web servers (Apache/Nginx), DNS basics, SSL management and CI/CD deployments.
  • Experience with Git, version control and deployment pipelines.
  • Able to read and remediate findings from penetration tests or vulnerability scans (while working with Cybersecurity for governance).
  • Strong stakeholder communication, coordination and project management skills.
  • Experience with multisite Word Press and large site portfolios.
  • Google Analytics / GA4, Google Search Console, Lighthouse, and other SEO/analytics tooling experience.
  • Experience with PHP frameworks, caching layers, and CDN configuration.
  • Prior experience working in shared services or matrix organisations.
  • Arabic language skills and prior GCC experience are a plus.

Education & Certifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Web Development, Digital Marketing or related field – or equivalent practical experience.
  • Relevant certifications (Digital Marketing Certification, Google Analytics, SEO, Word Press) are advantageous.

KPIs & Success Measures

  • Average ticket/request response time and SLA adherence for Marketing website requests.
  • Website uptime and number of production incidents per quarter.
  • Measurable SEO improvements (organic traffic, rankings for target pages) over defined periods.
  • Page speed/Lighthouse score improvements on priority pages.
  • Time to remediate for high/critical vulnerabilities (in coordination with Security).
  • Quality of deployments (rollback rate, post deploy incidents).

Working Relationships

  • Works primarily with Marketing Manager and content owners.
  • Regular collaboration with IT/Cybersecurity for governance, vulnerability remediation and security approvals.
  • Coordinates with external vendors, SMEs and freelance developers as needed.

Title: Web & Digital Specialist

Company: Confidential Semi-Government

Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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