The great explosion of artificial intelligence and the need to erect security shields against cyberattacks have given rise to job offers in technology consulting companies, with one of their main centers in Seville. Companies, … For many internationals, they strengthen teams at full capacity at a time when this type of profile is not abundant. “The competition is fierce,” he admits to ABC Dolfo Gutiérrez de Gandarillas, responsible partner of Deloitte in Andalusia and Extremadura. This consulting company, which is one of the four largest in the world, opened its Technological Development Center in 2019, located in the offices of the Argentine Republic and which has only seven people and today employs more than 500.
“All carry out national and international projects for Deloitte clients. And all these projects are developed from Seville. This would have been unthinkable ten or fifteen years ago, but it is a reality today,” he emphasizes. The center is constantly evolving and finds a good base in the University of Seville and in professional training centers. to fill vacant positions and increase staff numbers. “Everything is changing at high speed and permanent reinforcement is necessary,” he says.
The challenge of guaranteeing security, as well as technological solutions, is what led the French multinational Atos to inaugurate its cybersecurity operations center in its headquarters, next to the Santa Justa train station, just a month ago. This is the eighteenth which opens its doors and will double the number of professionals present in the city in just two years. This is the short-term goal when the team grows from 250 to 500 positions, as confirmed Carmen BustilloDirector of development and support for international projects, and José Manuel Rodriguez, director of Atos in the Canary Islands and Andalusia.
“Our professionals carry out national and international projects for Deloitte clients from Seville”
Adolfo Gutiérrez de Gandarillas
Partner responsible for Andalusia at Deloitte
“It is a center that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, obviously we are going to need more staff,” they indicate. The project gives wings to the Andalusian division, which is a European benchmark in terms of software quality, and will allow it to double its workforce in two years. This is the short-term goal when the team grows from 250 to 500 jobs. The profile they are looking for is that of young people with technical qualifications, whether they are engineers or graduates of vocational training and, for this, they have concluded agreements with institutes and universities like Jaén where they say they find “a very well trained workforce”.
Something similar is happening at Fujitsu, present in the Andalusian capital for fifty years. This delegation currently includes the Software Factory, the Remote Infrastructure Management Center, the Data Center and Multicloud and the Spanish Security Operations Service. They are joined by the Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence teams and the Supercomputing teams. The Japanese company’s workforce growth has been exponential and will continue to grow. One of the most significant changes they have experienced is the considerable increase in foreign customers served from Sevillemainly from France and Belgium. Work is increasingly globalized.
The American multinational DXC, whose Andalusian headquarters is located in Los Bermejales, wants to create up to a thousand jobs. The territorial delegate of the southern zone, Sergio Gomez He points out that over the past two years, “customer demand has increased” and this requires more manpower. They currently employ 600 professionals and aim to add 400 more over the next two years. “Technological transformation is unstoppable and we must be prepared.”
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