Job Description
We are pleased to announce the following FIXED TERM CONTRACT Position in the Digital IT Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.
Detailed Description
Reporting to the Manager – Financial Solutions Planning, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system management, capacity planning and technology evolution to attain a service availability of 99.999%.
Key Responsibilities
i. Evaluation of new and existing financial systems infrastructure.
ii. Planning & design for new Financial solutions.
iii. Platform capacity planning
iv. Financial solutions technology evolution to attain 99.999% service availability
v. Implementation and integration of new hardware/software.
vi. Optimization of existing systems.
vii. Internal Process Improvement in accordance with ITIL and Agile standards.
viii. Change management
Qualifications
i. Degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development
ii. 2 years of work experience as an engineer in Financial Technology or a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator).
iii. Software development skills in Java, python.
iv. Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.
v. Knowledge in Dev Ops
vi. Experience in mobile money systems.
vii. Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP). Certifications will be an added advantage
viii. Knowledge in container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes etc.)
ix. Proven Analytical & problem-solving skills.
x. Must be able to work without supervision & meet tight deadlines/schedules.
xi. Good presentation skills required.
xii. Proactive & self-motivated.
xiii. Good public relations, communication & interpersonal.