NCBA Integrations & Microservices Engineer Jobs in Kenya
Job Purpose Statement
The role holder will be responsible for all development and maintenance of software integrations done by the digital business. This is a planning and development role whose focus is the analysis, design, development, and management (technical support) of the division’s integrations and API Strategy. The role leads the team that does integrations and API management.
Key Responsibilities & Percentage
Systems Analysis, Design and Development of NCBA Digital Business Integrations: Responsible for the Design and Development of NCBA Integrations in accordance with Business Requirements. Champions the NCBA Digital Business API strategy for increasing market share. (30%)
Expert Advice on Integrations and Owner of NCBA Digital Business Code Intellectual Property: The
incumbent will be the in-house expert on Integrations best practice. He / She will oversee code reviews (internal, and where necessary externally produced code) and in charge of maintaining the NCBA
Code Repositories. (25%)
Group IT Architecture: Will contribute to the definition of the NCBA Digital Business IT Architecture and own the areas that specifically cover NCBA Internal Applications. The incumbent will be responsible for the refinement of the Architecture to ensure Application Development work carried out adheres to, and advances the GITA (25%)
Second Level Support and Problem Management: The role is responsible for proactively identifying
commonly escalated Application issues and then researching, troubleshooting and providing more
enduring solutions to these persistent issues for Internal Applications. The incumbent will lead the team responsible for 2nd Level Support on Internal Applications (20%)
Main Activities
Design and develop, and continuously improve, of the Bank’s Internal Middleware applications
Provide expert guidance on 2nd level escalations on the bank’s Internal Software Applications to
the team’s running the applications on a day-to-day basis
Ensure that all the assigned bank integration platforms keep pace with technological innovations
and developments as a way of protecting investment in technology.
Evaluate, plan, implement and maintain the assigned work packages in IT Projects within agreed time and budget constraints.
Provide input into the development and maintenance of Business Continuity Plan and Data Security
Plan for the Internal Software Applications in order to guarantee continuation of services at all times.
Ensure the systems he/she is responsible for adhere to the NCBA BCP and Data Security Plan
Carry out code reviews on internally developed applications and where contracted, for externally
developed code
Maintain and ensure the consistency and back up of the NCBA Code Repository, in line with the
BCP plan
Knowledge Transfer on Internal Software Applications to the IT Operations and IT Applications Teams to allow for smooth day to day IT systems operations
Provide expert input (on bespoke software applications) in the development and continuous
improvement of the NCBA GITA
Qualification and Experience Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. A Master’s degree in Technology or Business-related course is an added advantage
Minimum 8 years’ experience in IT systems development within a large highly digitized organization designing, implementing and managing mission critical systems, with at least 5 of those years within systems development on Web, Mobile, Windows and Solaris/Linux platforms
Certification and experience implementing best practice frameworks e.g., ITIL, PRINCE2
Hands on experience in software development with major languages Java, C++, C# and practical experience using relation RDBMS e.g., Oracle and MS SQL etc
Hands-on experience in Mobile development on Android, iOS. Windows Mobile development is an added advantage
Hands on experience in Web Development (AngularJS, NodeJS, Asp.Net) and Web Servers (Apache, Tomcat, IIS and Nginx)
Experience with Code Repository (Version Control) tools (SVN, Git)
Deep understanding of industry standard formats and protocols (JMS, SOAP, XML/XPath/XQuery, REST and JSON)
Excellent analytical, problem solving and reporting skills
Previous work experience with Spring framework
Knowledge of RESTful API services
Experience in supporting and/or implementing complex integration projects
Knowledge of Apache Kafka and Kubernetes
Working experience in Agile framework
A good knowledge of the systems and processes within Financial Services industry
How to Apply
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