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Vacancy: Systems Developer
Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with a key focus on social empowerment?
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.
If you are an exceptional IT professional with solid programming skills and knowledge of database concepts and you possess strong analytical and process improvement skills with proven proficiency in dealing with corporate information systems in the banking sector, then the Systems Developer position, is a fantastic opportunity for you to join our ICT team.
The role holder will be responsible for detailed analysis, design and development of In-house systems and Management Information Systems (M.I.S.) and will also be required to maintain and support applications within this section.
The Role
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
- Analyze data requests obtained from management to determine operational problems, define data modeling requirements, gather and validate information, apply judgment and statistical tests and develop data structures to support the generation of business insights and strategy.
- Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets and build visualizations to summarize and present key messages to the business that will assist in decision making and control.
- Filter, “clean” data, and review reports, printouts, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems.
- Design and code reports/returns according to user specification with the key objective of delivering reports and provide test systems for users to test the reports before they are placed on the live system and carry out technical user training as required to enable users interpret the reports.
- Setup and attend to systems failures, resolve or coordinate the resolution of the problem and also and deal with queries from users and resolve or advise them accordingly.
- Define new process improvement opportunities then develop and implement data models and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
- Assist in preparing system definition/specification by the users highlighting technical requirements, carry-out analysis of the requirements, recommend solutions to address user requirements and ensure adherence to change control procedures in implementing solutions.
- Design and code the system (web, desktop and mobile applications) or interface according to user specification as well as provide test systems for UAT and ensure that functions/features are tested before being put on the live system.
- Develop and maintain documentation/manuals on system configuration and make changes to system configuration and parameters to accommodate business and technological requirements.
- Secure systems by putting adequate controls and restrict access to programs by users in accordance to the requirements of the bank Liaise with software vendors to resolve systems issues or escalation. Collect, collate information and clearly document issues to enable software vendor support.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, IT or related field from a recognized university.
- At least 2 years’ programming and software development (Java, Dot Net development) experience.
- Possession of a Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in UNIX and/or Microsoft.
- Excellent understanding of programming languages and other programming tools particularly Visual Basic, C#, Java, HTML/CSS, XML.
- Very good knowledge of Windows Operating Systems and an understanding of Unix and Linux.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good knowledge of reporting and business analytics tools.
How to Apply
If you fit the profile, then apply today!
Please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number SD/HRD/2015 by 5th October, 2015.
We are an equal opportunity employer.