Kenya
Commercial Bank, renowned for its diversity and growth in the Region is
currently strengthening its support for group operations and business with the
aim of maintaining Best Practice whilst also responding to the growing Business
needs to support internal and external Customer Service delivery objectives and
increase shareholder value.
To this
end the following challenging positions have arisen and candidates with the
requisite competencies and qualifications described below are hereby encouraged
to apply.
Job Ref IT 05/2012
The Position
Reporting to Senior Manager, Application Development, the developer will require interaction with third party service providers as well as other internal IT units.
The developer must demonstrate a strong understanding of and high regard for hand-held devices and web solutions as business delivery channels for both bank corporate and retail customers as well as for online agency banking services.
Key Responsibilities
- Design,
Develop and Install developed components.
- Work
closely with IT Security to ensure that applications are well secured.
- Understands
the necessity of and contributes to coding standards.
- Accountable
for preparation and timely delivery of quality applications.
- The
responsibility includes requirements definition, review of design
documents, user test planning and review, defect tracking, and project
closure tasks.
- Have
expert knowledge on Dot Net programming, Share point, Active Server pages
development and Database Management.
- Work with
Excel services and Sql analysis services to provide results on data
collected.
- Provide
the bank with statistical reports on research and performance of various
services using system tools.
- Develop
Business Continuity plans for solutions.
- Specifying
and ensuring application controls are incorporated during design of the
software in order to check on risk exposure.
The Person
- A
Bachelors of Science in Computing or related degree from a recognised
University.
- Java
programming certification.
- The
developers should have in depth skills in jbase/java that is provable and
quantifiable (code samples and/ or project descriptions) as the bulk of
our development work is in or interfaced with T24 banking system (T24 is a
jbase/java system).
- Interested
in learning and has a creative mind set.
- Provable
experience working on web or mobile application projects (work history
with links to previous website projects).
- In
particular, the applicant should have at least 2 years working experience
in:- Developing applications, defining and testing the software or systems
after development to ensure that the set functional and security
parameters are in place.
- Internet
connectivity security. Java programming and .net
- Knowledge
of SQL programming.
- SQL
Server 2005/8 Administration and performance tuning will be an added
advantage.
- In
depth skill with the tools of the trade in web and mobile development.
- Familiarity
with networking and IT security will be an added advantage.
- Good
knowledge of the workings of the internet, firewalls and VPN technology.
- Some
working knowledge of PC hardware.
- Possess
sound negotiation, excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal
skills.
- Be
pleasant, outgoing, aggressive and self-driven.
- Appreciates
the value of great user experience in building applications.
- Responsive
to user needs.
- Enjoys
interacting with users and solving problems.
The above
position is a demanding role which the bank will provide a competitive package
for the successful candidate.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
2. Enterprise Applications Support Manager
Job Ref: IT 04/2012
The Position
Reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise Applications, the job holder will be responsible for the management and support of assigned critical business applications excluding the core banking and card systems.
This include and not limited to the following systems:- Loan system (credit quest), Clearing system (Sybrin), Reconciliation system (Corona), Load Balancer (Radware/any other HW load balancing solution), SWIFT/RTGS/FILEACT and Treasury / Risk Management solution (Kondor+).
Key Responsibilities
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
2. Enterprise Applications Support Manager
Job Ref: IT 04/2012
The Position
Reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise Applications, the job holder will be responsible for the management and support of assigned critical business applications excluding the core banking and card systems.
This include and not limited to the following systems:- Loan system (credit quest), Clearing system (Sybrin), Reconciliation system (Corona), Load Balancer (Radware/any other HW load balancing solution), SWIFT/RTGS/FILEACT and Treasury / Risk Management solution (Kondor+).
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure
high availability and system performance for the users.
- Ensure
the efficient operations and stability of the critical applications
assigned.
- Implement
Business continuity for all critical systems and spearhead continuous
testing of BCP with end users.
- Support
the management of IT security aspects of applications including
vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and recommended
resolutions.
- Ensure
consistent, quality and comprehensive support to business users in regard
to resolving system related issues.
- Implement
and manage upgrades, patches and releases.
- Research
and make positive advocacy on the adoption of new innovative technologies
e.g. pursuance towards availing the applications on mobile devices and
smartphones.
- Close
all calls related to reported incidents as per the business SLA and ensure
minimal escalations to deliver on quality service.
- Review
overnight and previous days fault/incident logs to ascertain and address
all user applications related issues.
- Be
available on call to support all after hours reported issues that would
affect service.
- Participate
in project implementations as necessary.
- Ensure
all user related changes are implemented within agreed SLAs and
outstanding changes are kept to a minimum.
- Facilitate
transfer of knowledge and skills to other team members.
- Prioritize
faults/incidents and allocate resources for effective problem resolution.
- Coordinating
and enforcing IT policies, standards and procedures.
- Identifying
risks in conjunction with IT Security via: analysis of monthly metrics and
other indicators; review of IT certification reports, security
assessments, requests for policy/standard exceptions and health check
results; responding to escalations and queries; regular discussions with
the team members; and other means that may be available.
The Person
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems or related
field Be a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MSCE) 3 years working
experience with latest Windows server and client operating systems
(2003/2008 and Win 7 respectively) and also MS SQL 2005/2008.This is a
MUST.
- Have
extensive knowledge and experience in supporting the following systems( A
MUST): Credit Quest(Loan processing system) SWIFT/RTGS/ FILEACT Kondor+,
Reuters systems(Treasury and market risk) Radware Load Balancer or any
other load balancing solution Sybrin (Clearing system) Quickpay (File
transfer system) Corona(Bank’s reconciliation system) Perpay (Bank’s
Payroll System)
- Have
thorough knowledge and implementation of Virtual environment.
- Hands
on experience of implementing a vmware environment or any other virtual
platform such as hyper-V will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge
of T24 Core Banking System is an added advantage
- Strong
problem solving skills Technically competent with broad knowledge of
systems management/development/implementation methods
- A good
understanding of TCP/IP services IT Security and Web applications
development using ASP, XML and PHP will be an added advantage.
- Excellent
verbal and written communication skills
- Proactive
and self driven disposition
- Excellent
interpersonal skills
- Ability
to work independently and effectively under pressure and within tight
deadlines
- Willingness
to embrace emerging changes in work Culture, Systems and Technology
The above
position is a demanding role which the bank will provide a competitive package
for the successful candidate.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title / reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title / reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
3. Senior Manager, Business Productivity
Job Ref IT 03/2012
The Position
Reporting to the Head, IT Service Delivery, the job holder will be responsible for the management of the enterprise Group email infrastructure, Antivirus & Anti-malware, Internet & Intranet services, Microsoft Office Application, SharePoint platform and end user mobile devices that include tablets, iPADS and smartphones.
Key Responsibilities
Job Ref IT 03/2012
The Position
Reporting to the Head, IT Service Delivery, the job holder will be responsible for the management of the enterprise Group email infrastructure, Antivirus & Anti-malware, Internet & Intranet services, Microsoft Office Application, SharePoint platform and end user mobile devices that include tablets, iPADS and smartphones.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage
a team of Enterprise Application Specialists (Messaging and internet
/Intranet services).
- Evaluate
and implement social network solutions for the bank.
- Implement
and manage lyncs as remote support tool and enhance internal
communication.
- Support
systems that provide the tools for automating documentation and work
practices.
- Implement
and support value-added systems such as customized departmental
applications-Regard, Sungard, E-Learning, Library system, Legal software
etc.
- Research
and make positive advocacy on the adoption of new innovative technologies.
- Ensure
the efficient operations of the Group Email services running on MS
Exchange 2010.
- Implement
and manage Email Archival system.
- Ensure
provision of Blackberry services.
- Manage
push email services and mobile devices.
- Manage
the SharePoint platforms and applications that will be running off this
environment.
- Ensure
high availability internet connectivity services for business applications
and general use including publishing of systems for web access.
- Applications
Support unit and supervise the day to day activities of Applications
Support Specialists.
- Review
overnight and previous days fault/incident logs to ascertain and address
all user applications related issues.
- Ensure
all after hours support is provided in line with Service Level Agreements
to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Ensure
all faults/incidents are resolved within agreed SLAs and escalate
faults/incidents to Senior Manager Office Automation or other Managers in
IT department based on nature of problem.
- Monitor
user activity on key Applications/Peripheral systems to ensure high
availability of service.
- Participate
in project implementations as necessary.
- Ensure
all users related changes are implemented within agreed SLAs and
outstanding changes are kept to a minimum.
- Facilitate
transfer of knowledge and skills to Applications Support Specialists.
- Prioritize
faults/incidents and allocate resources for effective problem resolution.
- Work
with IT Security in applying security standards on the email core
infrastructure, internet and assigned applications based on best
practices.
- Coordinating
and enforcing IT policies, standards and procedures.
- Identifying
risks in conjunction with IT Security via: analysis of monthly metrics and
other indicators; review of IT certification reports, security
assessments, requests for policy/standard exceptions and health check
results; responding to escalations and queries; regular discussions with
the team members; and other means that may be available.
The Person
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems or related
field.
- Be a
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MSCE).
- 4 years
working experience with latest Windows server and client operating systems
(2003/2008 and Win 7 respectively).
- Have
extensive knowledge and experience in implementing and supporting MS
Exchange 2007/2010 environment.
- A
recognized certification from Microsoft in Exchange 2010 will be an added
advantage.
- E-messaging
collaboration infrastructure using MS Exchange server 2003/2010.
- Have
thorough knowledge and implementation of of Virtual environment .
- Hands
on experience of implementing MS Exchange 2007/2010 on vmware environment
or any other virtual platform such as hyper-V will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge
in anti-virus and anti-malware implementation and support is a MUST.
- Knowledge
and skills in design and implementing MS sharepoint 2008/2010.
- Knowledge
and support of internet technologies will be an added advantage. Strong
problem solving skills.
- Technically
competent with broad knowledge of systems
management/development/implementation methods.
- A good
understanding of TCP/IP services.
- IT
Security and Web applications development using ASP, XML and PHP will be
an added advantage.
- Excellent
verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Proactive
and self-driven disposition
- Ability
to work independently and effectively under pressure and within tight
deadlines
- Willingness
to embrace emerging changes in work Culture, Systems and Technology
The above
position is a demanding role which the bank will provide a competitive package
for the successful candidate.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
4. Senior Manager, Quality Assurance
Job Ref IT 02/2012
The Position
Reporting to Head, IT Projects and Quality Assurance, the position is responsible for Quality Assurance in the service delivery within I.T. in order to meet the business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Job Ref IT 02/2012
The Position
Reporting to Head, IT Projects and Quality Assurance, the position is responsible for Quality Assurance in the service delivery within I.T. in order to meet the business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Enforce
adherence to Project Management standards in all I.T. implementation
activities.
- Set and
enforce quality assurance standards in IT systems.
- Developing
and maintaining a corrective and preventive action program including the
status tracking of open actions, receiving and reviewing responses, and
working with departmental heads for timely completion of tasks.
- IT
service capacity and continuity management Configuration and integration
strategy definition and management.
- Design
and manage the program for certification of the internal processes to the
identified international standards.
- Liaise
with technology and business representatives to verify application
requirements and solution signoff.
- Monitor
adherence to pre-designed systems/process change checklists.
- Provide
technical input into bank product design and development in liaison with
respective areas of the Bank Client survey and feedback analysis.
- Championing
of IT continuous improvement efforts through process redesign.
- Monitoring
the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations for each
of the IT departments.
- Provision
of regular reports on problem areas and overall systems.
- Effective
reporting on ongoing process and systems enhancements to all the
stakeholders.
- Identification
of new ways of leveraging technology to create competitive advantage for
the Bank.
- Development
and enforcement of Service Level Agreements within units of I.T and across
other functional areas within the bank.
- Research
best practices to impact quality improvement initiatives and utilization
standards.
- Research
best practices to impact quality improvement initiatives and utilization
standards.
The Person
- A
Bachelor’s degree in ICT or related field from a recognized university is
required.
- An MBA
will be an added advantage. Must possess at least one of IT
certifications.
- Possession
of ITIL certification will be an added advantage.
- Project
management training and skills is a mandatory requirement.
- A
minimum of 5 years’ experience in I.T, 2 of which must be in Management
with hands on experience in: Working closely with clients and internal
business units to resolve quality issues.
- Liaison
with vendors to ensure timely delivery of high quality fixes and patches.
Providing guidance to enable users meet consistent quality standards.
- Participating
in cross functional team activities.
The above
position is a demanding role which the bank will provide a competitive package
for the successful candidate.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
5. Senior Manager,
Application Development
Job Ref: IT 01/2012
The Position
Reporting to Head, IT Projects and Quality Assurance, the position is responsible for Application Development, Maintenance, leading and coordinating the Bank’s System Development. This will require interaction with other business units as well as other IT units within I.T. in order to meet the business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Job Ref: IT 01/2012
The Position
Reporting to Head, IT Projects and Quality Assurance, the position is responsible for Application Development, Maintenance, leading and coordinating the Bank’s System Development. This will require interaction with other business units as well as other IT units within I.T. in order to meet the business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- The
candidate will be expected to use jbase/java to do T24 application
development.
- Set and
enforce adherence to System development standards.
- Develop
T24 Applications.
- Lead
the development team in Installing T24 enquiries and versions.
- Work
closely with IT Security to ensure that web applications are well secured.
- Work
closely with IT Security in implementing SSL and other encryption
certificates for ensuring robust and secure applications.
- Develop
methods to track and monitor potential frauds on T24.
- Develop
RFPs, assess vendor qualifications then manage 3rd party vendor
relationships.
- Develop
Business Continuity plans for existing solutions.
- Specifying
and ensuring application controls are incorporated during design of the
software in order to check on risk exposure.
- Research
best practices and imaging application development trends with a view of
implementing the same.
- Evaluating
compliance of jbase applications activity with IT policies, standards and
procedures.
- Evaluate
and Monitor the performance T24 applications to ensure smooth running Test
and implement business continuity plans for development environments.
- Documenting
system developments in accordance to the application development policy.
- React
quickly to application development related security incidents to regain
customer confidence.
- Developing
follow-on action plan from test results.
- Stay
abreast and cross skill on various development platforms. Reporting –
measuring benefits, ROI, developing a lessons learned report, etc.
The Person
- A
Bachelor’s degree in ICT or related field from a recognized university is
required.
- An MBA
will be an added advantage.
- Must
possess at least one of system development certifications.
- Possession
of T24 certification will be an added advantage.
- Demonstrate
a strong understanding of and high regard for T24 as a business delivery
channel for both bank corporate and retail customers.
- Hands-on
experience in T24, system development to facilitate delivery of System
requests and requirements to users.
- Accountability
to manage the preparation and timely delivery of quality T24 applications.
- Experience
in project management including; requirements definition, review of design
documents, user test planning and review, defect tracking, and project
closure tasks.
- Effective
leadership skills.
- A
minimum of 4 years’ experience in I.T, 2 of which must be in Management
with hands on experience in: T24 application development.
- Web/SharePoint
application development. Systems development life cycle.
- Participating
in cross functional team activities
The above
position is a demanding role which the bank will provide a competitive package
for the successful candidate.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To be considered your application must be received by 3rd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
