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.
Job Title: Data
Engineer
Reporting to the Head – Business
Intelligence, the Data Engineer will be responsible for developing,
maintaining, testing, evaluating and implementing data solutions and data
architecture design.
The Role
Specifically, the successful
jobholder will be required to:
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Identify, analyze and interpret
trends or patterns in complex data sets using statistical techniques and
provide reports. Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources, maintain
databases/data systems, and apply ETL procedures to normalize data.
·
Gather information from business users
to understand their detailed requirements and expectations, analyze
business/use case requirements from BI analysts to determine operational
problems, define data modelling requirements, gather and validate information,
apply judgement and statistical tests and develop data structures to support
the generation of business insights and strategy.
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Assist in preparing system
definition/specification by the users highlighting technical requirements and
roll out BI Solutions to stakeholders.
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Assist in developing and implementing
a program of continuous improvement of BI processes through a cycle of analysis
of existing systems, processes and tools, identifying areas for improvement,
implement high impact changes and get feedback from stakeholders.
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Make changes to system/database
configurations and parameters to accommodate business and technological
requirements.
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Build visualizations to summarize and
make presentations to business and other key stakeholders. Filter, clean data
and review reports, print outs and performance indicators to locate and correct
code problems.
·
Secure BI solutions by putting
adequate controls and restrict access to programs by users in accordance to the
requirements of the Bank.
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Understand Key Performance Measures
and Indicators that drive company performance measurement and reporting as well
as analytics across functions and understand how these metrics and measures
align and track against overall business strategies, goals and objectives.
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Guide the business in drawing report
formats & wireframes and advice on the best approach to transform data and
automate reports as well as Design and code reports/dashboards according to
user specification with the key objective to deliver reports that will assist
in decision-making and control.
·
Develop and maintain
documentation/manuals on system configuration or set up, carry out technical
user training as required to enable users interpret BI reports as well as deal
with data, dashboards and report queries from users and resolve or advise them
accordingly.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
The successful candidate will be
required to have the following skills and competencies:
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Bachelor of Science degree in
Computer Science, IT, Engineering or any other degree in related fields.
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A minimum of 2 years’ experience in
BI & Software Development using Oracle.
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Experience with relational data
modeling, data management and data processing. Knowledge of statistics and
experience using statistical packages in analyzing large data sets (Excel, SPS,
SAS etc.) will be an added advantage.
·
Technical expertise regarding data
models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques is
desired.
·
Strong knowledge of and experience
with reporting packages
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Very good knowledge of Windows
Operating Systems and a fair knowledge of Unix & Linux.
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A good understanding of relational
databases, particularly Oracle.
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Good understanding of programming
languages and other programming tools.
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Experience in analysis, design and
development of efficient business systems
·
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 DE/COO/2018 as the subject of your email by 11th January,
2018.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
An exciting opportunity has arisen
for an experienced Agile Test Analyst to join a well-established and growing team in ICT Quality
Assurance.
The analyst works as a conduit
between the technology teams and business users within the sandbox to ensure
that the teams are fully aligned on technology adoption and business needs.
The agile analyst will co-ordinate
all quality control activities and testing activities across different tasks
within the sandbox to ensure a quality mindfulness in planning, design,
development and delivery of new products.
The agile test analyst will be
responsible for design of quality approach while co-ordinating the preparation
activities for quality control and testing within a system or project
implementation, this is achieved by continuous interactive value adding
engagements with all sandbox members to ensure quality is factored in all tasks
right from planning, design and development.
Reporting to the Head – ICT Quality
Assurance, the role-holder will ensure comprehensive test scenario coverage of
user stories, integration and regression points and guide user acceptance
testing in addition to undertaking risk based system evaluation to determine
the types of testing required and the extent to which they should be undertaken
and executed.
The role holder will also develop a
proactive approach to prevent envisioned risks by involving timely input by all
key stakeholders, identifying areas of ambiguity for clarity on key touch
points, as well as prompt review of output for alignment and consensus
building.
The Role
The successful jobholder will be
expected to:
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Create and implement test approaches
and test cases based on user stories and systems integration diagrams, and come
up with test scripts that are comprehensive.
·
Develop and Implement regression test
suites, which include features like Data Driven tests, Database & Batch
checks and functions & components validations.
·
Work as part of a scrum team, and to
ensure that quality is built into a product by working closely with the product
owner and developers.
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Develop a 360 view out of the story
cards to develop an acceptance criterion that informs how to consider a story
“done”.
·
Manage continuous test deployments
and verify the sufficiency of provisioned test environments.
·
Identify key stakeholders within and
out of the scrum who can help add value to the process and the product and
proactively engage them by initiating meaningful and collaborative communication
on quality matters to ensure developers and product owners are on the same
page.
·
Continuous attention to technical
excellence and good design right from onset.
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Positioning technical input by
working with the programmers to get issues resolved and moving through enhanced
code review, requirements/user stories grooming, and enforcing adherence to
coding standards.
·
Build a quality culture within the
scrums by inculcating a quality focused approach in execution of all agile
tasks.
·
Clarify user stories and changes,
ensuring a highly interactive and analytical approach within the iterative and
incremental process.
·
Identify risks, mitigating them where
possible, and prioritizing all tasks that could help deliver a shippable
product at the end of every sprint.
·
Give guidance on automation
opportunities in making the delivery more efficient such as give input on
automating nightly builds, Integration, and regression, as well as exploratory
and acceptance testing.
Qualifications,
Skills & Attributes
The successful jobholder will be
required to possess the following qualifications: –
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A Bachelor’s degree in Computer
Science, Information Technology and/or related fields from a recognized
university. Additional training in Project management, Quality Assurance and
System testing will be an added advantage.
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3+ years of experience in agile
system testing and software quality control coupled with strong knowledge of
system testing and software quality control best practices and methodologies.
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Knowledge and experience in project
planning, coordination and reporting
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Ability to communicate ideas in both
technical and user-friendly language coupled with Interpersonal skills, to
facilitate creation of test cases
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Proven analytical and creative
problem-solving abilities.
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Ability to effectively prioritize and
execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
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Experience working in a
team-oriented, collaborative environment.
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Knowledge of applicable data privacy
practices and laws coupled with experience in use of Oracle and PostgreSQL
database management systems for data maintenance and analysis.
·
Detail-oriented individual who can be
relied on to produce accurate deliverables
How to Apply
If you are confident that you fit the
role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then
please forward your application letter enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to
jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number ATA/ICTQA/2018 by 18th
January, 2018.
We are an equal opportunity employer.