Job Purpose
As
a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for all development and maintenance
of software integrations. 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.
Duties & Responsibilities
Systems Analysis, Design and
Development (30%)
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.
Expert Advice on Integrations
and Owner of our Digital Business Code Intellectual Property (25%)
The
incumbent will be the in-house expert on Integrations best practice. The role
holder will oversee code reviews (internal, and where necessary externally
produced code) and maintaining the NCBA Code Repositories.
Group IT Architecture (25%)
The
role holder 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.
Second Level Support and Problem Management (20%)
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.
Qualifications
Academic and Desired work
experience:
- 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 5 years’ experience in IT systems
development within a large highly digitized organization designing,
implementing and managing mission critical systems, with at least 2 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
- A good knowledge of the systems and
processes within Financial Services industry
Other Desirable Competencies
- Knowledge and experience in modern
practices for Application Development and operations in medium to large
Financial Institutions.
- Technical skills to effectively perform
Application design and operations activities/tasks in a manner that
consistently produce high quality of service.
- Knowledge and effective application of
all relevant banking policies, processes, procedures and guidelines to
consistently achieve required compliance standards or benchmarks.
- Self-empowerment to enable development of
open communication, teamwork and trust that are needed to support
performance and customer-service oriented culture.
How To Apply