NCBA Group API Developer Jobs in Kenya

NCBA Group API Developer Jobs in Kenya

Job Purpose Statement

This is a technical role that is responsible for the analysis, design, development and management (technical support) of the bank’s ESB platforms with all its integration points to the Core Banking System, Bank Channels, Partners and other Third-Party systems. The role delivers business strategy by making information flow through various Bank Systems.

The role requires prototyping skills, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work as part of an agile team, to manage competing priorities, design solutions as part of a larger roadmap and to be hands on in supporting implemented technologies as well as new technologies.

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)

Systems Integration

The design/analysis, development, delivery and
ongoing improvement of all Systems Integration
processes.

Design and Develop, and continuously improve, of the Bank’s Integration Platforms (ESB and SOA)

Support and Problem Management

Provide 3rd Level support for escalated issues from the IT Operations and IT Applications Teams.

Support, maintain and audit existing service lifecycle artefacts, to agreed SLAs

Process and Policies

Adherence to internal policies and procedures for the development and management of CBA Integration
Platforms and ESB/SOA repositories along ITIL and
other best practice standards

Governance

Enforce internal policies and procedures for the management of Software Applications along ITIL and other best practices.

Stakeholder Management

Advise internal customers on technology
improvements that will ensure realization and
maximization of business objectives

Job Dimensions

Stakeholder Management: key stakeholders that the position holder will need to liaise/work with to be successful in this role.

Internal

Other IT Heads and Managers

Cash Managers

External

System Vendors

Development Partners

Work cycle and impact: time horizon and nature of impact (Planning)

Short-Term Planning – 1 - 3 months

Long-Term Planning – 3

– 6 months

Ideal Job Specifications

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 4 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 integration

Certification and experience implementing best practice frameworks e.g. ITIL, PRINCE2

Hands on experience in software development with major languages Java, .NET, C# and practical experience using relation RDBMS e.g. Oracle and MS SQL etc.

Strong hands on experience in any middleware development suite including BPEL, Human Workflow, Business rules, OSB, JDeveloper, WebLogic Application server, Oracle and Microsoft SQLDatabase scripting.

Strong understanding of SOA lifecycle, Integration patterns and standard methodologies.

Experience in creating technical designs, deployment related artifacts.

Ability to Develop, Unit test and fix defects raised during testing phases.

Deep understanding of industry standard formats and protocols (JMS, SOAP, XML/XPath/XQuery, REST and JSON)

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

A good knowledge of the systems and processes within Financial Services industry

Issue/bug tracking tools e.g. JIRA

Use of continuous integration tools e.g. Gitlab CI/Jenkins

Testing Automation


How to Apply

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