NCBA Group Manager, DevOps Jobs in Kenya
NCBA Group Manager, DevOps Jobs in Kenya
Job Purpose StatementResponsible for defining and implementing the build, deployment and monitoring of APIs
using standards adopted by the bank. Working as part of Agile development teams to deliver
an end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in a
cloud environment as well as on premise.
Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery
methodology;
Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management
tasks.
Working closely with the development team to create an automated continuous integration
(CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines.
Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution;
Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time
on any tasks as well as contribute to the design of information and operational support
systems.
Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and
implement them with the help of developers.
This is a technical role that is responsible for the testing, evaluating functional and nonfunctional, requirements for new and existing software.
The role holder will be responsible for developing and executing exploratory and automated
tests to ensure product quality. The working experience in Testing Development and hand-on
Software Development Lifecycle and Software Testing Lifecycle experience.
This is a role that requires good interpersonal skills, the ability to work as part of an agile team to ensure that quality is driven into the heart of the development process from requirements
definition through to delivery.
Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)
DevSecOps
Implement DevOPS processes and pipelines for CI/CD
Software QA Processes
The design/analysis, development, delivery and ongoing improvement of all Systems QA processes.
Software Testing
Apply knowledge and experience, showing deep understanding of automated Software Testing Standards to assist business and product teams develop products that solve business needs
Governance
Adherence to internal policies and procedures for the development and management of NCBA application development process along ITIL and other best practice standards.
Support, maintain and audit existing service lifecycle artefacts, to agreed SLAs.
Stakeholder Management
Effective management of relationships and protocols with other technical platform owners and internal business owners
Continuous Improvement
Advise internal customers on technology improvements that will ensure realization and maximization of business objectives
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 2 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 software testing
Experience in Core Banking Software Design and Development preferably T24 will be
an added advantage.
Hands on experience in DevOps is required.
Experience in writing, executing and monitoring automated test suites using a variety
of technologies such as Cucumber, Concordion, Selenium, Appium, Robotium, SoapUI, Jmeter
Certification and experience implementing best practice frameworks e.g. ITIL, PRINCE2
Hands on experience in software development with major languages Java, Kotlin, C++, C# and practical experience using relation RDBMS e.g. Oracle and MS SQL etc.
Strong understanding of SOA lifecycle, Integration patterns and standard methodologies.
Knowledge of Linux/Unix commands
and SQL will be required.
Understanding of industry standard formats and protocols (JMS, SOAP, XML/XPath/XQuery, REST and JSON)
Good analytical and problem-solving skills
A good knowledge of the systems and processes within Financial Services industry
Issue/bug tracking tools e.g. TestRail, JIRA
Use of continuous integration tools e.g. Gitlab CI/Jenkins
Testing Automation
Technical Competencies
Key Responsibilities
Understanding customer requirements and project KPIs
Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure
Managing stakeholders and external interfaces
Setting up DevOps tools and required infrastructure
Defining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operation
Have the technical skill to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project.
Troubleshooting techniques and fixing the code bugs
Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing the wastage
Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible
Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
Incidence management and root cause analysis
Coordination and communication within the team and with customers
Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools
Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)
Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the line manager
Behavioural Competencies
Excellent Interpersonal Skills
The candidate relates easily and naturally with executives, business managers, technical teams and customers.
Has excellent listening skills and understands the desires and challenges of all our leaders and customers.
Commercial Acumen
The ideal candidate has broad knowledge of business, and has an interest in market trends.
With this knowledge, the candidate has researched and possessed an intricate knowledge of our business: it’s vision, mission, strategy, values and how it operates.
Excellent Leadership & Communication Skills
The ideal candidate can clearly communicate and share the test automation matters with executives, business leaders, and stakeholders across the organization - in a manner that leaves them all touched, moved and inspired.
Ability to rally the organizations technology team around the architecture framework.
Innovative & Adaptable
The ideal candidate is passionate about innovation.
Loves technology and possess both a deep and broad understanding of the technology market and cutting-edge technology trends.
Continuously listening to our stakeholder’s feedback, and coming up with new architectures and enhancing existing ones to leverage these cutting-edge technologies.
Self-Driven & Results Oriented
Self-motivated and self-managing.
Their work has had a material impact in attracting new customers, delighting existing customers, increasing our market share and enhancing our organizations efficiency and profits.
Delivery model is organized around delighting our customers, increasing our profitability, and increasing the businesses efficiency.
How to Apply
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