Job Description
Job Summary
The job holder is responsible for;
• Co-ordination and supervision of development teams
• Building software to help operations and support teams. This entails proactively building and implementing services, including end to end monitoring, scripting and automation, modern tooling and maintenance software
• Providing software-related operations support, including managing level two and level three incident and problem management
• Development or enhancements of new systems as per the Requests for Change(RFC’s) and in line with procedures and standards
Key Responsibilities
• Leads development team in hand-on application development work
• Creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome
• Estimating user and technical stories, designing and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests
• Performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design, and ensuring that enough technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support
• Developing and executing automation scripts and maintenance jobs
• Conducting peer reviews and maintaining coding standards
• Managing incidents as level two and level three support
• Managing problems as level two and level three support
• Estimating user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
• Designing modules according to user stories, UX/UI designs, and technical stories
• Developing solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
• Developing and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
• Reviewing design and architecture to guarantee service availability, performance and resilience
• Reviews application development tasks allocated to staff to ensure that they are accomplished within the set requirements and that they meet highest standards of quality.
• Ensures that solutions which have been build and are ready for release have the requisite documentation (User manuals, technical manuals, deployment plans, roll back plans) before they are packaged for submission.
• Reviews Change requests for completeness/clarity and liaises with stakeholders to address identified inadequacies
• Plans for system demonstrations (demos) for new solutions/enhancements developed, by coordinating with the relevant functions
• Reviews Quality Assurance(QA) test results, and ensure issues arising from QA are addressed by the developer
• Reviews unit and modular based test results and maintains the documentation
• Reviews Application development coding standards and seeks the requisite approvals
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.
Required Certifications/Trainings
• Professional Certification or Training in any one of the following areas is required:
• Systems Development i.e. Java Programming, Python, Web Design and Development, Oracle Developer etc.
• Business Systems Analysis i.e. CBAP Certification / Training
• Systems Modelling and Design Techniques
• Process Modelling and Design Techniques
Desired Certifications
• Certification or training in any of the following areas will be an added advantage:
• Training in middle level management / Supervisory Skills courses.
• IT Governance i.e. ITIL or COBIT 4/5
• Project Management i.e. PMP or Prince 2
• Training or Certification in Database Administration i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Training in operating systems i.e. Windows, Linux or Unix.
• Technical Skills Required:
The Job holder must have:
• Experience working with multiple programming and markup languages, such as Android, IoS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, YAML, and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, event-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programming
• Proven skills in database management tools
• Proficiency in Java programming language and PL/SQL
• Expert knowledge of scripting languages (PHP, ASP, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, etc.)
• Working knowledge of structured programming and database design concepts
• Expert knowledge of web based technologies (HTML, XML, XHTML, DHTML, SOAP, JSON, etc.)
• Working knowledge of internet and messaging protocols i.e. HTTP, FTP, SOAP and REST
• Working knowledge of web development tools (Dreamweaver, Microsoft.NET, Drupal, Joomla, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows operating system platforms
• Working experience with relational databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server)
• Knowledge of system design and modelling techniques
• Working knowledge of systems design and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, TraceCloud, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of the following tools: process modelling (MS Visio, etc.), Project Management i.e. MS Project and Presentation i.e. MS PowerPoint
Relevant Work Experience Required
• Proven experience in design, development and implementation of enterprise business systems.
• Proven experience in integration of business systems in a similar large organization.
• At least for (4) years’ post qualification experience which includes one (1) year in a supervisory position in a large enterprise organization.
• Minimum of 1 year work experience in programming and /or systems analysis applying agile frameworks
Competencies
The Job holder must:
• Have good understanding of the KRA’s goals and objectives.
• Be resilient, focused, results oriented and a team player.
• Have strong analytical, diagnostic, decision making and problem solving skills.
• Have ability to pay attention to details and work under minimum supervision and for long hours within constraints.
• Have strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Have good negotiation skills.
• Be able to build and maintain strong relationships with contracted parties, third party organizations, users and staff.
• Have Change management skills.
• Ability to interact confidently with users to establish what the problem is and explain the solution
• Ability to prioritize competing work commitments and deliver on time
• Passion for innovation and creativity
• High levels of integrity
• Ability to work under minimum supervision
Note:
1. All applications from interested and qualified candidates must be submitted online via the process below.
2. ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
3. All applications should be submitted online by 26th January 2022.
4. KRA is an equal opportunity employer committed to gender and disability mainstreaming. Persons with Disability are encouraged to apply.
5. KRA does not charge for application, processing, interviewing or any other fee in connection with our recruitment process.