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  • Posted: Oct 25, 2016
    Deadline: Nov 4, 2016
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    Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya - incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 - and all KCB's regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It als...
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    Head, IT Quality Assurance & Application Development

    IRC 1808

     

    The Position: Reporting to the Director, IT, the position is Responsible for the Quality Assurance and Application Development and Evolution of IT systems used by, developed or procured by the Bank.

    Ensure that all IT Systems are developed in line with the approved Software Development Process and Enterprise Architecture Framework and within the Bank policies and best practice.

     

     

    The role is also responsible for the quality management and control of solutions delivered for use by the bank.

     

    Key Responsibilities

     

    • Work with stakeholders to plan and effectively establish realistic deliverables and timelines as per product and technical specifications while ensuring projects remain on target to meet deadlines
    • Demonstrate leadership abilities and discipline in solution deployments and upgrades as per schedule while coordinating release and sprint planning
    • Evolve the existing software systems and applications as per architecture road map
    • Provide leadership and guidance to coach and motivate team members to their optimum performance levels while advancing the IT strategy
    • Work with functional teams to handover system support skills and documentation, and formulate SLAs with level 3 support.
    • Build the bank’s software quality assurance capability that leads to the establishment of organizational procedures and standards leading to high-quality software as defined in the QA Framework and across all IT capability domains
    • Manage the Software Quality Planning through application of appropriate procedures, standards and templates with adaptation of these to specific software projects
    • Manage the process of Software Quality Control through a series of inspections, reviews, and tests used to ensure conformance of the delivered product to its specifications while monitoring Software Quality Metrics through collection and analyzing quality data to predict and control quality of the software product being developed
    • Identify and implement quality management tools
    • Own and maintain environments required for testing purposes

     

    The Person

    For the above position, the successful applicant should meet the following criteria:

     

    • A Bachelor’s Degree in an Information Technology related field
    • Professional IT certification in the following is desirable; ESB/SOA, Java Certification, Oracle Certification, Enterprise Architecture and ITIL
    • Minimum of 8 years’ experience in the field is required, 5 of which should be in a senior management position and may include experience in :

     

    1. Quality Assurance
    2. IT Projects
    3. IT Banking Operations
    4. IT Banking Systems and/or
    5. Emerging Technologies

     

    The above position is a demanding role which the Bank will provide a competitive package for the successful candidate.

    Method of Application

    • The above position is a demanding role which the Bank will provide a competitive package for the successful candidate.
    • If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke To be considered your application must be received by Friday, 4th November, 2016 Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
    • NB: In the event that you are successful, we will require that you provide us with a Certificate of Good Conduct that is not more than 6months old.

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