Senior Business Analyst at Postbank

KPOSB/ICT/4/18

Position Function: Reporting to the office of the Manager, Systems & Alternate Channels, the position is responsible for ensuring proper and effective systems analysis and design, for maintenance of efficient business application systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish the overall structure for the whole system.
• Design new computer programs by analyzing requirements; constructing workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications and making appropriate recommendations that will positively impact operational effectiveness
• Cover aspects of the system such as the component structure, the function modularity, the deployment and the interface with other systems.
• Create and maintain project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, estimating time requirements, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project product/service lifecycle
• Test critical programs in order to test their functionalities.
• Carryout System scoping and Identify System resources.
• Coordinate outsourced relationship for 3rd party application development and programming consultants.
• Maintain computer systems and programming guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Supervise, appraise, guide mentor and train staff while ensuring maximum staff productivity.

Qualifications

• B.SC in Computer science or an equivalent degree course.
• Development of Oracle applications, use of PL/SQL
• DBA skills using MSQL and Oracle RDMBS
• Proficiency in programming languages like HTML5, C, C++, iOS, Java, Objective-C. etc. is the main qualification. Basic knowledge of interface design and development will be an added advantage.
• Web service technologies, specifically REST APIs, Service oriented designs and technologies (AJAX. XML/JSON).
• Proficient in the use of MS Office applications, such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience on Electronic transacting Platform (switch)
• Experience on Mobile Banking Gateways.
• 2 Years in a busy ICT environment

Terms of Service and Remuneration: The appointments will be for a contractual period of three years, renewable for a similar period of time subject to satisfactory performance and delivery of set performance targets and outcomes.