Engineer; Financial Services Systems Planning at Safaricom Kenya

Description

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Digital IT Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Reporting to the Manager – Financial Solutions Delivery, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system management, third party management and Partner Relationship Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluation of new and existing financial systems infrastructure;
• Planning & design for new solutions;
• Implementation and integration of new hardware/software;
• Optimization of existing systems;
• Internal Process Improvement in accordance with ITIL and Agile standards;
• Change management and;
• Contributing towards innovation initiatives.

Qualification

• Degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development
• 2 years of work experience as an engineer in Financial Technology or a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator).
• Software development skills in Java, python.
• Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in Dev Ops
• Experience in mobile money systems.
• Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP). Certifications will be an added advantage
• Proven Analytical & problem-solving skills;
• Must be able to work without supervision & meet tight deadlines/schedules;
• Good presentation skills required;
• Proactive & self-motivated;
• Good public relations, communication & interpersonal.