Financial Services Systems Planning Engineer at Safaricom Kenya

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Reporting to the Manager – Financial Services Systems Planning, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system management, capacity planning and technology evolution to attain a service availability of 99.999%. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluation of new and existing financial systems infrastructure
• Planning, design & implementation of new financial services solutions
• Platform capacity planning
• Financial solutions technology evolution to attain 99.999% service availability
• Implementation and integration of new hardware/software.
• Optimization of existing systems
• Third-party integration support
• Internal Process Improvement in accordance with ITIL and Agile standards
• Change management 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 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 Services Technology or a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator).
• Software development skills in Java, python.
• Knowledge in DevSecOps.
• Experience in mobile money systems integration or API development.
• Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP). Certifications will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge in container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes etc.)
• Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is 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.