Manager IT Applications at Liberty Life

The purpose of the job is to ensure Liberty has good levels of automation in line with modern systems by identifying, developing or deploying and maintaining various business applications and systems in line with the ICT strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Managerial

• Lead the identification, development or deployment and maintenance of various business applications and systems in line with the ICT Strategy
• Lead the efforts to assess feasibility of proposed ICT requirements from departments and advise on software packages and integration with existing Liberty platforms and architecture
• Ensure that software development projects meet business requirements and goals
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated plans for business software administration
• Develop train, coach, motivate and evaluate functional staff in the unit to achieve their highest levels of performance

Operational

• Liaise regularly with Business Unit’s executive leadership, business project sponsors and other key stakeholders to develop application strategies, business requirements, application design, technical specifications, test and deployment plans
• Ensure business continuity for all critical systems and spearhead continuous testing of BCP with end users
• Responsible for managing, administering, monitoring and maintaining the enterprise databases
• Ensure high availability and system performance for the users
• Ensure that appropriate controls/tests are in place to support the controlled transition of application development changes into the live ICT environment
• Lead the efforts with system implementers through the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Cycle to deliver automation solutions that meet Liberty needs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline.
• Relevant Certification in Software Technologies:
• Oracle Certified Associate (OCA): Java SE Programmer.
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer: MCSD
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP): Java SE Programmer.
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP): Java ME Mobile Application Developer

Experience

• At least 6 years of experience in ICT Software development or deployment or implementation, three of which should be in a supervisory position.