Principal Systems Analyst, (Business Intelligence) at Kenya Power

Job Description

PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ANALYST, (BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE)

Reporting to the Chief Analyst - Business Support & Intelligence, the successful candidate will ensure the development and maintenance of the Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions and capabilities as well as the development, implementation and continuous improvements of the Grid Infrastructure management systems.

The specific tasks will entail:-

• Organizing and coordinating system development and maintenance processes for Business Analytics and Grid infrastructure systems.
• Design, implement and maintain suitable data warehouse and Data marts as needed to support the analytics capabilities in the organization.
• Design, implement and maintain ETL processes, including amalgamation and integration of data from various heterogeneous relational database sources (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Coordinate the development and deployment of new applications, systems software, and/or enhancements to existing business support applications.
• Designing and Mapping of the corporate KPI’s to the BI reporting tools.
• Designing and implementing suitable dashboards to report key performance matrices as needed.
• Ensuring compliance of the Company policies, regulations, standards and procedures to enhance operational efficiency;
• Providing team leadership to ensure optimal performance and effective succession planning.
• Providing leadership in project management the implementation and integration of business support applications.
• Managing interface programs between system to ensure consistent and efficient data transfer.
• Formulating and maintaining documentation related to systems and business application software implementation and enhancement initiatives
• Developing mechanisms to resolve user complaints and enhance their satisfaction.

Interested applicants must possess the following;-

Job Specifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (Master’s Degree will be an added advantage)
• A minimum period of seven (7) years relevant work experience in a similar environment, five (3) of which must have been in a supervisory position.
• Experience in System analysis and design, 4GL programing, web & mobile apps development, data modelling, AI, NLP, Bots development.
• In-depth knowledge of systems development frameworks, methodologies and tools such as Agile and SDLC
• Good project management skills.
• Excellent planning, presentation, evaluation skills
• Creativity and innovation
• Drive for results and achievement
• Insightful, proactive and future focused
• Demonstrates high level of integrity

Technical Capabilities

• Mastery of emerging technologies - Machine learning, data science, Big data, social engineering.
• Extensive software development experience in programing in languages such as Python, Java, C++, Javascript, Unix scripting etc.
• Experience in Project Management.
• Understanding of Company business and operational processes