Senior Systems Development Analyst at Gulf African Bank

Job Purpose

Define and assess business requirements and find technical solutions to meet business challenges. The incumbent must assess business requirements and determine the impact on infrastructure and application components.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new IT software projects and initiatives to support and enhance our existing systems.
• Analyze data contained in the corporate database and identify data integrity issues with existing and proposed systems and implement solutions.
• Meet and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to establish project scope, system goals, and requirements
• Develop process solutions and ensure that all output from the users is consistent, accurate, timely and value-adding and constantly seek feedback from Business owners and key stakeholders as to relevance and value of process deliverables.
• Identify opportunities that can improve efficiency of business processes through automating by developing relevant systems.
• Develop and implement maintenance procedures, monitor systems health, gather system statistics, and troubleshoot reported errors
• Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot core business applications, including application servers, endpoints, and databases
• Write technical procedures and documentation for the applications including operations, user guide, etc.
• Assist in the creation of the system design and functional specifications for all new development projects.
• Assist in managing an outsourced relationship for 3rd party application development and programming consultants.
• Deliver assigned Projects and Business change requests within time and budget
• Ensure applications operation by training end user and providing support.
• Monitor the usefulness of the new systems and outputs on behalf of users.
• Ensure applications systems periodical processes (EOD, EOM & EOY) are executed promptly
• Ensure business continuity testing is performed regularly
• Provides assistance and advice to business users in the effective use of applications and information technology.

Qualifications And Experience

• A degree in computer science, information Technology or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ technical experience with systems programming, databases, API Management, mobile technologies and user support.
• Demonstrable capacity to develop enterprise wide systems using established frameworks and architectures through projects executed
• Strong project management skills with effective results focus within an information systems environment.
• Experience in Multiple Server Operating Systems with strong emphasis on Linux

Personal Attributes

• Good communication and presentation skills
• Problem solving and Analytical skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities
• Can work independently and in a team environment,
• Problem solving – Analytical skills and technical implementation skills