Service & Integration Developer at Safaricom Kenya

Reporting to Enterprise Integration Lead the position holder will be responsible for application development and evolution of existing service applications including integration to related service platforms. Application development duties include but not limited to specification, design, development, validation, documentation and evolution of the new and current service applications; performance management; ensuring integrity of the web-based services; maintenance and fault management.

Key Responsibilities

• Specification – Elicitation and analysis of user requirements
•  Design – application architectural design
• Development – development as per user requirement specification and integration to other service platforms
• Validation – oversee the quality assurance of application logic, data processing and error management.
• Liaise with software and hardware suppliers for prompt rectification of any problems.
• Liaise with network administrators, information security to maintain network availability and integrity of the web applications.
• Track software advisories and releases to ensure application integrity.
• Report – On a weekly basis report on the KPI of the applications & web services
• Planning – track web services KPI to ensure optimal service performance and plan for growth in capacity or licenses.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in either Computer Science or Telecommunication Engineering or Electrical & Electronics Engineering or in a relevant field.
• CCIP/CCNP/CCDP, Cloud Certification, Linux/UNIX
• Excellent IP skills including but not limited to MPLS, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, IPSEC VPN, GRE Tunnels and BGP.
• Good appreciation of cloud and ISP systems environments
• 1-3years experience in Service Provider environments with customer deployment/implementation/support focus
• Ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Good written and oral communications skills
• Excellent technical troubleshooting skills
• Team player
• Results oriented.