Software Engineer - Financial Services at Safaricom Kenya

DESCRIPTION

We are pleased to announce the following Position in the Software Engineer - Financial Services within the Financial Services IT.  In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Brief Description

Reporting to the Manager Planning and Delivery, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system management, capacity planning, architecture, software development and technology evolution to attain a service availability of 99.999%.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluation of new and existing financial systems infrastructure.
• Planning & design for new Financial 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.
• 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 Technology or a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator).
• Software development skills in Java, python and web technologies.
• Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in Dev Ops
• Experience in mobile money systems.
• 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 database administration.
• 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