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SBM Bank Kenya is a leading and trusted financial institution with an international footprint, headquartered in Mauritius and positioned to offer an unprecedented banking experience in Kenya to niche Retail, SME and corporate clients. Following approval by the Central Bank of Kenya, the bank started its operations in Kenya in May 2017 and currently h...
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Job Purpose:
The Application Engineer is responsible for the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and support of banking applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver across the entire application life cycle (concept, design, build, deploy, test, release, and support)
- Provide technical and functional support to teams within the organisation, and to external clients when required
- Assist with systems integrations
- Maintain and update technical documents and procedures
- Develop reports for teams across the business
- Gather requirements around functionality and translate those requirements into elegant functional solutions
- Monitor and optimize application performance
- Explain technologies and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ensure application projects are built and documented in accordance with regulations and regulatory guidelines, including information security,
- privacy and other internal policies
- Recommend and challenge choices around the best application approaches to meet business needs
- Assist in application solution evaluation
- Assist in issue/defects resolution for related applications/systems
- Perform any other related duties as may be required
Capabilities & Skills:
- Expert in the Banking technology ecosystem, including development frameworks, and tools
- Specialist knowledge of banking applications and software (functional, technical, architecture, DB) in any of the following areas:
- Finacle Core Banking Solution
- SWIFT
- AML Solutions
- Document Management Systems
- Oracle HRMS
- Middleware Solution
- Any other Enterprise Systems
- Excellent practical programming skills (Java, PL/SQL, SQL, .Net)
- Understanding of the underlying technology platforms (preferably UNIX, Windows, and Oracle)
- Sound techno-functional understanding of ALM, AML and Risk Management
- Knowledge of relevant and recent technology areas in the BFSI space
- Awareness/Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks as applicable to the BFSI sector
- Knowledge of business continuity/disaster recovery planning processes and procedures
Qualifications, Experience & Skills:
- University degree in Computer Science or related field
- Certification in Cloud, ITIL, and DevOps is an advantage
- A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in IT in the BFSI domain
- Experience in IT Application Security is an advantage
- Fluent in English and French (both verbal and written)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent Analytical and Problem-Solving skills
- Dedicated team player
- Strongly motivated and available to work outside normal hours
- Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills
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Job Purpose:
The Database Administrator is responsible for the design, configuration, deployment, maintenance, and management of databases. The DBA is also responsible for the design, extension, integration, maintenance, and management of Cloud-based DBMS.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure day-to-day management, administration, monitoring, and support of databases
- Ensure that proactive housekeeping and other measures are taken to mitigate risk of database failures impacting customer service and operations
- Perform database installation, upgrade, migration, recovery, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot and resolve database related issues
- Carry out proactive monitoring to detect potential issues and maintain database uptime
- Ensure continuous identification of improvement areas to enhance existing databases
- Carry out the implementation of established security policies to ensure data protection, control, and auditing
- Perform DR Drills as per established calendars
- Ensure compliance with database licensing policy
- Define Cloud database management architectural guidelines, monitoring and continuity design
- Advise on rationalizing DBMS infrastructure and when and where to replace aging DBMS assets with new assets and when to use the Cloud and
- dbPaaS as a primary platform
- Be responsible for Cloud data migration, database application analysis and design, optimization testing, support and management of cloud
- Database infrastructure
- Predict DB usage and capacity requirements through modelling and analysis to anticipate demand
- Training staff in the skills required for migration to Cloud and new DBMS assets
- Perform any other related duties as may be required
Capabilities & Skills:
- Experience to set up database including clustering, replication, backups, monitoring and perform performance tuning
- Conversant with Unix, Linux and Windows operating platforms
- Conversant with Shell Script programming for automation of database repetitive tasks
- Oracle and MSSQL database platforms
- Conversant with best practices and techniques to maintain and enhance information security
- Knowledge of business continuity/disaster recovery planning processes and procedures
- Database licensing models
- Relational and non-relational database management systems
- Cloud-based migration, deployment models, and database platform as a service (dbPaaS)
- Creative and technical problem-solving techniques while installing, configuring, and maintaining DBMS
- Experience in designing or implementing optimal Database solutions for the requirements
- Awareness/Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks as applicable to the BFSI sector
Qualifications, Experience & Skills:
- University degree in Computer Science or related field
- Database Certification from a recognized training institute
- Cloud Certification with specialization in Database from leading CSPs is an advantage
- ITIL & DevOps is an advantage
- At least 5 years’ work experience in Information Technology, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Database Administration and
- Cloud DBMS
- Experience in Cloud/IT Security is an advantage
- Fluent in English and French (both verbal and written)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent Analytical and Problem-Solving skills
- Dedicated team player
- Strongly motivated and available to work outside normal hours
- Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills
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Job Purpose:
The Network Engineer is responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and management of network, communication, and related security appliances, equipment, tools, and links. The incumbent is also responsible for the design, extension, integration, maintenance, and management of Cloud-based Networks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure day-to-day management, administration, monitoring, and support of network, communication, and related security appliances,
- equipment, tools, and links
- Ensure that proactive measures are taken to mitigate risks of failures impacting customer service and operations
- Design, Implement, Upgrade, and Configure Network, Communication, and related Security appliances and equipment
- Troubleshoot and resolve network and communication related issues
- Carry out proactive monitoring of performance, utilization, throughput and latency to detect potential issues and maintain uptime
- Advise on optimisation of network latency and response time
- Ensure continuous identification of improvement areas
- Carry out assessment and procurement of network, communication, and security solutions
- Carry out the implementation of established security policies to ensure protection against internal/external attacks
- Perform DR Drills as per established calendars
- Handle emergency support situations and devise effective solutions to technical problems under high pressure during planned or unplanned outages
- Ensure Network security at all times
- Define Cloud network architectural and security guidelines, service monitoring and connectivity design
- Manage Cloud Networks
- Migrate or extend networks to the Cloud
- Predict network usage requirements through modelling and analysis to anticipate demand
- Train staff in the skills required for migration to Cloud and new Network assets
- Perform any other related duties as may be required
Capabilities & Skills:
- LAN/WAN, Cisco, Routers, Switches, Wi-Fi & SD-WAN, Firewall, IDS & IPS, etc.
- IaaS, PaaS, Software-defined networks (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) etc.
- Network Design, Implementation, Performance Tuning and Problem Solving
- Conversant with best practices and techniques to maintain and enhance information security
- Knowledge of business continuity/disaster recovery planning processes and procedures
- Creative and technical problem-solving techniques while installing, configuring, and maintaining Networks
- Experience in designing or implementing optimal networking solutions for the requirements
- Awareness/Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks as applicable to the BFSI sector
Qualifications, Experience & Skills:
- A University degree in Computer Science or related field
- Cloud Certification with specialization in Network from leading CSPs is an advantage
- ITIL & DevOps is an advantage
- At least 5 years’ work experience in Information Technology, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Network Engineering and Cloud Networks
- Experience in Cloud/ IT Security is an advantage
- Fluent in English and French (both verbal and written)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent Analytical and Problem-Solving skills
- Dedicated team player
- Strongly motivated and available to work outside normal hours
- Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills
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