Application Development Officer at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc - NIBSS

Grade: Assistant Banking Officer (ABO)
Department: Enterprise Software Services
Division: Technology and Operations
Reports to: Unit Head, Application Development

Duties And Key Responsibilities

• Timely delivery of new projects to be worked on by the Enterprise Software Services (ESS) team;
• Develop and implement new software programs;
• Maintain and improve the performance of existing software;
• Test and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization;
• Recommend improvements to existing software programs as necessary;
• Integration of NIBSS services to financial institutions and vice-versa as applicable;
• Development of plug in solutions that aids day to day operations of NIBSS;
• Effective support and management of all NIBSS software application;
• Update and expand existing programs;
• Debug programs by testing for and fixing errors.

Competency Requirements
The desired candidate must exhibit competencies in the following:

• Customer Focus
• Pro-activeness
• Focus on excellent delivery
• Personal Credibility
• Professional judgment
• Courage to challenge
• Team Spirit
• Strategic Perspective
• Information Analysis and Management
• Information System Management
• Project Management
• Systems Development
• IS Security

Skill Requirements:

• Sound knowledge of Retail Transaction Processing;
• Working Knowledge of Transaction Switching;
• Knowledge of Software/Application Development Methodologies and relevant languages such as Java (J2SE, J2EE);
• Basic knowledge of the Financial Service Industry;
• Sound knowledge of known international standards on software development, documentation and integration;
• Sound regulatory knowledge;
• Very good understanding of Secure Coding.

Required Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years professional programming experience (Java, PHP).
• Experience should also include Spring 3 Framework, Hibernate, Additional J2EE technologies (e.g. JMS), Agile programming methodology, Development tools & principles and SOAP & RESTful based web services.

Required Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited University
• Additional qualification(s) will be an added advantage