Head, Business Application, User Experience and DevOps at First Bank

Job Identification: 389

Job Description

• Assist in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities related to the design, development and implementation of the systems and software applications.
• Assist development lead in all activities with respect to application development & management operations and support.
• Contribute to planning the introduction of new application systems.
• Develop prototypes (to improve envisioning and communication) and proof-of-concept systems (to test technology) to validate potential solutions
• Ensure that developed solutions are peer reviewed and formally documented
• Assist in maintaining, supporting and upgrading existing IT systems and applications.
• Participate in the customisation of application packages.
• Design technical solution including high level (entity – relationship, data flow) to low level (field structures, database schemas) design.
• Develop technical design that will support the development, execution and operations of the service.
• Assist in developing service acceptance criteria. Propose performance levels for new service. Review and verify service requirements with users. Agree and document service acceptance criteria.
• Create the service development plan. Review and agree with users.
• Build, configure or customize the technical solution (technical code components and services).
• Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation.
• Review technical constraints and performance issues of business intelligence and integration solutions.
• Provide leadership role across all Agile Squads in conjunction with other senior stakeholders by helping removing impediments to sprint execution
• Ensure Availability and optimal performance and costing of the Azure DevOps platform.
• Implement and enforce a controlled process that ensure total Source Code Maintenance and adequate versioning of code, artifact, appservices and containerized applications.
• Implement, enforce and provide support on the adoption of Continuous Integration, Continuous Security and Continuous Deployment in line with Agile-DevOps practices for all Bespoke solutions.
• Drive adoption and maturity of the Agile-DevOps practices across Project Management, Application security, Development, Testing & UAT and Solution Delivery.
• Keeping abreast and driving adoption of new trends in agile solution delivery processes and practices.
• Oversee the development of dashboard that communicate the team’s performance in line with the agreed Agile-DevOps KPIs.
• Actively participate in unit testing / quality reviews through the build phase to ensure that the solution meets the agreed functional specifications.
• Develop technical design that will support the development, execution and operations of the service.

Education

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in a Business / IT related discipline.
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions.
• 5+ years in managerial position.
• 3+ years leading an Agile-DevOps solution delivery team.