Team Lead, Corporate Applications at Access Bank

• Oversee technology and tools and advice best practice

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the technologies, tools and techniques used within the team.
• Ensure that development standards, policies and procedures are adhered to. 
• Drive change to implement efficient and effective strategies as advised by management.
• Develop and implement IT standards and procedures to aid in the development of high quality software. Ensure that all Engineers within the team understand and follow existing IT standards.
• Work closely with other team leaders and development teams when necessary.
• Ensure that all software developed within your team satisfies the business requirements as specified.
• Ensure that projects are accurately estimated and delivered to schedule
• Show flexibility to respond to the changing needs of the business.
• Provide overall team guidance and fix all escalations
• Ensure timely delivery of projects and tasks.
• Assign Responsibilities and tasks to staff.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile or Kanban software development processes
• Proficient in back-end and front end development
• Understanding of front-end technologies and platforms. Understanding in at least one of the following is required: JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of platforms and tools, such as ASP.NET MVC 5, C#, sequel serve database, Visual Studio, and Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of source code control tools
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that enables the team to fulfil requests within the desired SLA.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment

Qualification & Experience

Mandatory

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline
• Must possess relevant professional qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years of back-end development experience and at least 8 years general IT experience
• Experience with big data technologies, such as Hadoop, Hive, and Pig, Cloudera, or large data warehousing initiatives
• Experience with systems deployed on Unix/Linux/Solaris environments
• Experience in developing applications in Windows based application
• Strong understanding of business processes and IT systems

Desirable

• Experience supporting large-scale or highly regulated financial institution
• Master’s Degree in relevant role/field

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications close 11:59pm