Team Lead, DevOps Automation at First Bank

Duties & Responsibilities

• 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 customise the technical solution (technical code components and services)
• Ensure compilation of code and components into application.
• Manage automation and monitor application integration as code iteratively goes through assembly and product test
• Implement a controlled process that extracts software artifacts from the code repository, transforms it to an integrated product, and returns the result to the code repository
• Actively participate in  unit testing/quality reviews through the build phase to ensure that the solution meets the agreed functional specifications

Job Requirements
Education:

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

Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Proficient knowledge of software development frameworks, concepts and best practices
• Working knowledge of system implementation
• Proficient knowledge of structured systems analysis and design, and software development life cycle
• Proficient knowledge of relational database management system and tools
• Good knowledge of enterprise applications systems such as Finacle 10, Oracle ERP, etc.
• Proven technical aptitude in several relevant application programming domains
• Working knowledge quality control/assurance
• Sound conflict management skills
• Customer-centricity
• Creative, results-oriented and analytical with strong problem-solving capability
• Good leadership and influencing ability
• Coaching

Skills / Competencies:
Core SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

• Data Analysis (DTAN 3)
• Systems Design (DESN 2)
• Programming/ Software Development (PROG 3)
• Systems Integration (SINT 4)
• Porting/ Software Integration (PORT 3)
• Applications Support (ASUP 3)
• Problem Management (PBMG 3)
• Requirements Definition and Management (REQM 2)
• Information Content Authoring (INCA 4)
• Learning Delivery (ETDL 3).