Technical Project Lead at La Fayette Microfinance Bank Limited, Advans Nigeria

Job Description

• Ensure full technical ownership of the UCARD environment (middleware .NET 5 / IIS), supervise RUN operations, structure local documentation, collaborate with UCARD to retrieve deliverables, and prepare the transition toward a controlled architecture (Talend Middleware).

Required Profile
Analysis and Understanding of the Existing UCARD Middleware:
Understand the UCARD wrappers:

• CBA, Transfer, Biller, Payment Gateway, NIBSS, COMMS
• Map the UCARD → SQL Server dependencies (Cip.Cyntegrat.*, CYNTEGRAT_NIP_PROD).
• Analyze deployed .NET 5 / .NET Core and .NET Framework 4.0 binaries running on IIS.
• Understand exposed APIs (via Postman collection).
• Analyze Adspire integrations (mobile & admin).
• Identify risk areas: clear HTTP, hard-coded credentials, missing TLS.

Local Supervision & RUN:
Supervise the operation of services:

• IIS sites on ports 82/84/85/89/8090/5050
• NIBSS services
• Adspire Omnichannel
• Monitor IIS and SQL logs (errors, timeouts, latency).
• Coordinate incidents: UCARD ↔ IT Nigeria ↔ Digital teams.

Local Technical Documentation:
Build a complete technical documentation package:

• actual UCARD architecture,
• API catalog based on Postman,
• SQL schema rebuilt (reverse-engineering),
• Adspire → UCARD → Amplitude flow diagrams,
• RUN & monitoring procedures.
• Document technical gaps vs. UCARD’s Handover claims.

UCARD Coordination (Handover):
Verify the actual UCARD deliverables announced:

• .NET source code,
• SQL schemas,
• CI/CD pipelines,
• API documentation,
• security (certificates, NDPR).
• Identify missing items and risks.
• Lead technical sessions (walkthrough, training, Q&A).

Talend Migration Preparation:

• Identify priority flows to rebuild (loan, transfer, KYC, billers).
• Prepare technical mappings UCARD → Talend.
• Lead transition UATs.