Unit Head, Application Development (Ent. Core Applications, Ent. Support Applications, Custom SW Development at First Bank

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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 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.
• Develop technical design that will support the development, execution and operations of the service.
• Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation.
• Review technical constraints and performance issues of business intelligence and integration solutions.
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• First Degree Computer Science or Engineering
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• Minimum experience – Over 7 years’ experience business strategy & analysis into consumer facing products