Job Opportunities at GVA Partners

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with product management and software and support engineers to deliver stable enterprise software products 

• Establish test strategy and manual and automated test suites. 

• Develop and configure test automation networks and execute stability and performance tests 

• Develop and execute test automation through Test Complete 

• Develop and execute Performance test through LoadNinja 

• Apply, design and develop automated testing strategies and build automated testing frameworks Help desk management/ provision of first level support to users 

• Involve in product design to guarantee adherence of test coverage for meeting end user requirements

• Record test results and report and verify software bug fixes to accept automation criteria. 

• Analyze performance test requirements and develop test plans and debug to understand test objective requirements. 

• Handle performance testing and present results for validating and analysis to Project Teams 

• Prepare software defect tracking and report entire project release status to stakeholders 

• Ensure the timely resolution of user issues 

• Orderly escalation of faults to 2nd and 3rd level support 

• Provide management with weekly and monthly statistical reports 

• Perform other duties as assigned by Team Lead, QA, Testing and Test Automation

• Maintain good communication, reporting and interaction with stakeholders 

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• BSc in STEM 

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years cognate IT experience, 2 years of which must be in Test Automation & Performance Testing

• Instinct for analytics and logical application of concepts 

• Understanding of basic programming languages e.g Python 

• Must have sound knowledge and experience of functional testing performed manually. 

• Expertise in creation of test scripts  

• Possess good knowledge on Automated testing tools

• Well versed with agile, DevOps and continuous delivery 

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Responsibilities:

• Assisting lead engineers with all aspects of software design and coding. 

• Attending and contributing to software delivery meetings. 

• Learning the codebase and improving your coding skills. 

• Writing and maintaining code. 

• Working on minor bug fixes.

• Monitoring the technical performance of internal systems. 

• Gathering information from consumers about program functionality. 

• Writing reports. 

• Conducting development tests. 

• Perform other duties as assigned by Lead Software Engineer.

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline 

• 2 - 6 years’ experience in programming languages (e.g., Python, Javascript, Java, C++, C#), databases, data structures and algorithms 

• Up to 3- 5 years of professional programming experience using Microsoft stack 

• Relevant professional certification

• Knowledge of databases and operating systems 

• Excellent basic knowledge about Information Technology from both a software and hardware perspective 

• Knowledge of coding languages including C#, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. 

• Familiarity with database technology such as MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle and MongoDB. 

• Basic programming experience. 

• Ability to implement software security measures (OWASP Top 10) 

• Good working knowledge of version control systems using gitflow. 

• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly. 

• Ability to manage codebase on a version control. 

• Software testing and debugging 

• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum project delivery formats

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Responsibilities:

• Translate business needs to develop solutions from design to technological product. 

• Oversee developer teams to ensure that product is delivered on time and to specifications. 

• Determine technical needs such as hardware, software, scalability, and security requirements. 

• Coordinate design and integration of overall architecture and parts of proposed systems with business. 

• Perform consistent updates to documentation and designs as needed.

• Perform other duties as assigned by Team Lead, Enterprise Architecture  

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• BSc in STEM 

• Minimum of 6 years cognate IT experience, 3 of which must be in either infrastructure or software development 

• Relevant professional certifications will be an added advantage e.g., ITIL, COBIT, TOGAF

• Ability to research new technologies. 

• Proficient in Enterprise Architecture tools. e.g., Visio, Draw.io etc.)  

• Ability to interpret business requirements 

• Analytical Skills/ Problem solving

• Self-Management 

• Interpersonal Skills 

• Oral & Written communication -processing/spreadsheet

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Selecting building, optimizing AI/ML/DM/SA models, and operationalize them in productive environments  

• AI/ML/DM/SA using state-of-the-art methods  

• Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed  

• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems  

• Extracting, Processing, cleansing, verifying the integrity and quality of data used for analysis  

• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner; constantly tracking of models performance  

• Integrate model outputs into business applications (like CRM, ERP), and Reporting/Dashboarding tools (Microsoft PowerBI, Reporting Services) or develop if needed web based front-end layers  

• Create informative, actionable, and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement  

• Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues  

• Collaborate with Retail banking, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Operations, etc. to build scalable processes and metrics  

• Responsible for gathering and cleaning of datasets across multiple data sources  

• Responsible for spotting vital insights and developing the framework of the organization’s data system  

• Provide information on analytic results to business and functional leaders using visualizations to communicate data and metrics, including data maps, leveraging Tableau, etc.  

• Coach and educate junior colleagues and new hires; build and deliver training programs/contents on AI/ML/DM/SA  

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• Master's Degree in appropriate field of study 

• Excellent understanding of AI/ML/DM/SA techniques and algorithms 

• Great communication skills, and ability to educate businesspersons to become data driven 

• Ability to uncover use cases from Retail Banking Business problems and needs; ability to translate business problems into AI/ML/Analytics use cases. 

• Hands-on Experience with data visualization tools, such Microsoft PowerBI, as well as web front-end developments tools 

• Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL, Hive, Pig, as well as ETL tools (Microsoft SSIS, Informatica) and a Data-oriented personality 

• Experience with Microsoft Big Data and AI platforms/solutions both on-premise and on Azure: SQLServer Big Data Cluster, Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, etc. 

• Experienced on Cloud platforms, in particular Microsoft Azure, experience on Linux environments and scripting 

• Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, Deep Learning, etc. 

• Good scripting and programming skills mainly using Python / Jupiter and leading AI/ML frameworks 

• Excellent and hands-on experience on Oracle and MS SQL-Server, and overall database design principles

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Responsibilities:

• Translate business needs to develop solutions from design to technological product. 

• Oversee developer teams to ensure that product is delivered on time and to specifications. 

• Determine technical needs such as hardware, software, scalability, and security requirements. 

• Coordinate design and integration of overall architecture and parts of proposed systems with business. 

• Perform consistent update to documentation and designs as needed.

• Perform other duties as assigned by Team Lead, Enterprise Architecture  

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• BSc in STEM 

• Minimum of 2 years cognate IT experience, 1 year of which must be in either infrastructure or software development 

• Relevant professional certifications will be an added advantage e.g., ITIL, COBIT, TOGAF

• Ability to research new technologies. 

• Proficient in Enterprise Architecture tools. e.g., Visio, Draw.io etc.)  

• Ability to interpret business requirements 

• Analytical Skills/ Problem solving

• Self-Management 

• Interpersonal Skills 

• Oral & Written communication -processing/spreadsheet

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Responsibilities:

• Develop programming in R, SAS, SQL or similar analytical development tools 
• Maintain knowledge in statistics, mathematics and/or comparable quantitative area of expertise 
• Responsible for collaborating with analysts to facilitate the development and application of advanced analytic strategies and tactics 
• Ascertain and apply strategies to identified business problems and existing organizational processes to provide leaders with insightful resources for decision-making and to increase sales, profit, market share, and achieve enterprise goals 
• Establish parameters of ad hoc analyses by setting appropriate timeline and work quality guidelines 
• Assist in the development of the problem definition and hypothesis formulation process as it relates to the specific business environment
• Maintain an understanding of general business trends and requirements for the major area of support, and understand the link between analysis and business impact 
• Utilize R, SAS, SQL, Tableau or other analytical development tools with large data sets to design 
• analyses and measure key metrics 
• Support line of business analytical needs with dashboard/report development through Tableau 
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Team Lead, Data Science

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• Strong STEM background - Bachelor's degree as well as practical experiences in Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning (Tensor flow), Statistical Modelling, Quantitative Analysis, Forecasting, Data Visualization 
• 2-6 years working experience as a data scientist or business data analyst, preferably in the financial services industry
• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques  
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Business Objects etc.), databases (SQL etc.), programming (XML, JavaScript, or ETL frameworks) 
• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc.) 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy 
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
• Proficient in office automation tools (e.g. Microsoft Office, etc)  
• Proficient in SQL  

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Responsibilities:

• Support development and implementation of Data 

• Management strategies, portfolio & roadmap 

• Support in driving policy, implementation, and control.  

• Supporting to drive Data framework implementation.  

• Draft Training, Communications, Awareness, and Engagement plans to the Bank.  

• Define how controls will be embedded, measured, and assessed. 

• Evolve the governance processes as needed as platforms and processes change. 

• Be the point of contact for Data Governance queries, including escalation point for client concerns. 

• Support and supervise information stewardship activities and management.  

• Support alignment of data governance programme to the Group’s strategy. 

• Support in delivery of the data governance programme 

• Drive synchronization and management of source of record  

• Manage data as a strategic asset and operationalize data controls and frameworks to sustain the integrity of the data 

• Drive and support the use of a common data dictionary and automated data refinement to effectively run compliance models – really need focus on controls in models 

• Foster a culture of Innovation with enterprise-wide collaboration and partnerships 

• Collaborate on cross functional innovative self-service analytics to eliminate unnecessary manual effort.

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• University degree in Information Technology or related subject.  

• 2 years of equivalent work experience in the Data Governance field, ideally in the Retail Banking sector. 

• IT certification and other professional qualification  

• Excellent analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to design and implement systems necessary to collect, maintain, and analyze data. 

• Ability to provide a range of systems training and/or support activities for users. 

• Specialist knowledge of data governance principles and practices. 

• Strong background and working knowledge in end-to-end data management principles

• Familiar with database and BI/Machine Learning/AI concepts  

• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

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Responsibilities:

• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports 

• Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that 

• optimize statistical efficiency and quality 

• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems 

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets 

• Work with management to prioritize business and information needs

• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities 

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Team Lead, Data Analytics

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• Bachelor's and/or advanced degree with a concentration in Data Analytics; Finance; Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Statistics/Mathematics.

• 2-6 years working experience as a data analyst or business data analyst, preferably in the financial services industry 

• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques  

• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Business Objects etc.), databases (SQL etc.), programming (XML, JavaScript, or ETL frameworks) 

• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc.) 

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy 

• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings

• Ability to learn and dedication to service delivery 

• Proficient in office automation tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, etc)  

• Proficient in SQL  

• Oral & Written communication  

• Team building / conflict management  

• Initiative  

• Analytical Skills/ Problem solving  

• Self-Management  

• Interpersonal Skills  

• General managerial/ administration

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 Responsibilities:

• Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed 

• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis 

• Develop, construct, test and maintain architectures (such as database and large-scale processing systems)  

• Ensure architecture will support the requirements of the business  

• Discover opportunities for data acquisition

Keys Qualifications and Skills: 

• Strong STEM background - Bachelor's degree as well as practical experiences in Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning (Tensor flow), Statistical Modeling, Quantitative Analysis, Forecasting, Data Visualization 

• 2-6 years working experience as a data engineer or business data analyst, preferably in the financial services industry

• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques  

• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages 

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy 

• Good knowledge of infrastructure and capacity sizing  

• Technical expertise around design and flow of data from system to system without loss  

• Use of ETL tool like SSIS, ODI etc  

• Design of master data and data lake

• Proficient in office automation tools (e.g. Microsoft Office, etc)  

• Proficient in SQL  

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Responsibilities:

• Meeting with project delivery managers to discuss software projects. 

• Conducting feasibility studies for software systems. 

• Designing new software programs, websites, and applications. 

• Assigning tasks to junior developers such as coding, testing, debugging, and analytics. 

• Writing advanced programming code. 

• Reviewing updated software codes.

• Managing project timelines and tasks.

• Writing development reports.

• Creating technical documents for new software programs.

• Training staff on software use.

• Working on complex bug fixes

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Lead Software Engineer

Keys Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline 

• 5-8 years of relevant software design and development experience 

• Prior product development experience 

• Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience, has executed several software projects  

• Up to 8 years of professional programming experience using Microsoft stack

• Relevant professional certifications

• Managerial experience preferred.

• Proficient in back-end and front-end development 

• Knowledge of automated testing 

• Advanced knowledge of software development tools, such as Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL server management studio e.t.c. 

• Knowledge of source code control tools 

• Knowledge of code review using PR (Pull Request) 

• Experience with cloud technologies, such as Azure and AWS 

• Knowledge in building cloud-native applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes 

• Advanced knowledge of programming languages including JavaScript, HTML5, C#, Java, SQL, and PHP. 

• Knowledge of system frameworks including .NET, Git, AngluarJS, and GitHub. 

• Experience creating and maintaining databases. 

• Experience working with Agile development technologies.

• Experience with systems deployed on Unix/Linux/Solaris environments. 

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Job Description

Specifically, the developer role will include; 

• Gathering and developing user specifications requirement documents for every project initiative. 
• Developing project implementation plans for each initiative. 
• Application development, deployment and support. 
• Admin and user guides/manual development. 
• User training and solution handover 

Keys Skills & Qualifications  

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or any other technology disciplines (e.g. Engineering, Physics)  
• 3-4 years practical experience in software application development. 
• Expertise and hands-on experience with web applications and programming languages/technologies such as Python, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, APIs etc. 
• Good knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) as it applies to Python and PHP. 
• Strong knowledge of Django framework is essential.  
• Knowledge of relational database (Oracle & MySQL).  
• Strong experience in frontend development (UI & UX) using HTML and CSS, crossbrowser compatibility and general web functions and standards. 
• Functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Web Services (REST and SOAP) for API development. 
• Knowledge of basic operations of Linux server.  
• Experience in using GIT Hub is an added advantage. 
• Must know how to use an FTP client such as filezilla, coreftp e.t.c.  
• Strong grasp of security principles and how they apply to software and the web in general. 
• Good problem solving and logical thinking skills (ability to transform business requirements into programmable solutions). 
• Good Communication skills.  
• Experience in planning and delivering software platforms used across multiple organizational units (multitenancy). 

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Responsibilities;

• Administrative Activities – Administer all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages and procedures at company sites.
• Storage (Including the SANs) – Ensure proactive management of storage allocations for all the databases and promptly request for/implement expansions where necessary.
• Performance Reporting/Tuning – Continually ensure that databases are performing optimally through regular tuning and monitoring.
• Backup/Restore – Maintain regular/period backup of all databases and ensure they are up-to-date. Periodically conduct test restore of backups.
• Replication & Site Switching Activities – Ensure databases at all company sites are replicating and at par. Implement site switching activities when required.
• Planning dataflow to the database, mapping out the 'conceptual design' for a planned database, refining the 'physical design' to meet system storage requirements
• Maintaining data standards, including adherence to the data privacy regulations wherever applicable
• Writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary
• Controlling access permissions and privileges for access to database

Capacity planning

• Administration of all issues regarding Database servers
• Supervise and control all Database server’s inventories

Keys Skills & Qualifications;

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or any other technology disciplines (e.g. Engineering, Physics)
• 5-8 years practical experience in Database and Core Business Application Administration.
• Expertise and hands on experience with Oracle Administration and generally working with data on different relational and non-relational Database Management Systems (DBMS).
• Expertise and hands on experience with Windows Server and Linux Operating system administration.
• Good problem solving and logical thinking skills (ability to transform business requirements into programmable solutions).
• Excellent Reporting and Communication skills.
• Experience in planning and delivering technology-based projects

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Responsibilities

• Monitor Network security status, monitor Application and Response System (CSMARS) and other security monitoring tools
• Manage remote connections (VPN management)
• Monitor and enforce compliance with network security policies bank wide
• Carry out all suggested response actions to threats upon detection of a security breach or network attack
• Ensure proper functioning of all Security Devices (Checkpoints, ASA, PIX Firewall, IPS, Routers)
• Review logs of Security devices (Checkpoints, IPS, ACS,ASA,PIX Firewall)
• Coordinate the regular changing network devices passwords
• Carry out network security audit, periodic vulnerability assessment and network penetration
• Testing (ethical hacking) using tools such as Qualys guard and NMAP
• Generate and send Network Security Reports (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Research and suggest improvement initiatives with regards to Network Security
• Lockdown of all network devices and new equipment’s before deployment
• Configuration of Network Security features for new branches equipment (IPSec site-site VPN, Identity Based Network Service (IBNS), Port Security, SNMP V3 etc.)
• Remote Access Security configuration for new users/groups with access levels/permissions
• Security impact assessment for every new network activity and mitigation strategy implementation
• Monitor and ensure security of Wireless Network
• Perform other duties as assigned by Team Lead, Networks & Communications Management

Skills/Competencies

• Good knowledge and understanding of banking operations
• Good and strong working knowledge of Cisco Router and Operating
• Experienced in firewall management
• Strong Network Troubleshooting Skills
• Relationship management
• Vendor Management
• Issues management
• Integrity and honesty
• Technology Innovation
• Issues management
• Methods, standards creation

Behavioural Attributes

• Ability to make sound and logical security judgements
• Demonstrate leadership and personnel/project management skills
• Good understanding of the organisation's goals and objectives
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Able to conduct research into issues as required
• Supervisory Skills
• General administration
• General managerial/administration
• Team building/conflict management
• Leadership/coaching/supervisory/influencing
• Organisation and coordination

Qualifications & Experience

• First degree in Computing Science, Engineer, operational sciences or (any other discipline with strong Information Systems component and or relevant IT Service Management certification)
• CCIE certification is a must
• Minimum of 2 years IT Operations experience in a technology environment

Desirable

• CISSP, ITIL and other professional qualification will be an added advantage