Latest Vacancies at GVA Partners Limited

Enterprise Architect/Solution Architect

Our client, a top tier (2) commercial bank, requires the service a highly skilled enterprise architect with Fin-Tech experience. The successful candidate would be expected to catalogue, develop, coordinate, communicate, maintain and enforce the overall enterprise architectural models to adequately perform the organizations business.

Responsibilities

• Assess overall alignment between business and technology roadmaps
• Evaluate solutions alignment with the end user experience
• Create, own and maintain the Technologies Architectural Artifacts (building blocks, models, governance, architecture and unified roadmaps, etc.).
• Collaborate on the creation and maintenance of the enterprise business capability model.
• Form cross-functional teams (Network, Operations, Development, Data Warehouse, Quality, etc.) to facilitate the creation of optimal architectures which align to the architecture plan
• Provide technical leadership for various business units and technology groups
• Apply analytical thought processes to quickly understand technical challenges discovered during the life-cycle of the initiative
• Evaluate how security impacts the design & development process of various solutions
• Communicate often with the business units and explain the value of technical architectures, solutions, and strategies
• Lead the documentation and analysis of the current state of all of the IT environments and technology landscape
• Collaborate on defining future state architectures and develop gap plans
• Collaborate extensively with IT Leaders , Product Managersand technical delivery teams to ensure alignment of best practices and standards
• Mentor and guide other Engineers (software, data, network, etc.)
• Presenting architecture and strategy to all layer of the company from executives to individual contributors

Qualifications & Skills required

• First Degree in Computer Science, or related discipline preferred
• At least 3 years’ experience in working as an enterprise or solution architect      designing and implementing large-scale systems and databases
• At least 5 years’ experience in creating clear, concise documentation for a multi-tier architectural model and to discuss technical matters effectively with business end users
• Strong communication skills with both technical and business professionals
• Teamwork & collaboration skills to work across organizations and lead cross-functional teams
• Expert knowledge of enterprise application integration, including SOA, Microservices, ETL environments and an understanding of integration considerations such as process orchestration, custom data integration, and master data management
• Thorough knowledge of business function and in-depth knowledge of business operations, objectives, and strategies
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, EACOE, etc.)
• Previous development experience in multiple disciplines (Java, C#, JavaScript, Go, Java, HTML, AJAX, JSON, DDL, SQL, NoSQL, or relevant open source platforms)
• Deep understanding of design patterns, principles, and frameworks
• Working knowledge of UI/UIX design principles
• Strong understanding on network architecture, designs, and protocols
• Extensive experience integration with 3rd party products (both business and technical)
• Experience with mobile applications and how they interact with various back end architectures
• A good understanding of the architectural principals of cloud-based platforms including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure, and application servers
• Strong knowledge of the security operations, standards & issues involved in multi-tier, multi-tenant web applications
• Track record of being proactive, identifying gaps, making constructive suggestions and follow through to resolution
• Proven ability to creatively problem-solve for various types of issue in multiple disciplines
• Experience presenting to senior leadership

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DIGITAL QUALITY ANALYST

• This is a fantastic opportunity to work within the Quality Analyst team within an Online Team, testing digital solutions across web, mobile and apps. You will work with predominantly agile delivery methodologies using your creative, quality expertise that will ensure product owner`s visions meet expectations.
• Day-to-day activities and responsibilities of the role include:
• Reviewing all forms of project documentation including Business Requirements Specifications documents, technical briefs, designs and wireframes
• Work with Product Owners to define acceptance criteria and produce test plans
• Review acceptance criteria with scrum teams, Product Owners, developers, Site Builders and interact with Project Managers and Test Environment Managers
• Provide updates on testing progress or other activities to the QA Manager and other teams
• Analyse and investigate issues found in testing and work to resolve these with the relevant people (other testers, Product Owners, environment teams, developers and Site Builders)
• Work closely with other functions within the Online team such as design, user experience, developers, operational support and teams outside the online team such as marketing and campaign teams
• Carry out test execution using predominantly UAT testing techniques but also static, integration and system testing methods
• Support cross-departmental projects and overall test community within Three, when required
• Constantly identify opportunities to improve quality
• Work closely with our 3rd party partners, including managing offshore resource, 3rd party testing service and tools.
• What is the reality of the role/the types of person are we looking for
• Innovative and passionate about testing, you will see testing as a skill and are enthusiastic about quality, end-to-end customer experience and finding defects.
• Ability to tackle issues logically and determine a best course of action, you seek opportunities to expand your knowledge within the testing field and are committed to this discipline.
• You pro-actively seek improvements to working methods and have the ability to apply different testing theories and techniques to new or old problems.

Must-have

• Experience of working in a fast-paced digital environment
• Dynamic and engaging with a real passion for quality and testing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible in approach and attitude with a consistent focus on quality
• UAT and front-end testing experience with particular focus on `look-and-feel`
• Ability to manage relationships with key stakeholders and effectively articulate and justify test estimates
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and methodologies (e.g. Agile, V-Model, Waterfall)
• Knowledge of software testing terms and their application e.g. black box testing, test harness/test stub (e.g. the theory and application of that theory)
• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation or relevant working experience.

Nice-to-have

• Specific application knowledge - JIRA, Quality Cente
• Experience of working in an Agile environment
• Automation skills or desire to progress with Automation
• Specific software and programming knowledge - HTML, Java.

EXPERIENCE

• Bsc in Computer science from a reputable university
• 8 years’ experience post Nysc

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Our client requires the service of a highly skilled sales and marketing officer. The successful candidate must be able to give detailed information about the product specifications and ways in which they could meet customer’s needs.

JOB OBJECTIVES

• SALES: negotiating a commercial agreement to the benefit of both the customer and supplier
• POST SALES (or after sales): providing the support for products and services

ROLES & RESPONSIILITIES

• Assesses client needs and makes recommendations, including products and service packages
• Prepares sales visits and presentations to pitch product, service, and combination packages to clients
• Demonstrates products and services to highlight product benefits.
• Negotiates sales, package discounts, and long-term contracts with clients
• Establishes sales goals and implements a plan to meet those goals.
• Tracks progress toward goals and documents sales performance.
• Becomes fluent in all products and services offered through testing, demonstrations, and research.
• Answers questions, describes benefits, and discusses pros and cons of various competing products or services.
• Gains familiarity with the financial services industry and stays updated on trends and innovative products.
• Creates marketing literature and web-based features to promote products and sales.
• Other roles as may be assigned by the Head, Business Development.

ATTRIBUTES

• High level attention to details
• Innovation and creativity
• Customer focus
• Decisiveness
• Influence and persuasion
• Leadership
• Result orientation
• Critical & visionary thinking
• Should have wide business breadth
• Good negotiation skills

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience with at least 3 years in sales and marketing in an IT specialized organization

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1ST degree from a reputable university in any relevant degree
• Masters with  a specialization in marketing/computer related course (relevant related course will be an added advantage

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SITE RELIABILTY ENGINEER

Our client, a top tier (2) commercial bank requires the service of a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer with Fin-Tech experience. As a SRE, you will be responsible for the operations engineers. This includes customer service management, managed services operations and consistent product improvement engineering. Collaboration with internal customers, product engineering, and development groups is critical to success.

As an Engineering Manager in devops you will:

• Lead your team in daily agile devops practices
• Optimise the quality and velocity of both development and operations
• Mentor engineers to improve their skills
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement structured engineering and operations processes
• Ensure proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
• Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
• Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner
• Represent the IS team to stakeholders, customers, and internal teams

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelors (or equivalent) Degree level education in a technology field
• 8 years’ experience post NYSC
• Proven experience of software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, or Java
• Proven experience managing devops teams for SAAS or similar offerings
• Understanding of testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Experience working in and managing distributed teams
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
• Experience with cloud topologies and technologies