Career Opportunities at The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc

Location: Ibadan - Oyo

Job Description

• Work closely with project management, technical services and support group, external vendor partners and the client to ensure a smooth implementation and transition of servers and related products in line with IBEDC policies.      

Responsibilities

• Respond to and resolve server and operating system issues assigned through the ticketing system
• Identify technical environment issues and implement solutions to mitigate problems.
• Perform routine proactive server maintenance activities including firmware upgrades, patching etc.
• Research and test recurring problems, determine anomalies within supported software applications
• Update and create technical product trouble-shooting documentation.
• Assists with input on small scale server projects
• Analytical, technical and administrative work in the planning, design and installation of new and existing computer systems
• Identify complex technical environment issues and implement permanent resolutions to mitigate problems.
• Perform advanced proactive server maintenance activities including HP blade chassis maintenance, cluster/high availability maintenance etc.
• Optimize company servers and related components to achieve high performance of the various business applications supported by tuning the servers as necessary.
• Develop processes and procedures for ongoing management of the server environment.
• Build servers based on the designs developed by working closely with the project team to gather and interpret specifications for server hardware and software.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum Qualification Bachelor's Degree
• Required Experience 10 - 15 years  
• Excellent co-ordination and organization skills
• Quality experience in writing various scripting languages
• Understanding of the business of IBEDC and related businesses in the electricity sector
• Knowledge of Utilities Industry
• Strategic planning and Business Development (services and products)
• Strong Customer Relation Management skills
• Knowledge of Marketing & Customer Insights
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good interpersonal , negotiation and communications skills
• Knowledge of billing /collection practices, procedures, and basic software in billing reconciliation
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite and relevant billing applications utilized by IBEDC

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Location: Ibadan - Oyo
Specialization: Enterprise & Business Application

Job Description

• To manage the development, build, configuration, customization, integration and testing of solutions based on functional and technical specifications to meet quality & performance requirements
• To ensure that the solutions meet quality, performance, architectural and functional requirements 

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the implementation of various software packages (billing systems, accounting applications, prepaid vending, procurement applications, etc.)
• Assists in developing policies and procedures to guide the deployment of software applications
• Ensures that the organisation has a systematic approach toward examining new technologies and utilizing core IT assets that address both the fundamental business goals and persistent business needs
• Provides management and oversight of multiple complex technology projects (software deployment) - identifies potential points of resistance or confusion and develops specific plans to mitigate or address concerns
• Assists in managing the Enterprise Applications budget and provides input in the administration of related budgets
• Liaises with vendors to ensure optimum services are delivered according to contractual terms
• Coordinates the testing of software programs and applications
• Communicates with network and server administrators, vendors, end-users, and software developers to ensure quality assurance
• Manages the dissemination of information on best practices for application usage
• Manage the service level management process; ensure implementation of SLAs and OLAs

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum Qualification Bachelor's Degree
• Required Experience 10 - 15 years 
• Proven architecture modelling skills
• Good understanding of the application architecture standards and components
• Broad knowledge of development platforms, languages and technologies
• Advanced level knowledge of architecture, planning, testing and deploying solutions
• Good understanding of application technologies and cross-platform integration
• Good knowledge of EA Modelling and Management tools, Oracle Databases, Microsoft technologies and applications
• Knowledge of advanced principles and practices of software development life-cycle