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Job Summary

• The IT technical project manager will carry out IT infrastructure planning by consolidating inputs from various stakeholders and converting them into actionable IT Infrastructure implementation plans.
• Coordinate the on-site work of external IT infrastructure provider, local IT team, software solution vendors, service providers and related stakeholders.
• He will take ownership of software implementation activities based on target software architecture designs and plans.

Main Tasks

• Project Management of multi-country IT Projects
• Manage, oversee and deliver integrated infrastructure/systems plans
• Vendor Management for the following fields: IT Infrastructure, Datacenters, Internet Services, Software and web solutions
• Stakeholder management and collaboration with IT and business project managers
• Ensure timely delivery of the different phases of the different projects at the required quality
• Budget calculation, cost planning and reporting
• Manage budget for projects and changes
• Travelling across Sub-Sahara Africa to supervise project implementation team(s)

Necessary Experience and Requirements

• At least a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience within IT industry and preferably within consulting firms
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in IT project management preferably in a multi-location / multi-country environment or Banking environment or Consulting environment
• Ability to manage pressure situations and provide outstanding service delivery to competing priorities for requests, inquiries and meeting high client expectations.
• Ability to take responsibility and work autonomously.

Necessary experience and knowledge:

• Experience in IT Infrastructure planning and deployment
• Experience coordinating IT infrastructure delivery vendors and internal teams
• Experience documenting IT infrastructure designs
• Experience in ICT infrastructure auditing, gap analysis and documentation
• Experience managing different stakeholders such as software vendors, internal development team and software quality assurance team.
• Experience in Contracting and management of local ICT vendors and providers
• Experience planning Windows Server technologies (HyperV, MS AD, LDAP, GPO, WAP, MS Licensing, load-balancing)
• Experience with Data Network planning (LAN/WAN concepts, data transmission, routing, protocol stack, DNS, DHCP, load balancing, firewalls, web application proxies)
• Experience with storage technologies (SAN, NAS, FE, RAID) including backup and data replication technologies
• Experience in implementation of virtualized server infrastructures with centralized storage and DC networking
• Experience of overall Database planning, administration, monitoring, optimization, backup
• Experience of MS SQL setup, configuration, administration, monitoring, optimization, backup
• Experience documenting software architecture blueprints, designs, deployment guidelines
• Experience of Web applications deployment (Web Application Proxy, Reverse proxy, Load-balancing)
• Experience implementing MS Navision Dynamics, WSO2, UT Route solutions would be beneficial
• Knowledge of ITSM frameworks and practices including ITIL, ISO27001
• Knowledge of IT Project Management best practices

Job Description
System Architecture:

• Establish architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with existing software systems
• Demonstrates critical understanding of technical architecture, data architecture, infrastructure, and IT operations
• Identify the appropriate software architecture based on the requirements and design elements contained in a system specification.
• Record software architecture in a software architecture document using use cases and the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
• Maintain and evolve software architecture documents based on evolving system requirements and industry trends and technologies.
• Analyze risk and report problems in meeting system requirements.
• Provide supporting information to the engineers to aid in the creation of a system specification.
• Assist Software Designer/Implementers with the creation of detailed software design specifications.

Software Development:

• Develop architectural solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Update knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications
• Develop tactical tool in order to streamline or bring more efficiency within processes
• Support operations teams to ensure that our business services are performing optimally.

Security and Service continuity:

• Ensure system integrity, availability and confidentiality of all in-house solutions
• Deliver enterprise architecture that ensures business continuity of bank operations

Business Knowledge Management:

• Be a key player in business process re-engineering within the department
• Design innovative solutions to real market problems.
• Work closely with product and marketing managers, user interaction designers, and other software engineers to develop new product offerings and improve existing ones

Necessary experience, skills and knowledge

• Minimum B.Sc / HND in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline with cognate experience
• At least four years of professional experience in a similar role and operational environment
• At least two years of UML experience (Unified Modeling Language)
• Good knowledge of Object-oriented Programming languages and relational database
• Experience in API development, mobile development and object-oriented programming
• Knowledge of Web Interfaces and PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, ASP.NET, Java, SOA
• Knowledge of Software Development Process, Software Requirements, Software Design, Software Debugging, Software/System Documentation, Software Testing
• Must be organized, have an eye for detail, and be able to put ideas into a tangible form
• Ability to prioritize and manage work to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment. Ability to develop new approaches to complex design problems
• Experience in implementing operational automation
• Documentation skills for operational processes and procedures
• Ability to efficiently work with multiple developer teams
• Reliable team player with effective written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical & problem-solving skills and process-oriented approach to work
• Self-starter, self-managed, and able to work under stress to meet deadlines
• Collaborative, consultative and customer-oriented approach
• Fluent English, both in writing and orally
• A TOGAF certification (or equivalent certificate) would be an asset.