Technology Department, Tanzania. IT Applications Developer

KCB Group•Washington, DC

About The Position

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Contribute application development initiatives to the overall IT strategy. Work with business units to formulate banking products and contribute technical guidance to the procurement process. Analyze product requirements and design best-fit architecture and solutions guided by KCBT policies and industry best practice. Manage the project resources, schedule, costs, stakeholders, and the application development lifecycle Implement best practice and deploy appropriate tools to manage and govern application development and the IT change process. Actively engage end-users to assess satisfaction and achieve successful project closure. Work with functional teams to handover system support skills and documentation and formulate OLA agreements with level 3 support. Identify and champion innovative solutions that exploit existing business opportunities and mitigate existing risks. Manage the team’s performance and nurture skills that advance the IT strategy and establish sustainable practice. Develop, execute and measure OLAs and SLAs with IT functional teams and business units respectively. DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES Evaluate and analyze requests to implement new applications to resolve business challenges and improve efficiency of processes. Evaluate and analyze requests to modify existing software systems and applications where either anomalies have been detected or the process is inefficient. Distribute and manage the workload among the application developers. Manage the application development life cycle, ensuring that the application development policy is adhered to. Engage with business in formulating strategies that ride on software systems to take advantage of business opportunities Provide support to the banking operations administrators and operators in resolving core banking anomalies and refining operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in any computer related field
Java Certification, Oracle Certification, Enterprise Architecture, ITIL
5 years of experience

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in any computer related field or Project Management

Responsibilities

Contribute application development initiatives to the overall IT strategy.
Work with business units to formulate banking products and contribute technical guidance to the procurement process.
Analyze product requirements and design best-fit architecture and solutions guided by KCBT policies and industry best practice.
Manage the project resources, schedule, costs, stakeholders, and the application development lifecycle
Implement best practice and deploy appropriate tools to manage and govern application development and the IT change process.
Actively engage end-users to assess satisfaction and achieve successful project closure.
Work with functional teams to handover system support skills and documentation and formulate OLA agreements with level 3 support.
Identify and champion innovative solutions that exploit existing business opportunities and mitigate existing risks.
Manage the team’s performance and nurture skills that advance the IT strategy and establish sustainable practice.
Develop, execute and measure OLAs and SLAs with IT functional teams and business units respectively.
Evaluate and analyze requests to implement new applications to resolve business challenges and improve efficiency of processes.
Evaluate and analyze requests to modify existing software systems and applications where either anomalies have been detected or the process is inefficient.
Distribute and manage the workload among the application developers.
Manage the application development life cycle, ensuring that the application development policy is adhered to.
Engage with business in formulating strategies that ride on software systems to take advantage of business opportunities
Provide support to the banking operations administrators and operators in resolving core banking anomalies and refining operations.