Specialist - Integration POS at MTN Nigeria

Description:

• Create and execute/coordinate technical test plans for application change/new deployment and upgrades
• Participate in transitions of the application or technical architecture components to the testers
• Ensure integrity of information collected, stored, shared or reported
• Document Solution specification documents & ensure all documentation is captured into the Knowledge Repository
• Investigate and undertake analysis on how to improve existing solutions
• Analyze & identify quick wins on how to deliver business requirements
• Identify new systems and processes to drive quality, efficiency and save costs
• Plan effectively to ensure technical deliveries are on time, budgeted cost and standard quality
• Monitor application development projects through vendors
• Carry out analysis of the customer's business requirements, as it relates to systems/application design, and traceable to the business requirements
• Conduct and coordinate requirements clarification & design sessions to provide feedback and receive input from stakeholders
• Knowledge of banking, ecommerce and wallet platforms and applications
• Monitor application development projects through the individual lifecycles
• Document Project Reports for presentation to IT Senior Management team
• Proffer improvements to projects activities and delivery processes
• Review functional specifications, acquire a detailed understanding of the testing requirements for a given design, and advise on practicability of proposed architecture/design
• Develop designs that support the functional requirements business application projects and include the conceptual, high-level and detailed design specifications for build, implementation and support of these business solution
• Manage work-flow processes, document weekly reports per functional area and provide input to monitor and execute business requirements

Education:

• First degree in Computer Science or any related discipline 
• Fluent in English 

Experience:

• 3 -7 years' experience including:
• Minimum of 4 years working experience working In Information Technology Roles. Such roles include Software Delivery, Software Solution Architecture and Design – Using Software Development Methodologies Like Agile, Scrum, Kanban, 
• Knowledge and use of JIRA, BPM, Unified Modelling Language (UML) etc.
• Experience in Solution Development and Integration- Java/J2EE Platform, SOA (REST/WSDL/XSD/XL), Enterprise System Integrations (B2B, B2C) Web Design & Development
• Knowledge of Telecommunications Applications - CRM, Billing, Acquisition, Payment Solutions, Value Added Services (VAS), Cloud Computing
• Good knowledge of POS, Kioks and Mobile products
• Knowledge of Ecommerce, remittances and payment platforms and integration
• Knowledge of banking and insurance products and integration
• Experience in translating business requirements into specifications that will aid quality delivery 
• Excellent written, Presentation, Report and writing verbal communication skills
• Team player with a lot of energy and team coordination skills – Good analytical insight
• PL/SQL and RDBMS knowledge