Job Openings at GVA Partners

Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled PMO with Fin-tech experience to join a dynamic team.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for building and leading the Project Management Office (PMO) to the highest governance standards in line with the organization’s strategic focus, overseeing project management staff and providing guidance on PMO processes and policies.
• This individual will manage the day-to-day activities of the PMO.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and management of program and project governance frameworks and development of appropriate reporting tools which deliver value.
• Review programs and project for deliverability including adequate resourcing.
• Ensures all governance reporting is accurate and timely, with appropriate updates on projects timeframes, budgets, scope, and benefits.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Provide metrics to evaluate project managers and other related staffs of their projects.
• Provide oversight on project resourcing.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head, Program Delivery.
• Participate in an all IT Planning and Policy development efforts.
• Facilitate the resolutions f any issues encountered.
• Oversees the production of periodic project report for senior management.
• Provide supportive leadership, motivating, and directing staffs as they work.
• Influence internal stakeholders to achieve the desired outcome, including process improvement of the PMO.

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory:

• Candidates should possess a B.Sc Degree in STEM
• Minimum of 10 years’ working experience as a project manager, preferably in financial institution.
• Experience with iterative development project delivery.
• Competency in project management tools

Desirable:

• Relevant professional qualifications and master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• Certification include: Professional Scrum Master, Professional Product Owner, Program Management Professional (PGPM), Management, Project Management Professional PMP, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

Skills / Competencies:

• Proven experience as a PMO manager or other management position.
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.
• Good understanding of financial services industry and need for periodically embarking on IT enabled business change projects.
• Working knowledge of contract management.
• Risk management experience in project management.
• Sound understanding of project management practices.
• Adequate knowledge of package implementation of integrated systems.
• Strong knowledge and use of project management methodologies and its implementation.
• Good understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Good understanding of Agile methodology.
• Excellent organization and coordination skills.
• High level of accountability.
• Strong analytic and problem solving skills.
• Detailed oriented with problem solving.
• Good leadership skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good oral & written communication skills.
• Strong resource management experience.
• Good mentorship skills.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with Fin-Tech experience to oversee the development and implementation of new software systems, update existing software and conduct feasibility studies on new software systems.
• The successful candidate will function as lead developer, guide application coding, create reports, and mentor the junior developers.
• This individual must have in-depth knowledge of programming languages and working knowledge of project management and must ensure timely delivery of projects and tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Meeting with project delivery managers to discuss software projects.
• Conducting feasibility studies for software systems.
• Designing new software programs, websites, and applications.
• Assigning tasks to junior developers such as coding, testing, debugging, and analytics.
• Writing advanced programming code.
• Reviewing updated software codes.
• Managing project timelines and tasks.
• Writing development reports.
• Creating technical documents for new software programs.
• Training staff on software use.
• Working on complex bug fixes

Qualifications & Experience
Mandatory:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline
• 5-8 years of relevant software design and development experience
• Prior product development experience
• Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience
• Has executed several software projects

Desirable:

• Up to 8 years of professional programming experience using Microsoft stack
• Relevant professional certifications
• Managerial experience preferred.

Skills / Competencies:

• Proficient in back-end and front-end development
• Knowledge of automated testing
• Advanced knowledge of software development tools, such as Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL server management studio e.t.c.
• Knowledge of source code control tools
• Knowledge of code review using PR (Pull Request)
• Experience with cloud technologies, such as Azure and AWS
• Knowledge in building cloud-native applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages including JavaScript, HTML5, C#, Java, SQL, and PHP.
• Knowledge of system frameworks including .NET, Git, AngluarJS, and GitHub.
• Experience creating and maintaining databases.
• Experience working with Agile development technologies.
• Experience with systems deployed on Unix/Linux/Solaris environments.
• Provide overall team guidance and fix all escalations.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment
• Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience
• Project management skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.

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Job Description

• An exciting opportunity exists for a Back-end Developer to join a dynamic project team. The role would suit someone with proven experience building production, commercial-quality web based applications that also has proven in depth SQL-Server development experience.
• Applicants must be comfortable with advanced SQL syntax, SQL Server Business Intelligence development and SQL Server (additional experience with Oracle is highly desirable).
• The job holder needs to be flexible and open to new ideas or change with the passion and drive to excel in their career. The job holder must be self-directed, organized, and extremely attentive to details.

Job Requirements
The Back-end developer will be expected to have aptitudes, skills, knowledge and experience on the following areas:

• B.Sc Degree in Computer Science
• 3+ years of back-end development experience
• (Golang)
• Must have experience with Golang, Java Spring Boot
• Extensive hands on Golang, JAVA
• API focus preferred (REST, SOAP, Web API)
• Full understanding of micro services and Event streaming platform like Apache Pulsar and Kafka
• Backend processing experience: SQL, Oracle, MYSQL, MongoDB, POSTGRESS
• GCP
• Golang (RestAPI/Soap/WebAPI)
• MongoDB/Redis Cache
• Good understanding and working Knowledge of Docker/Kubernetes
• Graph QL
• Java Spring boot, Spring Framework.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Devops Engineer with Fin-Tech experience. The successful individual will work in multi-disciplinary teams to provide a broad range of information technology related services, such as IT strategy and architecture, IT implementation support, and software development.

Responsibilities

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analysing result
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.

Qualifications
To qualify for the role, you must have:

• B.Sc in Computer Science
• 4+ years of DevOps experience
• Extensive hands-on Programming
• Knowledge of Branching Strategy
• Knowledge of DevOps Framework and tools
• Relevant certification in DevOps.

Comprehensive understanding of the following:

• GCP–Google Cloud Platform
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• GraphQL
• CICD: Spinnaker
• GitHub
• YAML Script
• Automated build pipeline
• Infrastructure as a Code.

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Summary

• An exciting opportunity exists for a highly skilled Enterprise / Solution Architect. The qualified candidate sets the direction and establishes the approach of an organization's operations, improves the IT infrastructure, and optimizes their business operations. The enterprise architect works to integrate the organization's information applications and programs.

Job 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 Managers and 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

• 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, Micro services, 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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Summary

• Our client needs the service of a highly skilled Digital quality assurance analyst with Fin-Tech experience.
• The successful candidate will test digital solutions across web, mobile and apps.
• This individual will work with predominantly agile delivery methodologies using creative, quality expertise that will ensure product owner`s visions meet expectations.

Job Description

• Reviewing all forms of project documentation including Business requirements specifications documents, technical briefs, designs and wire frames
• 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.

Experience

• B.Sc.inComputer Science
• 3+years of experience in Quality assurance and testing.
• Experience automation testers with full knowledge of SHIFT LEFT testing with CICD

Relevant Testing Certification:

• Test automation: Regression, Performance and functional
• Programming,scripting.
• Headless testing (Selenium,Cypress).
• TDD / BBD testing frame works.
• Agile methodologies.
• Code versioning & branching(Git)
• Handson GraphQL
• Containers&Orchestration
• GraphQL
• Postman
• Katalon Studio
• Test complete
• Sonar Cloud
• DevOps
• Database system.
• YAML Scripting.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Network Engineer with Fin-Tech experience to oversee and maintain all aspects of Network hardware. This includes maintaining networks security patches, configuration and security programs and systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Network security status, monitor Application an Response System (CSMARS) and other security monitoring tools
• Manage remote connections (VPN management)
• Monitor and enforce compliance with network security policies bank wide
• Carry out all suggested response actions to threats upon detection of a security breach or network attack
• Ensure proper functioning of all Security Devices (Checkpoints, ASA, PIX Firewall, IPS, Routers)
• Review logs of Security devices (Checkpoints, IPS, ACS,ASA,PIX Firewall)
• Coordinate the regular changing network devices paswords
• Carry out network security audit, periodic vulnerability assessment and network penetration
• Testing (ethical hacking) using tools such as Qualys guard and NMAP
• Generate and send Network Security Reports (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Research and suggest improvement initiatives with regards to Network Security
• Lockdown of all network devices and new equipment’s before deployment
• Configuration of Network Security features for new branches equipment (IP Sec site-site VPN, Identity Based Network Service (IBNS), Port Security, SNMP V3 etc.)
• Remote Access Security configuration for new users/groups with access levels/permissions
• Security impact assessment for every new network activity and mitigation strategy implementation
• Monitor and ensure security of Wireless Network
• Perform other duties as assigned by Team Lead, Networks & Communications Management

Qualifications & Experience

• First Degree in Computing Science, Engineer, Operational Sciences or (any other discipline with strong Information Systems component and or relevant IT Service Management certification)
• CCIE certification
• Minimum of 2 years IT Operations experience in a technology environment

Desirable:

• CCNA Security, CISSP, ITIL and other professional qualification will be an added advantage.

Skills / Competencies
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good knowledge and understanding of banking operations
• Good and strong working knowledge of Cisco Router and Operating
• Experienced in firewall management
• Strong Network Troubleshooting Skills
• Relationship management
• Vendor Management
• Issues management
• Integrity and honesty
• Technology Innovation
• Issues management
• Methods, standards creation

Supervisory Skills:

• General administration
• General managerial / administration
• Team building / conflict management
• Leadership / coaching / supervisory / influencing
• Organization and coordination

Behavioural Attributes:

• Ability to make sound and logical security judgements
• Demonstrate leadership and personnel/project management skills
• Good understanding of the organizations goals and objectives
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Able to conduct research into issues as required.

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Summary

• Our client requires the service of a highly skilled Data Governance with Fin-Tech to lead the creation, maintenance and monitoring of the DG policies, frameworks, processes, and procedures for guiding the data Governance activities in the Enterprise. The successful candidate will work on other data related tasks as assigned by the Head of Data Governance and Chief Data Officer.

Key Responsibilities
Overall Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement Data Management strategies, portfolio & roadmap
• Drive policy, implementation, and control.
• Drive Data framework implementation.
• Draft Training, Communications, Awareness, and Engagement plans to the Bank.
• Define how controls will be embedded, measured, and assessed.
• Evolve the governance processes as needed as platforms and processes change.
• Be the point of contact for Data Governance queries, including escalation point for client concerns.
• Support and supervise information stewardship activities and management.
• Align the data governance programme to the Group’s strategy
• Manage the delivery of the data governance programme

Operational Effectiveness, Risk and Control:

• Assist in driving a culture of Data management across the Access Nation and contribute to enhanced operational efficiency by incorporating the use of best practices and methodology
• Drive synchronization and management of source of record
• Manage data as a strategic asset and operationalize data controls and frameworks to sustain the integrity of the data
• Drive and support the use of a common data dictionary and automated data refinement to effectively run compliance models – really need focus on controls in models
• Foster a culture of Innovation with enterprise-wide collaboration and partnerships
• Collaborate on cross functional innovative self-service analytics to eliminate unnecessary manual effort

Leadership and Teamwork:

• Coordinate data management requirements, the data governance framework (including standards & guidelines) and high-level data architecture to ensure the successful implementation of the data management strategy
• Assist with recognizing and upholding digital security systems to protect delicate information.
• Detail and communicates the data management strategy
• Develop and deliver trainings and coaching for increasing Data Management within all segments of the Bank.
• Ensure strong physical data protection controls are in place.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency around data

Customers / Stakeholders:

• Engage appropriate stakeholders in ongoing data protection exercise
• Provide proper training and awareness for staff on data governance requirements
• Establish rules and procedures for data sharing with upper management, external stakeholders etc.
• Support others in the daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to legal and company standards
• Work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best practices on data matters
• Manage and own relationships
• Advisory and Consultancy to our stakeholder community on Data Management related matters.
• Take care of our customers privacy just as take care of their financial wellbeing and customer journey
• Ability to articulate to colleagues, executives, Audit and our regulators, how we are doing on data.
• Work with stakeholders to evolve Group Data Policy principles and align to Group values
• Provide advisory, execution and governance support as needed in respect of regulation impacting Access Banks data agenda
• Support regulatory engagement at group level and where necessary in support of subsidiaries

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory Desirable:

• University Degree and/or professional qualification in an Information Technology related subject and/or project management
• 3 years of equivalent work experience in the Data Governance field, ideally in the Retail Banking sector
• Excellent analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills
• Data Governance Certification (CDMP, DAMA, DGSP, or CIMP Master Data Management)
• IT certification and other professional qualification

Skills / Competencies:

• Knowledge of industry leading data governance practices
• Knowledge of structured programming, testing, and debugging techniques.
• Ability to supervise and train assigned staff.
• Ability to verify data input and correct errors.
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in area of expertise.
• Knowledge of database construction, management, and retrieval methods.
• Ability to resolve data input, storage and/or retrieval problems and to design solutions and modifications.
• Specialist knowledge of data governance principles and practices.
• Strong background and working knowledge in end-to-end data management principles
• Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
• Ability to work independently and excellent teamwork spirit.
• Extremely organized with strong time-management skills.
• Ability to take direction and execute.
• Good communication skill (Oral & Written).
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Detail oriented, analytical, and inquisitive.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Business Analyst with Fin-Tech experience to join a dynamic team. The successful individual will conduct business analysis for new product releases and new projects.
• This individual will be involved in requirement analysis, documentation, scope validation, coordination and assessment of requests from stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the business problems / needs from business executives, product managers, operations managers and business users.
• Analyses and documents detailed business requirements including data and non-functional requirements.
• Document functional requirement utilizing various techniques including user stories, use cases, data flow diagrams, swim lanes diagrams, workflow diagrams, screen mock-ups, etc.
• Obtain sign-off against the business requirements.
• Communicate business requirements to development and quality assurance staff.
• Ensures traceability between business and functional requirements.
• Validate system design against requirements.
• Review and validates test cases produced by the quality assurance staff.
• Understand technology solutions to business problems and communicate the solution back to business.
• Conduct gap analysis and downstream impact exercises for system changes.
• Serves as a first point of contact for development staff to understand requirements specifically during the implementation/coding phase.

Qualifications and Experience

• B.Sc Degree in Business, Engineering, IT or a related discipline
• 2-8 years’ working experience as a business analyst, preferably in a financial institution
• Relevant professional certifications
• Certifications include : ITIL, PMP, PRINCE 2, Professional Scrum Product Owner, Professional Scrum Master, ISO 21500.

Skills / Competencies:

• Ability to make use of tools & techniques in requirement analysis or elicitation.
• Customer relationship management skill.
• Problem solving/analytical skill
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skill
• Business analysis skills
• System analysis skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Creative and innovative skills
• Process involvement skills
• Adequate knowledge of information and knowledge of management
• Initiative / Entrepreneurship / taking ownership
• Interpersonal skills
• Oral and written communication.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Data Quality Team Member with Fin-Tech experience to work closely with data owners, users, and data custodians (IT) to ensure the root cause of reported data issues is understood and underlying problems as well as associated symptoms are resolved.
• The successful candidate will support in developing and implementing Data Quality strategies, portfolio & roadmap.
• This individual will work on other data related tasks as assigned by the Data Quality Team Lead, Head of Data Governance, and Chief Data Officer.

Key Responsibilities
Overall Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement Data Quality strategies, portfolio & roadmap.
• Support data quality technical rollouts to program teams from a platform usage & functional coverage standpoint.
• Support informational training sessions to walkthrough core use cases covered by the applications.
• Maintain functional use cases on the DQ tools and develop standards of maintaining DQ rules.
• Ensure data models, data architecture, data mapping and data dictionary are being used to develop DQ rules as applicable
• Run validation checks and help in formulating dimensional comparisons
• Work in collaboration with IT and ICSG on standards & capabilities. Provide support on how data governance should address as part of platform maintenance.
• Communicate regularly with program teams and stewards to make necessary design reviews on the platform as needed.
• Formulate techniques for quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy, and legitimacy of data
• Devise and implement efficient and secure procedures for data handling and analysis with attention to all technical aspects
• Assist with reports and data extraction when needed
• Constantly drive the optimization of the bank’s source of record with a focus on maintaining data consistency and promptly resolving conflicts that arise
• Ensure Bank-wide implementation of an enterprise Data Warehouse with a focus on eradicating redundancy, support insights collection and reporting as well as ensure that the Bank's data management is accordance with local and international laws.
• Drive standardization of data integration to promote availability of uniform and reliable data for transaction processing, reporting and analysisIC

Leadership and Teamwork:

• Coordinate data management requirements, the data governance framework (including standards & guidelines) and high-level data architecture to ensure the successful implementation of the data management strategy
• Assist with recognizing and upholding digital security systems to protect delicate information.
• Detail and communicates the data management strategy
• Develop and deliver trainings and coaching for increasing Data Management within all segments of the Bank.
• Ensure strong physical data protection controls are in place.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency around data.

Customers / Stakeholders:

• Engage appropriate stakeholders in ongoing data protection exercise
• Provide proper training and awareness for staff on data security requirements
• Work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best practices on data matters
• Manage and own relationships
• Assist in ensuring requirements coming from multiple areas are aligned and conflicts are resolved effectively
• Advisory and Consultancy to our stakeholder community on Data Management related matters.
• Take care of our customers privacy just as take care of their financial wellbeing and customer journey
• Data Policy principles and align to Group values
• Provide advisory, execution and governance support as needed in respect of regulation impacting Access Banks data agenda
• Support regulatory engagement at group level and where necessary in support of subsidiaries.

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory Desirable:

• University Degree and / or professional qualification in an Information Technology related subject and/or project management
• 1 year of equivalent work experience in the Data Quality field, ideally in the Retail Banking sector
• Excellent analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with advanced SQL scripting and ETL transformation.
• Good understanding of reporting applications and integrations between Data quality and reporting applications.
• Strong techno- functional background with ability to understand data quality management and its application to maintaining consistent quality of data across the enterprise for compliance and reporting requirements.
• Ability to partner with a multi-tiered and matrixed organization model to support complex data programs.
• IT certification and other professional qualification.

Skills / Competencies:

• Knowledge of industry leading data quality and data protection management practices
• Systems necessary to collect, maintain, and analyze data.
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in area of expertise.
• Knowledge of database construction, management, and retrieval methods.
• Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
• Good communication skill (Oral & Written)
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Ability to understand platform rollouts for data quality operationalization
• Strong grasp of DQ design and understanding of modern data architecture as it applies to data quality rollouts.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Test Automation Analyst to develop, automate and execute test automation and performance testing scripts for the bank

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with product management and software and support engineers to deliver stable enterprise software products
• Establish test strategy and manual and automated test suites.
• Develop and configure test automation networks and execute stability and performance tests
• Develop and execute test automation through Test Complete
• Develop and execute Performance test through LoadNinja
• Apply, design and develop automated testing strategies and build automated testing frameworks Help desk management/ provision of first level support to users
• Involve in product design to guarantee adherence of test coverage for meeting end user requirements
• Record test results and report and verify software bug fixes to accept automation criteria.
• Analyze performance test requirements and develop test plans and debug to understand test objective requirements.
• Handle performance testing and present results for validating and analysis to Project Teams
• Prepare software defect tracking and report entire project release status to stakeholders
• Ensure the timely resolution of user issues
• Orderly escalation of faults to 2nd and 3rd level support
• Provide management with weekly and monthly statistical reports
• Perform other duties as assigned by Team Lead, QA, Testing and Test Automation.

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory:

• B.Sc Degree in STEM
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years cognate IT experience, 2 year of which must be in Test Automation & Performance Testing
• Relevant professional certifications will be an added advantage e.g. CTFL, ITIL

Skills / Competencies:

• Instinct for analytics and logical application of concepts
• Understanding of basic programming languages e.g Python
• Must have sound knowledge and experience of functional testing performed manually.
• Expertise in creation of test scripts
• Possess good knowledge on Automated testing tools
• Well versed with agile, DevOps and continuous delivery
• Maintain good communication, reporting and interaction with stakeholders
• Good analytical & problem-solving skills
• Passion for automation
• Self-Management
• Interpersonal Skills.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Metadata Manager with Fin-Tech experience. The successful will report to the Team Lead Metadata Management and is a key role in implementing & operationalizing the metadata strategy for Enterprise Data Management.
• This individual will support the Head of Data Governance in defining metadata & data lineage strategy consistent with the overall data management strategy and support implementation of the strategy at the Enterprise level.
• The team member will also work on other data related tasks as assigned by the Head of Data Governance and Chief Data Officer.

Key Responsibilities
Overall Accountabilities:

• Formulate techniques for metadata collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy, and legitimacy of data
• Constantly drive the optimization of the bank’s source of record with a focus on maintaining data consistency and promptly resolving conflicts that arise
• Actively drive the recognition and importance of efficient management of business metadata
• Define how quality is measured, documented (metadata) and how the data life cycle managed
• Support the Head of Data Governance in implementing data lineage strategy consistently across all covered Information Domains.
• Work closely with Data Stewards in the identification and documentation of business & technical metadata for all critical data elements for covered Information Domains.
• Maintain & update metadata requirements. Work closely with IT counterparts to update data models.
• Assist in documenting source to target data mapping, transformations & controls.
• Maintain & support business glossaries & technical metadata on metadata repository.
• Assist in creating procedures & workflows to support metadata management & usage on metadata repository.
• Support implementation & rollout of metadata platform (Collibra and others)
• Collaborate with business & technical stakeholders on maintaining metadata repository.
• Maintain high level of knowledge and expertise related to metadata. Ensure quality & integrity of metadata.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of metadata strategy and standards. Facilitate consistent adoption of metadata standards across the enterprise, demonstrating the value added by adoption.
• Support the Data Stewards & business for each covered Information Domain document business processes, data flows for critical data elements.
• Analyze business needs by facilitating business & DMO discussions and reviewing business requirements.
• Collaborate with business & technical stakeholders to design & implement metadata usage & reporting solutions.
• Support metadata distribution & usage across the enterprise.
• Assist on research, development & implementation of special projects, as needed.

Operational Effectiveness, Risk and Control:

• Assist in driving a culture of Data management across the Access Nation and contribute to enhanced operational efficiency by incorporating the use of best practices and methodology
• Drive synchronization and management of source of record
• Manage data as a strategic asset and operationalize data controls and frameworks to sustain the integrity of the data
• Drive and support the use of a common data dictionary and automated data refinement to effectively run compliance models – really need focus on controls in models
• Foster a culture of Innovation with enterprise-wide collaboration and partnerships
• Collaborate on cross functional innovative self-service analytics to eliminate unnecessary manual effort

Leadership and Teamwork:

• Coordinate data management requirements, the data governance framework (including standards & guidelines) and high-level data architecture to ensure the successful implementation of the data management strategy
• Assist with recognizing and upholding digital security systems to protect delicate information.
• Detail and communicates the data management strategy
• Develop and deliver trainings and coaching for increasing Data Management within all segments of the Bank.
• Ensure strong physical data protection controls are in place.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency around data

Customers / Stakeholders:

• Engage appropriate stakeholders in ongoing data protection exercise
• Provide proper training and awareness for staff on data security requirements
• Establish rules and procedures for data sharing with upper management, external stakeholders etc.
• Support others in the daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to legal and company standards
• Work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best practices on data matters
• Manage and own relationships
• Assist in ensuring requirements coming from multiple areas are aligned and conflicts are resolved effectively
• Advisory and Consultancy to our stakeholder community on Data Management related matters.
• Take care of our customers privacy just as take care of their financial wellbeing and customer journey
• Where appropriate partner with Group Legal, Data Protection Officer and Compliance to challenge and redefine privacy controls to achieve increased effectiveness and automation
• Support a proactive privacy approach in support of our data privacy agenda, including “privacy by design”
• Ability to articulate to colleagues, executives, Audit and our regulators, how we are doing on data.
• Work with stakeholders to evolve Group Data Policy principles and align to Group values
• Provide advisory, execution and governance support as needed in respect of regulation impacting Access Banks data agenda
• Support regulatory engagement at group level and where necessary in support of subsidiaries

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory Desirable:

• University Degree and / or professional qualification in an Information Technology related subject and/or project management
• Excellent analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of business intelligence tools
• Ability to facilitate metadata sessions with business & technical stakeholders.
• IT certification and other professional qualification
• Proficiency in data modeling, relational databases & writing SQL queries.

Skills / Competencies:

• Knowledge of industry leading data quality and data protection management practices
• Knowledge of structured programming, testing, and debugging techniques.
• Ability to design and implement systems necessary to collect, maintain, and analyze data.
• Ability to implement and troubleshoot programming changes and modifications.
• Ability to supervise and train assigned staff.
• Ability to verify data input and correct errors.
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in area of expertise.
• Ability to provide a range of systems training and/or support activities for users.
• Knowledge of database construction, management, and retrieval methods.
• Ability to resolve data input, storage and/or retrieval problems and to design solutions and modifications.
• Knowledge of computer data processing principles.
• Ability to analyze operational data requirements and to create and develop databases specific to requirements.
• Ability to create data capture and input specifications.
• Internally and externally recognized subject matter expert that influence the way things are done
• Familiar with database and BI/Machine Learning/AI concepts
• Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
• Ability to work independently and excellent teamwork spirit
• Extremely organized with strong time-management skills
• Ability to take direction and execute
• Good communication skill (Oral & Written)
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Relationship Building
• Detail oriented, analytical, and inquisitive
• Big Picture Thinking- Ability to think outside the box and adopt new
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

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Job Description

• We require the services of a highly skilled Data Privacy Team Lead. The successful candidate will serve as the initial point of contact for all privacy related concerns / questions, as well as for risk identification, assessment, escalation, mitigation, and consolidated data privacy-related issues in the bank.
• The candidate will develop, implement, and drive Data privacy strategies & roadmap.

Key Responsibilities
Overall Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement Data privacy strategies & roadmap.
• Lead the maintenance of privacy and data protection policies, processes and standards that address privacy and data protection regulations worldwide.
• Provide mentoring and technical leadership for privacy implementations.
• Provides consultation and support to business units and functions and promotes awareness of privacy concepts, legal and regulatory requirements, company privacy and data protection policies, processes, and standard methods and tools.
• Lead privacy and data protection impact assessments against business activity that involves personal information.
• Identifies privacy risks, lead resolution and the development of mitigation plans, and recommends safeguards and controls.
• Monitor privacy regulations, technology trends, business process changes, and developments in the privacy field.
• Lead development of privacy policy compliance measures and consults and reports on Company privacy activities to ensure adherence with policies and procedures, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Lead development and manages privacy risk management processes.
• Develop processes and lead response to data subject rights requests and response to privacy incidents.
• Guide development of privacy and data protection training and awareness materials for employees.
• Assist in due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, and subsidiary integrations, ensuring privacy risks are addressed and resolved.
• Guides efforts of Sales and Marketing campaigns and projects to ensure privacy by design and compliance with privacy and data protection requirements.
• Represents the company’s privacy interests with external parties.
• Guide in designing and implementing the Privacy Risk Questionnaires (PRQ) and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA/DPIA).
• Collaborate with the business in reviewing, assessing, supporting and ensuring Businesses / Enterprise Functions complete Privacy Risk Questionnaires (PRQ) and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA/DPIA).

Leadership and Teamwork:

• Assist with recognizing and upholding digital security systems to protect delicate information.
• Detail and communicates the data management strategy
• Develop and deliver trainings and coaching for increasing Data Management within all segments of the Bank.
• Ensure strong physical data protection controls are in place.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency around data.

Customers / Stakeholders:

• Engage appropriate stakeholders in ongoing data protection exercise
• Provide proper training and awareness for staff on data security requirements
• Establish rules and procedures for data sharing with upper management, external stakeholders etc.
• Support others in the daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to legal and company standards
• Work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best practices on data matters
• Manage and own relationships
• Assist in ensuring requirements coming from multiple areas are aligned and conflicts are resolved effectively
• Advisory and Consultancy to our stakeholder community on Data Management related matters.
• Take care of our customers privacy just as take care of their financial wellbeing and customer journey
• Where appropriate partner with Group Legal, Data Protection Officer and Compliance to challenge and redefine privacy controls to achieve increased effectiveness and automation
• Support a proactive privacy approach in support of our data privacy agenda, including “privacy by design”
• Work with stakeholders to evolve Group Data Policy principles and align to Group values
• Provide advisory, execution and governance support as needed in respect of regulation impacting Access Banks data agenda
• Support regulatory engagement at group level and where necessary in support of subsidiaries.

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory Desirable:

• University Degree in Law
• 5 years’ experience working with privacy or data protection laws and regulations
• Experience implementing privacy frameworks, privacy principles and compliance requirements (e.g., privacy by design, ISO / NIST, GDPR, NDPR, etc.)
• Data Governance Certification (CDMP, DAMA, DGSP, or CIMP Master Data Management)
• IT certification and other professional qualification.

Skills / Competencies:

• Knowledge of industry leading data privacy practices
• Experience in local and global data privacy protection laws and practices as well as deep understanding of GDPR
• Capable of independently conducting data privacy compliance, reviews, and audits
• Must be comfortable in communicating in all levels within the organization. Can effectively communicate with regulators
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written
• Ability to supervise and train assigned staff.
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in area of expertise.
• Ability to provide a range of systems training and/or support activities for users.
• Extremely organized with strong time-management skills
• Ability to take direction and execute
• Good communication skill (Oral & Written)
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Relationship Building.

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Job Description
An exciting opportunity exists for a highly skilled IT Security Engineer to join a dynamic project. The resource shall be responsible for the following:

• Participate in the delivery cybersecurity through vulnerability and threat identification, incident detection and response, forensic investigations, Patch and Vulnerability Management. Engage with infrastructure and applications teams in mitigation and remediation efforts.
• Engage with other IT units to establish and enforce security best practices, protection objectives and process improvements.
• Review and make recommendations regarding on-premise, data centre and cloud infrastructure, networking and security settings and posture.
• Create and maintain key metrics that are indicative of security posture of the infrastructure.
• Keep abreast of threat intelligence feeds to stay abreast of industry reports and emerging threat that may affect

Functions

• Lead cybersecurity initiatives in conjunction with Group Cybersecurity team.
• Design and implement security controls to safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications and data.
• Lead the implementation of information Security projects
• Drive internal and external vulnerability assessment, penetration tests engagements and manage results to remediation.
• Respond to escalated security events and drive security incident response processes to ensure timely resolution with minimal disruption.
• Design, document, and deploy secure infrastructure solutions to enhance and evolve the security posture of the business to ensure integrity, availability and confidentiality of all critical enterprise data.
• Provide expertise on security tools, including but not limited to firewalls, Web Application firewalls, IDS / IDP, anti-malware software
• Liaise with stakeholders in respect of operational implementation of security policies and best practices
• Prevent data loss and service interruptions by researching new technologies that will effectively protect the enterprise network.

Supervisory / Managerial Responsibilities:

• Ensure conformance to Cybersecurity Blueprint / Roadmap
• Provide inputs to company strategic plan on all initiatives to ensure that Security gaps / vulnerabilities are identified & closed
• Establish and ensure credibility through strong relationships, value-add to operations and professionalism

Job Requirements
Experience:

• Should possess a Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an area of Security specialisation; with experience working with others
• Experience working in a Large organization and preferably in the Telecommunications industry
• Strong background as an Engineer / Architect in application security infrastructure and various network technologies to include devices such as firewalls, VPN, intrusion / extrusion detection, vulnerability & risk assessment tools, encryption technologies, virus / worm / malware prevention, E-business and web application technologies, Data Loss Prevention, whole disk & device encryption solutions, two-factor authentication, common Windows (desktop & server) platforms,
• Experience with Microsoft, Solaris, Unix, Oracle and MSSQL
• Experience working in telecommunications industry
• Managing network and / or network security
• Knowledge should be current with information security best practices and global trends
• Knowledge of security best practices such as; defense in-depth, least privileges, need-to-know, separation of duties, access controls, encryption
• User account identity, authorization and authentication management.
• Security incident and event management
• Experience in researching new or emerging technologies and processes that may be incorporated as solutions to reoccurring security concern

Training:

• Penetration Testing
• Vulnerability life cycle management
• Advanced Security Incidence Response
• Systems Auditing, Database Security, Firewall Design, Intrusion detection system administration Implementation
• Security enforcement on systems level, security audit and vulnerability management
• Telecommunications, Network, wireless & Internet Security

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Location: Chevron, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Relationship Manager will be responsible for maintaining and deepening existing business relationships.
• As an everyday field-based employee, he/she is equally expected to perform a daily field function known and referred to as prospecting, whereby he/she speaks to a specified minimum number of people (in the course of the daily duty of visiting customers) and obtain the names and contact details of those interested in our products for a further follow up by the Marketing Group.
• Many times, the interest in our other products may come from existing customers under our management. It is equally possible that existing customers may want more volume of what they already have with us.
• The relationship manager shall engage in new business acquisition and closing sales.
• This individual is equally expected to manage all field related after-sales process life cycles through design, implementation, optimization, redesign and renewal to ensure high quality and accuracy of work and the promotion of a total stakeholder quality approach to work.
• Additionally, he/she will be responsible for the coordination, reports and organization of Marketing meetings including taking all minutes of discussion and ensuring implementation of all resolutions at the Marketing meetings.
• Lastly, the Relationship Manager shall be responsible for writing of all proposals and shall keep records and tracks of every proposal including regular contacts with the prospects until prospect becomes a client.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and execute detailed field program
• Ensure every client is contacted at least once a month via phone, visit, email etc.
• Ensure every client is visited and seen at least once every quarter
• Ensure renewal notices are sent to clients in a timely manner
• Facilitate timely, consistent and proactive support for the provision and prompt delivery of policy documents, receipts and other customer related documents.
• Maintenance of good relationships with clients.

Education

• First Degree (Minimum 2:2)
• Masters (an advantage)

Experience:

• 4 years of relevant after Sales and support service experience in:
• Professional Services Sales and Marketing
• Customer Service and Relationship Management
• Must be a female
• Ability to speak Igbo language is an added advantage
• Candidates who live on the island is an added advantage.

Functional Competencies:
Ability to:

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships
• Organize and prioritize field work schedules to meet different needs and deadlines
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts thereby focusing on core process performance, strategic objectives and customer satisfaction
• Measure the cross-functional efforts
• Recognize opportunities for process innovation by researching best practices and promoting better and more effective ways of doing things
• Demonstrate good knowledge of Information Technology and apply such to daily work / Maintain information and databases
• Prepare timely inputs and reports
• Must possess analytical and logical thinking processes with the ability to apply pragmatic solutions within regulatory / organization laid down boundaries
• Must within a short period of time demonstrate full understanding:
  • Of the main processes and methods of work regarding the position
  • Of the organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and apply them consistently in work tasks 
• Constantly strive to keep job knowledge up to date through self directed study and other means of learning.

Core Competencies & Skills:
Must demonstrate:

• Proper ethics and integrity
• Excellent Dress Sense
• Excellent human relations.
• Corporate behavior, knowledge and sound judgment
• Initiative
• Desire for self-development
• Qualities of a team leader and promote / facilitate team work
• Ability to create synergies and sense of ownership at work

Must Possess:

• Conflict management skills
• Informed and transparent decision-making skills
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel etc.)
• Fluency in English (any other foreign language will be an advantage)
• Promote learning and knowledge management Share knowledge.