Company: Opportunity Bank Uganda
Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 22nd May 2024
About Opportunity Bank Uganda:
Opportunity Bank Uganda is a leading financial institution dedicated to providing innovative banking services to its customers. With a focus on delivering excellent customer service and fostering financial inclusion, Opportunity Bank is seeking dynamic professionals to join its team.
Position: IT Applications Administrator
Job Description:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Act as first-line support for all application issues.
- Document all operational procedures and keep departmental operating instructions updated.
- Maintain a knowledge base of all known application issues.
- Define and document User Acceptance Test (UAT) case scenarios/plans for application fixes in liaison with business functions and ensure all application changes are change managed.
- Fully support the business with application parameters maintenance adhering to the parameterization change process, Calendar maintenance, EOD/EOM/EOY/SOD processing.
- Amend data anomalies resulting from system malfunction and service requests upon necessary authorization and change management.
- Develop technical documents and handbooks to accurately represent application design and code requirements lifecycle management.
- Understand client requirements and translate them into application features.
- Design creative prototypes according to specifications.
- Perform unit and integration testing before launch.
- Provide guidance to business functions in identifying needs and defining requirements.
- Provide support in project management, business case development, analysis design stages of system implementations.
- Participate in user review sessions and user acceptance sessions to ensure that the solution delivered aligns with business requirements.
- Conduct functional and non-functional testing.
- Identify and resolve operational problems.
- Troubleshoot and diagnose problems.
- Implement security standards (access controls, segregation of duties, usage, and exception monitoring).
- Identify and manage resources necessary for all stages (planning, design estimation, execution) of systems development projects to ensure technical, financial, and quality targets are met.
- Test solutions in the test environment and deploy solutions to production.
- Provide support in database management, administration, and maintenance.
- Monitor and support alternative delivery channels’ performance to ensure agreed-upon uptime is achieved.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field.
- A minimum of 3 years in systems development and applications support.
- Sound knowledge of API banking technologies, demonstrated abilities with source control systems, and team collaborative software/database development and knowledge management.
- Experience with database support and development tasks in both transactional and DSS environments.
- Experience in Dot Net (C#) and/or Java/Java-based application development; Jbase & T24 programming.
- Strong knowledge of Oracle/MS SQL/Sybase databases.
- Knowledge of programming in SQL, PL/SQL.
- Knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems.
Application Procedure: Qualified and interested candidates should apply through the following link: Apply Here
Address Applications to:
Opportunity Bank Uganda
Industry: Banking
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Opportunity Bank Uganda is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Both male and female candidates are encouraged to apply. Share this job opportunity with your networks to help us reach more potential candidates.
