Job Purpose Statement This is a planning and development role whose focus is the analysis, design, development, and management (technical support) of the division’s integrations and API Strategy Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities) Design and Develop, and continuously improve, of the Bank’s Integration Platforms (ESB and SOA) Enforce internal policies and procedures for the management of Software Applications along ITIL and other best practices. Provide expert guidance on 2nd level escalations on the bank’s Integration Platforms to the team’s running the IT platforms on a day-to-day basis Apply knowledge of key technologies/concepts/platforms e.g. Oracle SOA and Java. Ensure availability of services within the agreed SLAs. Work with business and product development to develop functional and technical requirements and propose solutions to address these requirements. Effective management of relationships and protocols with 3rd party partners involved in service delivery. Provide general technical advice and guidance to users and stakeholders regarding Software Applications developed in house. Make efficient use of source control and bug tracking systems Ensure that all the assigned bank information technology platforms keep pace with technological innovations and developments as a way of protecting investment in technology. Evaluate, plan, implement and maintain the assigned work packages in Integration Projects within agreed time constraints. Provide input into the development and maintenance of Business Continuity Plan and Data Security Plan for the Integration Platforms in order to guarantee continuation of services at all times. Performs research and development to evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to optimize the platform. Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability Job Specifications A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. A Master’s degree in Technology or Business-related course is an added advantage Minimum 5 years’ experience in IT systems development within a large highly digitized organization designing, implementing and managing mission critical systems, with at least 2 of those years within systems integration Certification and experience implementing best practice frameworks e.g. ITIL, PRINCE2 Hands on experience in software development with major languages Java, Kotlin, C++, C# and practical experience using relation RDBMS e.g. Oracle and MS SQL etc. Strong hands-on experience in Oracle SOA suite including BPEL, Human Workflow, Business rules, BAM, Mediator, Oracle Adapters, OSB, JDeveloper, WebLogic Application server, and Oracle Database. Strong understanding of SOA lifecycle, Integration patterns and standard methodologies. Experience in creating technical designs, deployment related artifacts. Ability to Develop, Unit test and fix defects raised during testing phases Deep  understanding of industry    standard formats  and protocols (JMS, SOAP, XML/XPath/XQuery, REST and JSON) go to method of application »