Central Bank of Kenya IT Vacancies 2014

Central Bank of Kenya IT Vacancies 2014

T24 TECHNICAL ANALYST & APPLICATION DEVELOPER (2 Positions)
He/She shall be charged with the responsibility of developing applications in or to interact with the Bank’s T24 Temenos applications.

Key Duties & Responsibilities
 Use of jbase/java to develop or to interface with T24 applications.
 Recommend improvements to existing T24 technical and business processes in order to meet the Bank’s requirements.
 Translate the business needs and Requirement Specifications into Design Specifications.
 Develop program/code from Design Specifications to good quality Software and in conformance to system development standards.
 Work closely with IT Security to ensure that applications are well secured.
 Work closely with third party vendors to assess vendor proposals and recommendations
 Specifying and ensuring application controls are incorporated during design of the software in order to check on risk exposure.
 Documenting system developments in accordance to the application development policy.
 Create test plans, test cases, test scripts and perform technical unit testing.
 Work with existing systems to track and manage Change requests and user issues.
 Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents, design and execute test plans.


Job Specifications (qualifications and experience)
 Degree in Computer Science or technical related field.
 At least 3 years’ experience in application development.
 Demonstrated in depth Java development experience.
 Demonstrated in depth T24/JBASE development experience.
 Demonstrated understanding/knowledge of Linux/Unix Operating Systems.
 Certification in programming.
 Demonstrated experience working on/developing web or mobile application will be an added advantage
 Possess excellent communication, negotiation, presentation and interpersonal skills.






T24 ADMINISTRATOR (2 Positions)
He/She shall be responsible for configuring, automating, and managing all the T24 environments including DEV, UAT and Production with Day-to-day Administrative functions of T24 and interfaces including their availability and functionality.

Job Content (duties & responsibilities)
 Configuring, administering, and managing all T24 Core Banking environments – DEV, UAT, TEST and Production – and instances.
 T24 Core Banking performance tuning and Application Process Optimization
 Administering and managing the integration of T24 Core Banking Application with external middleware components – IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), and Radware Load Balancers
 COB (Close of Business issues) administration and troubleshooting including Year End, Month End, Daily COB Support and optimization.
 Temenos T24 TCServer component installation, configuration and trouble shooting.
 Internet Banking and Other Satellite Interfaces integration with TCserver communicating via TCP / Socket Base / JBase Agents / MQ.
 Monitoring of All the T24 Critical Services including TSM Services.
 Managing scheduled and Ad hoc T24 backups and keeping track of backups as per the retention policy.
 Administering T24 Oracle Connectivity.
 Coordination with Temenos on updates - patches, releases and fixes for the resolution of issues including real time and COB related.
 Maintain primary and disaster recovery sites, creation, implementation and supervision of DR Plan, DR test scripts and DR Data integrity


Job Specifications (qualifications and experience)
 Degree in Computer Science or technical related field.
 At least 3 years’ experience in managing and administering Temenos T24 system.
 Demonstrated in depth Java development experience.
 Demonstrated understanding/knowledge of Linux/Unix Operating Systems.
 Demonstrated experience working with middleware components - IBM WebSphere MQ and IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
 Possess excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills






UNIX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR – (1 Position)
He/She shall be charged with the responsibility of providing technical analysis, installation, maintenance, and administration of the Bank’s UNIX based enterprise servers and storage systems.

Job Content (duties & responsibilities)
 Administering, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX (IBM AIX) based servers to support 24/7 data availability of key systems
 Troubleshooting, problem resolution and escalation of systems issues
Perform necessary upgrades and system patching and end of day procedures
 Participate in designing, setting up, implementing and testing business continuity and disaster recovery installations within the Bank
 Operations of backup tools and testing of disk and data recovery solutions
 Use system management tools to investigate, diagnose and resolve system problems within service level agreements
 Maintenance of systems documentation and procedures
 Implement and maintain system standards and procedures
 Technical support for assigned Bank initiatives and projects


Job Specifications (qualifications and experience)
 Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
 At least 3 years UNIX administration experience – on large enterprise systems i.e. IBM Power™ 595 server or equivalent
 At least 3 years of systems administration experience in a UNIX high availability environment (Clusters)
 UNIX System Administration qualification/experience specific to IBM AIX is an added advantage
 Excellent communication and organizational skills, and ability to effectively interact with all levels of the organization
 Ability to work in large multi-disciplinary teams.



DATA CENTER MAINTENANCE ENGINEER (1 Position)
The role of the Data Center Engineer shall be to ensure continuous operation of critical enterprise systems by supporting, managing and maintaining physical data center infrastructure systems. This includes data center growth and capacity planning, business continuity & disaster recovery analysis and planning, infrastructure component maintenance and life-cycle replacement, and planned and unplanned events management.
In addition, the data center engineer shall have the following roles and responsibilities:
 Perform all engineering operations and mechanical/electrical installations and maintenance in the data centers under the guidance of the Bank’s maintenance department,
 Undertake planned preventative maintenance and emergency repairs of the Electrical and Mechanical systems as may be required,
 Conduct visuals, walk-around inspection and report;
o General condition of panel boards
o General condition of Air condition equipment
o General condition of firefighting equipment
 The candidate will ideally be a Multi-skilled operative or have at least a specific trade from within the following requirements: Air Conditioning, Electrical
Services, i.e power and distribution, Firefighting equipment and Environmental Controls.
 Specifically; this role requires the jobholder to develop, manage and enforce datacenter enterprise standards including equipment racking, cabling, and labeling and best practice change management.
 The ideal candidate shall have competencies in Mechanical & Electrical systems, with Health & Safety awareness.

Job Specifications (qualifications and experience)
 Engineering Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent with at least three years working experience,
 Technically qualified M&E Maintenance Engineer,
 Working knowledge of Datacenter facilities and power systems such as UPS, Generators and Switched Power Systems and Fire Suppression Systems. Knowledge of Security Badge Access and Video Surveillance Systems is an added advantage.
 Qualified to City & Guilds (C&G) Level 2 or 3 or equivalent in relevant disciplines
 Electrical C&G 236 / A+B and 17th Edition or C&G 2391 test and inspection
 Refrigerant Handling and firefighting qualification.
 Experience of maintenance, testing & fault finding on a variety of equipment including, ventilation, generators, switchgear, cables, calculating power usage, etc.
 Excellent verbal and written communication



If you consider yourself proactive, self-driven and up to the challenge, please submit your application online (attach updated CV only) so as to be received on or before February 25, 2014.
Note:
• Incomplete application will not be considered
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Canvassing, either directly or indirectly, will result in automatic disqualification of the affected applicants






To apply log on to https://www.centralbank.go.ke/index.php/vacancies