First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Desk Head, Application Development
Ref Id: 2000000K Location: Lagos
Organization: Technology and Services
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time
Grade Range - From: Assistant Manager to Manager
Job Objective(s)
To create the detailed IT solution/ service design, based on the functional specifications, to meet quality & performance requirements & technical constraints
To define what is the service effect , how will it be delivered and how will it be consumed by users
To build, configure and/or customise technical solution, based on the functional and technical specifications, to meet quality & performance requirements
Duties & Responsibilities
Assist in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities related to the design, development and implementation of the systems and software applications
Assist development Team Lead in all activities with respect to application development & management operations and support
Assist in developing integration services to leverage on Core Systems such as Finacle, FEP and others
Assist in developing prototypes (to improve envisioning and communication) and proof-of-concept systems (to test technology) to validate potential solutions
Design technical solution including high level(entity – relationship, data flow) to low level(field structures, database schemas) design
Develop technical design that will support the development, execution and operations of the service.
Assist in developing service acceptance criteria. Propose performance levels for new service. Review and verify service requirements with users. Agree and document service acceptance criteria
Create the service development plan. Review and agree with users
Build, configure or customize the technical solution (technical code components and services)
Ensure compilation of code and components into application.
Manage automation and monitor application integration as code iteratively goes through assebly and product test
Implement a controlled process that extracts software artifacts from the code repository, transforms it to an integrated product, and returns the result to the code repository
Actively participate in unit testing / quality reviews through the build phase to ensure that the solution meets the agreed functional specifications
Assist in maintaining, supporting and upgrading existing IT systems and applications
Participate in the customisation of application packages
Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation
Ensure accuracy and timeliness in delivery of reports
Review technical constraints and performance issues of all integration solutions
Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
Job Requirements
Education:
Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.
Experience:
7+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions on .NET Platform
Deep knowledge of SQL database programming language, both MSSQL and Oracle including SQL Language and PL/SQL
NET Development framework – .NET Full Framework and .NET Core
NET web development frameworks such as ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Core
Programming language mastery at advanced level for C#, VB.NET and Java
Detail knowledge of Service Oriented architecture and Microservices and Implementation.
Deep knowledge of building integration services using ASP.NET WEB API and WCF
Good knowledge of Messaging Systems using Queues and Service Bus
Good knowledge of DevOps and tooling.
Advanced knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery Systems using source control such as TFS, Subversion, etc.
Competency with JavaScript, CSS (Bootstrap Framework) and HTML
Good working knowledge of front end web frameworks of at least of AngularJS, Knockout, ReactJs, Vue etc
Experience in Mobile application development using frameworks such as Xamarin, Ionic, PhoneGap.