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 position below:
Job Title: Team Lead, Channels Infrastructure
Ref No: 20000026 Location: Lagos
Job: FBN GEN. Job Family
Organization: Technology and Services
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time
Grade Range - From: Manager
Grade Range - To: Principal Manager
Job Objective(s)
Planning and directing the channels infrastructure support activities, as well as managing the staff involved in channels infrastructure operations
Lead development, maintenance and operation of the channels infrastructure, applications and processing according to the strategic guidelines, technology processes and needs in all areas, in order to keep running the services provided by IT and in accordance with the institutional objectives
Duties & Responsibilities
Lead proactive monitoring, operation and maintenance of channels applications and infrastructure (ATM, POS, FEP, etc.) in order to maintain and support operations and ensure compliance to relevant standards:
Provide technical direction in the area of requirement definition, planning, coordination and implementation of channels applications and infrastructure
Work with Enterprise Architects to manage the track of information on all channels assets:
Manage configurations, problems, incidents, IT service continuity and supply:
Lead effort to evaluate, recommend, integrate and coordinate enhancements to the channels applications and infrastructure services
Lead effort to develop and configure channels infrastructure from conceptualization through stabilization
Manage effort to test, debug, document and analyze performance of channels applications and infrastructure components
Lead channels infrastructure implementation by analyzing the current system environment and infrastructure and developing implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful installation of systems (hardware/software)
Lead effort to provide support to all environments (production, test, QA, development, etc.)
Supervise the planning and monitoring of event, fault and performance management
Perform routine evaluations of resource requirements necessary to maintain and/or expand service levels
Fulfil service requests and perform routine maintenance and support activities
Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
Prepare plans for development and installation of channels infrastructure according to current and future requirements
Coordinate with IT and the business teams to develop capacity management plans to ensure optimal network operations
Work with IT Risk Management to determine and implement DR requirements based on business needs
Work with IT Risk Management to ensure the disaster recovery plan is kept current and operable in case of disaster
Job Requirements
Education:
Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a IT related discipline
Masters or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage
Experience:
7+ years of experience in channels system support/ administration