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: Head, Business Application, User Experience and DevOps
Job Identification: 389 Location: Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Description
Assist in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities related to the design, development and implementation of the systems and software applications
Assist development lead in all activities with respect to application development & management operations and support
Contribute to planning the introduction of new application systems
Develop prototypes (to improve envisioning and communication) and proof-of-concept systems (to test technology) to validate potential solutions
Ensure that developed solutions are peer reviewed and formally documented
Assist in maintaining, supporting and upgrading existing IT systems and applications
Participate in the customisation of application packages
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 that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation
Review technical constraints and performance issues of business intelligence and integration solutions
Provide leadership role across all Agile Squads in conjunction with other senior stakeholders by helping removing impediments to sprint execution
Ensure Availability and optimal performance and costing of the Azure DevOps platform
Implement and enforce a controlled process that ensure total Source Code Maintenance and adequate versioning of code, artifact, appservices and containerized applications
Implement, enforce and provide support on the adoption of Continuous Integration, Continuous Security and Continuous Deployment in line with Agile-DevOps practices for all Bespoke solutions
Drive adoption and maturity of the Agile-DevOps practices across Project Management, Application security, Development, Testing & UAT and Solution Delivery
Keeping abreast and driving adoption of new trends in agile solution delivery processes and practices.
Oversee the development of dashboard that communicate the team’s performance in line with the agreed Agile-DevOps KPIs
Actively participate in unit testing / quality reviews through the build phase to ensure that the solution meets the agreed functional specifications
Develop technical design that will support the development, execution and operations of the service.
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:
10+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions
5+ years in managerial position.
3+ years leading an Agile-DevOps solution delivery team