Application Support Specialist at Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group)

Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) is a leading financial market infrastructure provider in Africa, connecting Nigeria, Africa and the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Application Support Specialist

Location: Lagos, Nigeria 
Job type: Full-time

About the Job

• We are looking for an Application Support Specialist.
• You would be responsible for providing software development and analysis services to the NGX.
• The role would suit someone with proven experience building production, commercial-quality web-based applications (in C# 3.0 and above) that also has proven in-depth SQL-Server development experience.
• This position reports to the Head, Technology Support & Infrastructure.

Responsibilities
As a member of the Technology Support & Infrastructure department you would also be responsible for the following:

• Management of contract developers and testers.
• Ensure good architecture for built applications.
• Ensure secure coding practices.
• Ensure the use of the Azure Devops Boards in the application development management process.
• Ensure the use of source control management.
• Ensure Adherence to ISO standards.
• Conduct regular checks on the availability of applications.
• Ensure the SSIS services are running optimally.

Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
To successfully deliver these goals, you must have the following relevant experience & qualifications below:

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc / B.A.) / HND in Computer Science or similar discipline.
• 3+ years of application and web application development experience (using the .Net Framework 3.0 and above).
• Other fields of study are acceptable when combined with strong background or work experience within the financial sector.

Skills:
This is the opportunity for you if you have the skills and requirements below:

• Demonstrable analytical skills with regard to specifying and detailing business processes and requirements.
• Delivery experience with .NET framework, including C#, ADO.NET, LINQ and ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and Entity Framework.
• Extensive experience with SQL Server (2008/2012).
• Experience with SQL data business intelligence (OLAP, etc…) preferred.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in HTML and DHTML, JavaScript, CSS.
• Mobile and web service development experience.
• Experience with ticketing systems (e.g.; JIRA, Bugzilla) and managed workflows.
• Experience with SharePoint 2010 and above preferred.
• Strong familiarity with source control systems (e.g. Team Foundation Server).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV / Resume to: talentmanagement@ngxgroup.com using “NGX Recruitment - Application Support Specialist” as the subject of the email.

Note

• This is an excellent opportunity to put your diverse and niche skills to use and contribute to a project that will significantly have a huge influence on the capital market.
• If you are currently seeking for a new project and you meet the requirements listed above, please apply. We would be delighted to have a further discussion with you.