Channels Television Recruits Web Editor/ Blogger

Channels Television is one of the 13 independent television stations currently broadcasting in Nigeria, since the Federal Government deregulated the broadcast media in 1992.

The company was licensed in June 1993 and allocated a frequency on UHF (channel 39). It began transmission two years later under the name Channels Television and now broadcasts to a well discerning audience of over 20 million people.

Channels Television is recruiting to fill the below position of:

Job Title: Web Programmer/ Developer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for design, development and implementation of short and longterm solutions through new and existing applications.
• Reviewing IT requirements and processes; codes, tests, debugs and implements software solutions.
• Must be able to provide application software development services or technical support in a defined project or existing production system.
• Must be able to develop program logic for new applications or analyses and modify logic in existing applications
• Leads the creation of program specifications and diagrams, and develops coding logic flowcharts.
• Must have experience in coding, testing, debugs, documents, implements and maintains software applications using either .NET or Java/J2EE technologies.
• Ability to analyse requirements, and maintain, tests and integrates application components.
• Ability to analyse, design, create and implements databases, including data models, logical and physical databases, data dictionaries and schemas, access methods, device allocations, validation checks, organization and security.
• Ability to support and implement new applications.
• Ensures that system tests are successfully completed and documented and all problems are resolved.
• Liaises with software vendors and external technical support on issues such as software upgrades, problems and potential solutions.
• Analyse and evaluate existing or proposed systems, and devises computer programs, systems and related procedures to process data
•  Prepare charts and diagrams to assist in problem analysis, and submits recommendations for solution
• Ability to debug code functionality while supporting multiple inproduction websites.
• Design, develop, maintain, support and enhance an existing suite of applications.
• Application and technical support to internal users.
• Full life cycle development with strong attention to detail with testing
• Problem solving and troubleshooting

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related degree.

Experience

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working as an application developer
• Experience working with Web technologies, XML and emerging web standards
• Web application deployment / maintenance
• Full life cycle development including testing (nUnit)
• Crossbrowser web application development
• Knowledge of web portals and database
• Must have a strong working knowledge in the following: JavaScript / DOM, HTML, XHTML, PHP, MySQL,
• CSS, jQuery, MS IIS, C#.NET / Visual Studio and ASP.NET
• Must have strong database skills preferably with SQL (TSQL, Subversion source control and SQL query   performance tuning would be a major plus)

Application Closing Date
9th February, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their application letters along with current CVs to: [email protected]