Systems Support Analyst (1 Year Fixed-Term Contract) at Britam

Britam is a leading diversified financial services group, listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group has interests across the Eastern and Southern Africa region, with operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Mozambique and Malawi. The group offers a wide range of financial products and services in Insurance, Asset management, Ban...

 

Systems Support Analyst (1 Year Fixed-Term Contract)

  • Job TypeContract
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience4 - 6 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldICT / Computer 

Job Purpose:

  • To identify business requirements and develop solutions (database design, workflows, user/data interfaces, integrations) and design, development, and 2nd line support of business Applications, ranging from user analysis, design, and development to implementation and maintenance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Configure and/or customize business applications to meet business requirements using various database and software tools.
  • Assist in presentations of system functionality to new users and departments. Drives systems adoption by business users.
  • Enhance and create user and system documentation as needed.
  • Work directly with the IT support personnel and teams to resolve issues identified and escalated during daily operations.
  • Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented.
  • Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications. 
  • Capturing of business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the software and /or database components.
  • Perform data modelling to analyze and specify data structures within an application system.
  • Developing database objects and structures for data storage, retrieval and reporting according to specifications.
  • Implementing and testing database design and functionality and tuning for performance. 
  • Research and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications. 
  • Generation of ideas to improve efficiency in software and application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for business.
  • Delegated Authority:  As per the approved Delegated Authority Matrix.

Key Performance Measures:
As described in your Personal Scorecard.

Knowledge, experience and qualifications required

  • Degree in Computer Science or a technical-related field.
  • 4 – 6 years experience in applications development, which includes system customization, support and report designs.
  • 2 years’ experience with RDMS preferably MS SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL.
  • Certified in IT.
  • Know data analysis and analytics, Mobile infrastructure, Internet technologies, e-commerce and e-payment technologies.
  • Experience in process automation using robotics.
  • Previous experience in a financial/insurance institution will be an added advantage. 
  • Membership to relevant IT bodies.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Britam on britam.taleo.net to apply

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