Jobs in Nigeria at AppZone, 14th January 2015

AppZone is Africa's leading provider of Integrated Banking and Payment software platforms and incidentally creator of BankOne; the world’s leading cloud infrastructure for Banking and Payment processing targeted at Small and Medium financial Institutions.


Our Mission is to provide technology that empowers people with unlimited access to quality financial services.

Appzone Limited is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: System Integrator
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• Ensuring that the client's server environment meets the application deployment requirements.
• Deployment of applications on client's server environment for both test and production.
• Integration of applications to client's infrastructure that require the application to work seamlessly (e.g. Active Directory, Exchange Server, FEP, CBA etc.)
• Responsible for all client site engagements during the life time of project implementation.
• Responsible for stabilizing application in pilot stage.
• Responsible for data migration if required during project implementation.
• To articulate and implement on-premise application deployment plans during the implementation phase of software projects.
• To ensure the timely integration of software solutions to the relevant applications third party systems.
• To contribute directly to the achievement of daily, weekly, monthly and long term integration system objectives and diagnosis.
• Troubleshoot third party integration issues.
• Articulate and document system integration procedures.
• Adopt and adhere to approved system integration and pilot support policies.

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline

• Provision of second level client support to troubleshoot and resolve all non-code-related technical problems including Database, operating system, web-server, integration, networking, and hardware issues, amongst others.
• Involvement in all application administration activities relating to preventive maintenance including re-deployment, database management, Data scripting, Infrastructure Monitoring and Management amongst others.
• Detection of code-related application problems and its resolution or escalation as at when required.
• Provision of a reliable interface between client IT support personnel and business units during implementation, maintenance, and support engagements by giving regular and timely work progress updates.
• Other support interactions with clients to ensure client satisfaction in line with the company’s business goals.

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline.

• Coordinate the organisation's learning academy based on organisational and employee needs.
• Coordinate the organisation's quarterly Leadership, Sales and Client Relations workshop.
• Use questionnaires and surveys in consultation with managers and employees to analyze training needs as they relate to the goals of the organization and work area.
• Compile training manuals.
• Develop training resources, which may involve preparing notes, audio, visual displays and assesments.
• Arrange or conduct training courses, which may involve setting up equipment such as video recorders and cameras, leading group discussions or role-playing activities.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs using surveys, questionnaires, interviews and by observation, in order to plan future courses or to amend existing ones.
• Obtain information on work-related external courses, prepare reports on their suitability and make recommendations on staff attendance at training courses.
• Prepare, administer and conduct training assessments.
• Provide career development sessions for existing staff and conduct induction sessions for new employees.
• Assist in developing training interventions to meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• Support learners during training intervention.

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline

• Identification of prospective clients as well as initiation of sales efforts to sign them up.
• Presentation and demonstration of relevant products and services to potential clients as part of the sales effort.
• General sales interactions with potential clients to facilitate the sales effort in line with the company’s business goals.
• Involvement in defining expected client acquisition targets and reviewing actual performance.
• Consistent achievement of client acquisition targets as defined in line with overall company strategy.
• Articulation and implementation of sales and marketing strategies aimed at achieving client acquisition goals.
• Preparation of technical and business related documentation for pre and post-sales client interactions.
• Involvement in the review of prospective client systems and the gathering of Business requirements for solution customization purposes.
• Analysis of client requirements and formulation of suitable solution features and specifications.
• Articulation of effective ways to improve product distribution channels around Nigeria.
• General interactions with clients to ensure client satisfaction in line with the company’s business goals.

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline

• Analysis of software's functional and technical requirements as well as design peculiarities and architecture to identify relevant testing considerations.
• Creation of test plans that contain expected timelines for completion and address all considerations raised during the analysis phase.
• Articulation and documentation of test information including test scripts, test scenarios, test data, pre-conditions and test outcomes.
• Manual or automated execution of test scripts.
• Analysis of testing output to identify discrepancies and uncover defects.
• Reporting and tracking of defects isolated during testing and verification of corrections made.
• Management of each testing engagement to ensure that minimum quality standards are achieved within stipulated timelines.

• HND / Degree qualification required.

• Modelling, Design, Implementation/Development of Software Products and Solutions with a Software Development Team.
• Articulation of Deployment Procedure Documents.
• Deployment & Integration of Developed or Packaged Solutions in Production Environments or Live Service Systems.
• Provision of Technical Support (bug fixing, functional extensions or documentation) for deployed Solutions.
• Develop, test, debug, implement and maintain applications for documentation and meetings management.
• Develop, test, debug, implement and maintain applications using the standard Web-based and client server development frameworks and technologies ASP.NET, C#, C++, MS SQL Server.
• Develop, test, debug and implement applications using standard development methodology and tools Scrum, Agile, TFS.
• Develop applications with optimized code within the .NET framework using ORM tools such as NHibernate to carry out database transactions efficiently.
• Carry out all required testing and quality assurance and ensure that deliverables meet software requirements based on agreed timeframes and milestones.
• Provide assistance, training to the end users and write comprehensive technical documentation using the standard tools TFS and ensure that the application code is described clearly.

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline

• Ensuring that the client's server environment meets the application deployment requirements.
• Deployment of applications on client's server environment for both test and production.
• Integration of applications to client's infrastructure that require the application to work seamlessly (e.g. Active Directory, Exchange Server, FEP, CBA etc.)
• Responsible for all client site engagements during the life time of project implementation.
• Responsible for stabilizing application in pilot stage.
• Responsible for data migration if required during project implementation.
• To articulate and implement on-premise application deployment plans during the implementation phase of software projects.
• To ensure the timely integration of software solutions to the relevant applications third party systems.
• To contribute directly to the achievement of daily, weekly, monthly and long term integration system objectives and diagnosis.
• Troubleshoot third party integration issues.
• Articulate and document system integration procedures.
• Adopt and adhere to approved system integration and pilot support policies.

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline