Nature and scope:

Reporting to the Head Of Information Communication & Technology, the Senior Officer Core Business Systems Management is responsible for administering computer software and hardware installation, which includes servers, workstations, LAN administration points and the network plant.  He/She is also responsible for administering the integrated Information System, which includes servers, workstations and network administration points as well as the network plant within the bank.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting daily core banking operations and other financial applications (e.g. IBCM, SWIFT, TISS, FS, Reuters).
• Responsible for maintaining good performance of the core banking and other financial systems and propose relevant improvements so as to optimize the mentioned systems
• Responsible for closing End of Day (EOD), End of Month (EOM), and End of Year (EOY) for core banking system and other financial systems.
• Responsible for the implementation of change requests on the core banking system and other financial systems.
• Align with the user departments, in successful preparation and acquisition of the specifications for the core and other financial systems.
• Facilitates timely extraction of required reports from the core banking and other financial systems.
• Execute system checks and tests relevant mechanisms for redundancy.
• Participate in ensuring that the planning and development of ICT systems is designed and carried out in an orderly, cost effective and efficient manner.
• Participate in overseeing the design and maintenance of procedures, rules and regulations for the development and application of ICT software.
• Oversee ICT projects and system changes and participate in following up with Suppliers of Software.
• Participating in coordinating programming activities including system designing, documentation of procedures and operation of computer and peripheral equipments.
• Monitoring progress of projects related to core banking systems and other financial systems.
• Modifying the database structure, as necessary, from information given by application developers.
• Ensuring compliance with bank’s policies and other accepted standards on implementation and administration of core banking and other financial systems.
• Manage end to end migration of programs, database changes, reference data changes and menu changes throughout the development life cycle.
• Administering all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages and procedures.
• Troubleshooting with problems regarding the databases, applications and development tools and assisting with impact analysis of any changes made to the database objects.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience:

• University Graduate in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.  Master’s degree/MBA/Professional accreditation will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in reputable company or financial institution as well as experience with troubleshooting and issue resolution principles, methodologies and techniques.
• Good knowledge of at least one scripting language with solid understanding of LAN/WAN networks.
• Strong knowledge of networking and distributed computing environment concepts, as well as a sound understanding of the principles of routing, firewalls, and client/server applications.

Remuneration

Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank Limited is an equal opportunity employer. The bank offers an attractive remuneration package, career development opportunities and an excellent working environment.