Job Description

DelonJobs is seeking to hire a Unit Head, Application Development for a leading financial company in Lagos, Nigeria. The individual would be responsible for creating the detailed IT solution/ service design, based on the functional specifications, to meet quality & performance requirements & technical constraints. Interested candidates must possess a minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in an IT-related discipline and have a minimum of 10+ years working experience of which 5 must have been in a managerial position. Salary is negotiable. To apply, kindly send your CV with the subject "Unit Head, Application Development – UHADFB231” to cv@delon.ng.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in planning, coordinating, and supervising all activities related to the design, development and implementation of the systems and software applications.
• Assist development lead in all activities with respect to application development & management operations and support.
• Contribute to planning the introduction of new application systems.
• Develop prototypes (to improve envisioning and communication) and proof-of-concept systems (to test technology) to validate potential solutions.
• Ensure that developed solutions are peer reviewed and formally documented.
• Assist in maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing IT systems and applications.
• Participate in the customization of application packages.
• Design technical solution including high level (entity – relationship, data flow) to low level (field structures, database schemas) design.
• Develop technical design that will support the development, execution, and operations of the service.
• Assist in developing service acceptance criteria. Propose performance levels for new service. Review and verify service requirements with users. Agree and document service acceptance criteria.
• Create the service development plan.
• Review and agree with users.
• Build, configure or customize the technical solution (technical code components and services) ▪ Ensure compilation of code and components into application.
• Manage automation and monitor application integration as code iteratively goes through assembly and product test.
• Implement a controlled process that extracts software artifacts from the code repository, transforms it to an integrated product, and returns the result to the code repository.
• Actively participate in unit testing / quality reviews through the build phase to ensure that the solution meets the agreed functional specifications.
• Develop technical design that will support the development, execution, and operations of the service.
• Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation.
• Review technical constraints and performance issues of business intelligence and integration solutions.
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline.
• Masters, MBA, or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.
• 10+ years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering solutions.
• 5+ years in managerial position.

Knowledge:

• Good knowledge of enterprise applications systems such as Finacle 10, Oracle ERP, etc. Proven technical aptitude in several relevant application programming domains.

• Proficient knowledge of software development frameworks, concepts and best practices.
• Working knowledge of system implementation.
• Proficient knowledge of structured systems analysis and design, and software development life cycle.
• Proficient knowledge of relational database management system and tools.
• Working knowledge quality control/assurance.
• Sound conflict management skills.
• Customer-centricity.
• Coaching