Development Chapter Lead (DevOps) at First Bank of Nigeria Limited
First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Development Chapter Lead (DevOps)
Ref No: 2000002L
Location: Lagos
Organization: IT TECH, SEC & OPS
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time
Grade Range - From : Senior Manager Grade Range - To : Assistant General Manager
Job Objective(s)
- Provide Strategic direction of application and solutions development
- To oversee the support of all application systems while ensuring that the deployment of the IT solutions complies with the Bank’s policies
Duties & Responsibilities
- Support the articulation of user requirements in the context of business objectives through establishing and maintaining dialogue with users
- Track application systems developments through suppliers/other external sources
- Provide key inputs on application systems in the formulation of the IT strategy
- Manage hand-over/transfer of IS solutions to operational status
- Continually liaise with other IT units and business users to: understand business requirements for business applications, identify and evaluate the technical options for satisfying business requirements based on functionality, understand quality requirements, manage and report cost, etc.
- Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
- Identify systems improvement opportunities by analysing best practices, technology trends
- Oversee the successful completion of all work assigned to the unit
- Manage expectations of the unit’s internal and external customers
- Clearly communicate goals, organizational philosophies, and policies and procedures to the unit members
- Support BREAM in resource planning and skills management for the application solutions unit
- Manage the implementation and support of the organization’s application systems
- Direct efforts to work with BREAM to define business solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities, as well as the target benefits expected
- Supervise the translation of change initiatives or business/user requirements into application systems delivery
Job Requirements
Education:
- 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
Experience:
- 12+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions
- 10+ years of management experience with 4+ years spent in senior management role