Safaricom IT Career Opportunity

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Safaricom Limited is the leading mobile telecommunications company in Kenya.;

We are at the forefront of the industry and always seek to attract and retain talented, creative and innovative team players who are excited by the opportunity of pushing the frontiers of this evolving technology, growing our services, exciting our customers and contributing to our community.;

At Safaricom, we take pride in our talent and develop them to realize their maximum potential!

Principal Service Development Engineer – Application Developer
Ref: TECHOLOGY-PSDE-MAR 2014;

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Product & Services Development Department within the Technology Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

• Reporting to the Senior Manager – Service Development the purpose of the position will include activities relating to software application development, evolution of existing software applications including integration to related service platforms and operational support;

• Software application development duties include but not limited to specification, design, development, validation, documentation and evolution of software applications; performance management; maintenance and fault management; and research on software development technologies and standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirement specification – eliciting & analyzing user requirements;
• Design – software application design;
• Development – development as per requirement specification and integration to other service platforms;
• Validation – oversee the quality assurance of application logic, data processing and error management;
• Liaise with software and hardware suppliers for prompt rectification of any problems;
• Liaise with network administrators, information security to maintain network availability and integrity of the web applications;
• Track software advisories and releases to ensure application integrity;
• Track applications performance metrics to ensure optimal service performance and plan for growth in capacity or licenses.

Role Requirements

• BSc. Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT;
• Candidate should have at least 4-6 years of experience in software development;
• Extensive experience with Java/C++ programming language and SQL;
• Extensive experience of web technologies – HTML/XHTML/HTML5, WSDL, XML, SOAP, JQuery, CSS, JavaScript;
• Experience with TLS/SSL implementation and other application security techniques;
• Experience in software/system life-cycle development (SDLC) methodologies;
• Preferred experience with Apache Tomcat application server and SOA;
• Preferred experience with Solaris, UNIX OS’s;
• Preferred knowledge of internetworking technologies – DNS, ESMTP, SSO, SEO, RSS, and Web Proxies.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address below by Wednesday 12th March 2014.

The Head of Talent and Resourcing,

Safaricom Limited

Nairobi;

via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke