Jobs Kenya

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  • Relationship Officer- Agriculture Lending

    Relationship Officer- Agriculture Lending

    Reporting to the Business Growth and Development Manager, the ideal candidate’s key duties and responsibilities will include:

    Pro-actively marketing agriculture sector lending and deposit opportunities from current and prospective clients.
    Ensuring quality of his/her portfolio.
    Interviewing and collecting data from sector clients.
    Appraising clients’ eligibility and capability to borrow from the Bank.
    Making recommendations to Credit Committees.
    Proactively monitoring and maintaining relationship with the clients in his/her portfolio.
    Daily monitoring the accounts in the portfolio.
    Ensuring compliance with terms & conditions, covenant laid down in approval and offer letter.
    Maintaining client files.
    Preparing and monitoring reports and action plans for successful collection of loans.

    Qualifications

    Graduate degree or equivalent from a well-recognized University/institution with a Bias to agriculture related field.
    Minimum KSCE mean grade C+, and a minimum C+ in Both English and Mathematics
    Previous experience in a similar working environment will be an added advantage

    Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

    Self-motivated.
    Strong interpersonal skills.
    Confident and outgoing.
    Ability to analyze and solve problems.
    Ability to work with minimum supervision.
    Commitment to working with Agriculture based segment of the population.

  • IT Cost & Vendor Management Officer IT Program Governance/Reporting Lead

    IT Cost & Vendor Management Officer IT Program Governance/Reporting Lead

    Description
    The Team Member IT Cost & Vendor Management analyses, forecasts and reports the operational budget and CAPEX budget for the IT department, analyses technology spend, builds and manages relationships with technology vendors and ensure that vendors meet their contractual obligation and adhere to the contractual terms agreed upon, Analyses the spend on technology and works on cost optimization initiatives in line with the ICT and overall bank strategy, report on the cost of technology for clear transparency and ownership by the various account and reviews business cases for technology investments.
    Strategy & Planning

    Budget planning encompassing capital, operational expenditure, and staff costs amongst others
    Provide budget execution related reports to other finance functions as required
    Assist in the development of business cases supporting the funding of IT projects and perform project profitability analysis after implementation
    Break down IT costs into defined categories e.g. consumption based (variable technology usage: telecomm, data center), project based (initiatives) and infrastructure based (fixed cost: network infrastructure)
    Identify IT cost drivers
    Participate in evaluation of potential suppliers using developed and agreed criteria to support alignment and understanding of the expectations and requirements of engagement

    Acquisition & Deployment

    Develop financial models and criteria used to evaluate alternative IT investments.

    Operational Management

    Monitor 3rd party invoicing and deliverables as to contract adherence suggesting corrective actions Monitor budget-execution levels reporting any variances to Head of IT cost and vendor management among other bank stakeholders
    Monitor and report on the performance of selected vendors to ensure delivery in line with contractual obligations and performance metrics set in the contracts.
    Weekly reporting on IT budget performance
    Liaise with procurement partners to review, report on and revise contractual agreements as necessary

    Qualifications
    Formal Qualifications:

    Minimum educational level – First degree in Computing Science, BBIT, Accounting,  Engineering, Operational sciences or (any other discipline with strong Information Systems component and/or relevant IT Service Management certification).
    Post graduate qualification in Information Technology or related certifications.

     Years’ Experience:
     

    Minimum of 2 years professional IT or IT Finance and Strategy

     Knowledge

    Knowledge of Accounting Principles and application
    Knowledge of IT Service Management methodologies, principles, concepts, practices and processes 
    University degree in the field of computer science, Information Tech, Electrical Engineering or business administration.
    Relevant industry certifications (ISO20000, COBIT, ITIL etc) will be an added advantage
    IT asset management

    Skills

    Budgeting
    Financial Control and Governance
    Project Management
    Portfolio Monitoring, compiling, performance reporting (financials, non-financials)
    Administrative ability
    Benefit / Value assessment
    Data gathering and analysis
    Communication skills and reporting
    Decision making
    Documentation
    Activity Based Costing Management
    Total Cost of Ownership
    IT objectives / scorecard
    IT organizational design
    Methods, standards creation
    personnel Relationship management
    Strong Oral and Written Communication
    Results orientation
    Benefit / Value assessment
    Decision making
    Integrity and honesty
    Team player.

    Attributes

    Strong leadership skills.
    Excellent written and oral communication skills.
    Excellent interpersonal skills.
    Ability to conduct and direct research into IT issues and products as required.
    Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
    Ability to perform general mathematical calculations for the purpose of creating business cases, budgets, and so on.
    Highly self-motivated and directed.
    Keen attention to detail.
    Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
    Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
    Exceptional customer service orientation.
    Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

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  • IT Governance Performance Analyst Data Governance Analyst Regulatory Compliance Manager SOA Developer SOA Administrator DataBase Administrator

    IT Governance Performance Analyst Data Governance Analyst Regulatory Compliance Manager SOA Developer SOA Administrator DataBase Administrator

    Senior IT Governance Analyst will act as the central point for developing, maintaining, monitoring and enforcing IT policies and procedures. The role will review existing process alignment and compliance and ensure adoption of industry best practice ( COBIT 5). The role will participate actively in the activities of all IT Governance and IT strategy focus areas: Value Delivery, Performance Management, Risk Management, IT Planning, Project Management, Enterprise Architecture and Business Continuity. The role requires the ability to motivate and drive IT teams to understand the value of policies and adhere to procedures and process requirements.
    Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:

    Develop a plan and brief for IT Governance assessment as per COBIT 5 guidelines
    Conduct overall IT governance assessment as per Cobit 5 guidelines
    Conduct assessment for IT operations and identify process gaps and compliance gap.
    Define IT operations GAP as per industry best practice
    Define process and compliance GAPs from the assessment
    Hold feedback sessions with the process owners.
    Report on the gaps identified during assessment
    Classify the GAPs based on relevance, risk and time (High, Mediam, Low)
    Define high level roadmap of process definition and GAPs closure
    Define high level roadmap of process definition, roles, skills and gaps closures.
    Implementation of process GAPs closure
    Report on GAP closure
    Identify process that needs to be improved as per best practice
    Hold stakeholder sessions to discuss the process improvement needs
    Take actions to ensure the process is improved
    Report on the progress of the process improvement
    logging, tracking & solving issues within IT that need to be addressed besides the process
    Governance and COBIT assessment. The issues may arise from different areas such as
    Finance, Audit, compliance, process clarification, risk etc
    Validate IT invoices & ensure that payments are aligned to business value and the right cost center and are within the contracted Amount. Timely processing of payments to avoid penalty as result of late payment, avoid double payment of expenses/  support invoice payment tracking: Update ad report  as and when required update

    Essential Knowledge

    Strong knowledge of formulating IT Governance objectives and goals and developing effective techniques for deriving these objectives from IT initiatives.
    Strong knowledge of IT industry standards and best practices as they relate to IT governance such as CGEIT, CoBiT 5 and CMMI.

     
    Qualifications
    Key Critical Competencies

    Business awareness
    Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
    Excellent planning skills
    High personal standards and goal oriented
    Excellent interpersonal skills
    Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing Key Soft Skills
    Good effective communication skills
    Organized, Proactive, and Results Driven
    Problem solving tactics to projects and tasks assigned
    End User Empathy & Understanding of Business Strategy
    Adaptability to changing strategy and culture
    Ability to Carry a Meeting and Make Decisions
    Team Player & Great Attitude
    Eagerness to Learn
    Sixth Sense through intuition of issues and risk articulation
    Knowledge Sharing and Mentoring

    Requirements:

    A University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, and/or related field.
    Minimum 2 years of experience in Information Technology.
    Analysis: Identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions
    Demonstrated ability to effectively balance multiple responsibilities which may frequently change
    Ability to learn information quickly and apply risk/control considerations which impact downstream decisions
    High degree of professionalism and personal integrity
    Ability to work with a high degree of independence
    Excellent documentation skills (process, control, policy, and risk documentation)
    Able to record information accurately
    Able to remain calm under pressure 

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  • Head of Diaspora Credit

    Head of Diaspora Credit

    Description
    In line with enhancing career progression of staff and to support business growth, we seek to recruit qualified, experienced, self-driven, highly motivated and passionate candidate to fill the position outlined below within Diaspora Banking unit.
    The Head of Diaspora Credit shall be responsible for: 

    Leading a team of Sr Credit Managers, Credit Analysts, and Client Service Associates.
    Providing executive management and the board of director’s credit risk oversight committee with an accurate and independent assessment of the level and direction of credit risk, effectiveness of the credit process, and emerging risks in the diaspora loan portfolio.

    Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

    Take ownership of the department’s annual goals, audit findings, and other tasks to support the Bank’s credit development, risk management, and compliance initiatives.
    Recruit Sr Credit Managers and Credit Analysts by taking part in the interview process and final decision-making.
    Coach, mentor, and train Sr Credit Managers. This includes recommending and approving leadership development and lending courses.
    Liaise with the Credit Risk Committee and Sr Credit Managers to create and/or improve the team’s Lending Underwriting Guidelines when necessary.
    Liaise with the Credit Risk Committee to create and/or improve the team’s Lending Approval Authority Guide. This includes approval of credit exceptions.
    Recommend new credit products, product development, and product enhancements to meet clients’ needs.
    Review the existing loan cycle and service level agreements, identify gaps/areas of improvement, and provide solutions. This includes loan application, approval, and closing processes and procedures.
    Review the existing loan monitoring processes and procedures and recommend solutions for loss mitigation. This includes post-closing financial statement reporting and covenant monitoring.
    Review the existing IT systems and partner with the Technology Department to come up with solutions for streamlining archaic, broken, and siloed applications.
    Review and make a credit decision for the loan applications that fall within the Head’s approval authority.
    Partner with the Risk Committee in the credit decision making of loan applications that have large loan amounts, total credit exposure and/or severe credit risks.
    Hold frequent meetings with the Risk Committee, Sales Team, and Fulfillment Team to discuss anticipated large deals, current loan pipeline, ongoing issues in the loan cycle, and areas of process/system improvements.
    Hold weekly meetings with the Sr Credit Managers to discuss department goals and progress, changing policies and regulations, audit findings, current loan pipeline and challenging deals, upcoming and ongoing projects, needed process/system improvements, team development progress, team training, development, and staffing needs, leave calendar requests, and any other matters brought to the Head’s attention.
    Hold monthly meetings with the Sr Credit Managers, Credit Analysts, and Client Service Associates to recognize team achievements, celebrate milestones, department goals and progress, changing policies and regulations, upcoming and ongoing projects, and any other matters raised by the team.
    Partner with Sr Credit Managers during audits and respond to the audit findings when necessary.
    Delegate special projects to Sr Credit Managers, Credit Analysts, and Client Service Associates.
    Participate in quarterly outdoor team building activities with Sr Credit Managers.
    Participate in semi-annual outdoor team building activities with the entire Diaspora Credit Team.
    Conduct mid-year and end-year performance reviews with the Sr Credit Managers.
    Review the team’s performance reviews prepared by the Sr Credit Managers

     
     
    Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in a business management discipline or related field from a reputable institution is preferred with a post graduate training in Financial services as an added advantage.
    A minimum of ten years’ of consumer and/or commercial credit experience with international credit experience as an added advantage.
    Strong financial, accounting, and credit skills.
    Loan approval authority experience.
    Experience in engaging C-level management and senior executives in facilitating decision-making and reporting.
    Strong understanding of overall banking operations, systems, and processes

    Competencies / Attributes / Knowledge and Skills:

    Ability to manage and collaborate with geographically diverse teams and matrixed relationships.
    Ability to coach, mentor, train and transfer skills to others.
    Strong negotiation skills.

    Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build business partnerships with risk, services and client teams who may not be co-located.
    Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

  • Product Manager – Finserve Africa

    Product Manager – Finserve Africa

    Job Purpose:  
    The product manager will be responsible of driving the Finserve strategy through marketing and selling our products across Africa. They will drive revenue for new and existing capabilities. The product manager will be in charge of customer on-boarding, customer retention and customer relationship management.
    Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:

    Customer front line management through the CRM to generate new sales and support existing customers.
    Identify and propose potential business deals by visiting, contacting existing and potential customers to cross sell and up sell.
    Understand customers’ needs and guide the customer on the best suited product for their business. And prepare proposals.
    Ensure delivery of professional and premium customer service to all customers; and adequate after-sales support and relationship management.
    Carry out Know Your Customer checks and fully understand the customer business as per set guidelines on compliance.
    Follow the set sales processes and procedures and attend the sales weekly meetings.
    Work towards the sales targets, plan and execute the sales program including dormant accounts re-activation and ensure profitability.
    Actively participate in sales projects with other partners, training and workshops, shared marketing events and campaigns.
    Prepare, analyse and present timely sales report. Update on sales targets, activities, achievements, products pipeline and performance.
    Gather and distil customer and market insights, monitor market trends and feedback and share proposals on the same to the management team in a timely manner.

    Key Critical Competencies

    Excellent people and management skills to interact with customers, colleagues, cross-functional teams and third parties. And able to build rapport quickly.
    Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
    Fluent, confident and with strong presentation skills.
    Persuasive, with strong and analytical and negotiation skills.
    Passionate about sales, has a genuine customer focus, innovative and a team player.
    Proven track record in CRM system management, pipeline planning and reporting.
    Excellent planning, organizational and time-management skills.
    Persuasive, with strong and analytical and negotiation skills.
    Ability to work calmly under pressure in a performance driven organization and able to meet deadlines.
    Self-motivated and can work with minimum supervision.

     
    Qualifications

    University degree from a well-recognized university.
    3 to 5 years’ experience in marketing, sales and product management preferably in the Fintech industry.
    Background in payments and E-commerce within Kenya and East Africa region is a strong plus.
    Proven ability to analyze complex business issues and identify, design and implement effective practical recommendations.

  • Financial Insitutions Manager – (2000000L)

    Financial Insitutions Manager – (2000000L)

    Description
    In line with enhancing career progression of staff and to support business growth, we seek to recruit qualified, experienced, self-driven, highly motivated and passionate candidate to fill the position outlined below within International Banking unit.
    Reporting to the Group Associate Director- International Banking, the Financial Institutions Manager will develop and implement the Financial Institutions (FI) strategy in line with the overall International Banking strategy. Responsible for overall planning and performance in all of the following functions within the assigned unit: Product Development, Risk Management, Revenue Assurance, Service Quality, and Personnel Management. This role is strategic in nature and will involve establishing and maintaining an end to end understanding of the client needs. Establish and grow a profile as a recognized subject matter expert in Group banking arrangements and requirements.
     

    Develop and manage the implementation of FI strategy within the Group in line with the defined International Banking value proposition and the overall strategic direction of the Group.
    Develop and implement effective business development and marketing strategies by anticipating developments, trends and opportunities within the FI business.
    The targets and objectives include but are not limited to revenue, profitability, new customer acquisition, and risk management.
    Provides senior level guidance and support to the staff in their teams and also any departments that interact with FI customers regarding customer service concerns, operational questions, risk management (AML, CDD and Credit) and other related issues.
    Drives the team’s product sales and performance and provides strategic direction focused on the continued growth and development of the banks presence and relationships.
    Manage all the relevant FI processes within the Group, and the implementation of policies and control standards set by risk team, ensuring compliance with appropriate risk tolerance and risk appetite.
    Ensure there is a framework for effective management of operational risks with FI and compliance with applicable internal policies, and external laws and regulations.
    Building relationships with the Bank’s  internal departments and management to allow for successful adoption of bank products that meet the needs of clients. Act as the subject matter expert for all departments and branch inquiries on FI Banking services and Procedures.
    Ensure there are appropriate frameworks in place so that the FI business is carried out within the Group’s risk appetite, and reputational and credit risks are appropriately understood and managed.
    Establish a robust governance framework within FI business for effective management of reputational, business and operational risks to ensure compliance with applicable internal policies, and external laws and regulations.
    Providing overall recommendations and feedback to Senior management with regards to Products, Services, Processes and procedures that relate to FI Banking.

    Qualifications

    Master’s degree in Finance or related field
    Credit risk understanding.
    Proven ability to analyze complex business issues and identify, design and implement effective practical recommendations
    Product knowledge.
    Analytical and numerate.
    Negotiation skills.
    In-depth knowledge of key operations functions as well as bank policies and procedures
    Able to operate in a performance driven organization
    Culturally aware and adept at working across multiple geographies

    Essential Knowledge

    Detailed knowledge of the core products and special products offered by the Financial Institutions team.
    Working knowledge of all aspects of the Financial Institutions sector including the macroeconomic factors affecting FIs.
    Knowledge and experience in emerging correspondent banking practices and initiate and implement strategic and/or tactical changes.
    An ability to identify opportunities where liaison with product managers across the Group would produce a multi-product integrated solution for the customer.
    Good understanding of the policies and strategies across the Group as they relate to the demands of the team’s customer base.
    Awareness of legislation affecting the Bank and customers (including Data Protection Act, Company Act, Insolvency Act, Financial Services Act) and have the highest regard for confidentiality.

    Key Critical Competencies   

    Ability to network effectively both internally and externally and maintain/ develop relationships with business influencers, product specialists and other key figures in the business community.
    Have broad business and sales experience building and managing relationships within a customer base segmented for the larger corporate arena.
    Jobholder with a broad understanding of FI business and financial issues and have demonstrable experience that such knowledge has successfully been used in a sales environment
    Excellent presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
    Excellent organizational and time management skills with proven ability to prioritize and manage workload and to instil a sense of urgency in others as necessary to meet deadlines and goals.
    Excellent customer service, relationship management, and business development skills.
    Sound knowledge of marketing, sales, financial, managerial and leadership principles with broad knowledge of banking operation practices, policies, products and applicable regulations.
    Excellent problem solving, decision making, critical and strategic thinking skills, as well as strong attention to detail and concern for data accuracy.
    Ability to analyze trends, processes and procedures and develop innovated and effective solutions for improved performance.
    Strong overall business acumen with an ability to understand the direction, priorities, and goals of the department and organization as a whole.
    Strong leadership and interpersonal skills; presents a positive and professional image, effectively collaborates with diverse teams, and is successful at achieving results through the effort of others.
    Flexibility to engage in frequent regional travel if and when required to do so

    Key Deliverables (KPIs):
    Key considerations in the KPIs will be country specific based on the different strategies per country. For example, some countries will have more credit customers while others will have more transactional customers. Therefore the weights on the KPIs will differ per country.

    Product Development
    Revenue Growth
    Customer Acquistion
    Risk Management
    Cross-selling

  • Agriculture Field Officer

    Agriculture Field Officer

    Description
    In line with enhancing career progression of staff and to support business growth, we seek to recruit qualified, experienced, self-driven, highly motivated and passionate candidate to fill the position outlined below within Equity Group Foundation.
    Role Description:
    Agriculture Field Officers will act as an integral part of implementing FASRAT Project. The project aims at enhancing access to financial services by building financial education, entrepreneurship capacities of 60,000 farmers and 5,000 SMEs. The field officer will be responsible in recruitment, and supporting the project target beneficiaries by implementing different interventions across the regions.

    Recruit farmers and SMEs per the project targets.
    Train farmers in crop, animal production, financial education and other areas per the training needs assessment.
    Implement project interventions to ensure that the project beneficiaries can access financial services.
    Provide agriculture extension and support to farmers
    Represent Equity Group Foundation in the area of agriculture / Development Programme to other Equity staff and local partners.
    Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly status reports and regularly give feedback to Regional Manager and the Branch Manager.

    Qualifications

    University degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, development studies or related fields and a preference for related course
    3-5years experience in implementation of agriculture projects
    Solid knowledge and understanding of the Agriculture value cha//8in in Kenya
    Good knowledge and understanding of financial services for agriculture sector in Kenya.
    Good understanding of crop and livestock husbandry in the entire production cycle.
    Hardworking, result oriented with social skills for initiating and managing relationships with project partners and stakeholder.
    Excellent communication skills, both writing and verbal
    Flexible to adjust to work schedules and priorities to meet deadlines, multitask assignments and work in a dynamic environment

  • Regional Manager- SME Banking

    Regional Manager- SME Banking

    Reporting to the Associate Director SME Banking, the ideal candidate’s key duties and responsibilities will include:
     Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:

    Serve a designated portfolio of key accounts in the SME Banking business segment in a specific region.
    Develop the portfolio by prospecting new clients and offering suitable SME Banking services to the existing customers.
    Develop additional business from the existing branch clientele, i.e. Wallet Share by cross selling all banking products and services to the existing and potential branch customers.
    Achieve the set monthly and annual sales targets for all the SME banking products within the region.
    Recommending to the Branch Business Manager and Head of SME banking any business development opportunity for follow up in the region.
    Coach and mentor the SME Business Client Advisors (BCA)within the bank.
    Maintain a series of dashboards to monitor business performance on a product and segment basis.
    Understanding client’s need and develop plan to address them.
    Be conversant with policies and procedures pertaining to all bank products and services.
    Building and preserve trusting relationship with bank clients.

    Qualifications

    Degree holder or above with major in Business Administration, Finance or related disciplines
    At least 3 years relevant experience in the SME Banking business segment
    Good knowledge of SME banking, Non-Funded products and services
    Familiar with the general banking operations and its legal and regulatory requirements
    Previous exposure to the preparation of credit proposals
    Sound interpersonal and communication skills
    Good command of both spoken and written English
    Knowledge of client Relationship Management

    Technical skills / Competencies
    Analytical ability: Ability to process and analyse large volumes of complex data, using various standard and specialized software tools.
    IT Skills: MS-Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word skills are mandatory to analyse, summarize, and present data in an efficient and meaningful way.
    General Competencies

    Team work – Commitment and ability to work with and in cross functional and virtual teams with the Business Units, coupled with ability for straight talking
    Communication – Effectively and concisely communicate key issues and ideas through correspondences and verbally without supervision. Interface with various
    departments effectively to ensure timely delivery of MI in agreement with SLAs in place
    Innovation – Generate new efficient processes and create
    appealing and cutting-edge analysis
    Time management & planning – Ability to juggle priorities,
    multi- task and execute at speed individually and as part of a team
    Must be able to recognize, anticipate, and create solutions to issues and problems in a timely manner
    Client -Oriented mindset

  • Agriculture Field Manager

    Agriculture Field Manager

    Description
    In line with enhancing career progression of staff and to support business growth, we seek to recruit qualified, experienced, self-driven, highly motivated and passionate candidate to fill the position outlined below within Equity Group Foundation.
    Role Description:
    Regional Manager are an integral part in the implementation FASRAT (Financial Access to SMEs and Rural Population in Agriculture using Technology) project. The project aims at enhancing access to financial services by building financial education, entrepreneurship capacities of 60,000 farmers and 5,000 SMEs. The Regional Manager shall be responsible in implementation of project and supervision of the project staff in the respective regions. 

    Manage a group of Agriculture Field Officers and support them in project implementation.
    Review and monitor Agriculture Field Officers monthly workplans, training schedules, expense claims and performance against set targets
    Develop viable materials/ lessons learnt and best practices with the support of Agriculture Field Officers that will increase the awareness and understanding of the project.
    Organize and coordinate project team activities where appropriate (e.g. regional meetings, workshops, trainings and field days).
    Represent Equity Group Foundation in the area of agriculture / Development Programme to other Equity staff, partners and stakeholders.
    Prepare monthly and quarterly status reports and give regularly feedback to Senior Program Manager and the Branch Manager

    Qualifications

    University degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, development studies or related fields and a preference for a Masters in Agri-Business related course

    Skills/Experience Required

    + 7 years of experience executing agricultural programs with regional and national organizations
    Ability to achieve excellent results in the training program and grasp practical and theoretical knowledge of management, planning and implementation and evaluation of farming operations
    Good understanding of crop husbandry from establishment to harvest of the major crops
    Good understanding of Good Agricultural Practices.
    Solid knowledge and understanding of the Agriculture value chain Kenya
    Good Knowledge and understanding financial services for agriculture in Kenya
    Ability to evaluate challenges at the farm level and work to coordinate implementation of the program both in crop and livestock management
    Excellent communication skills, both writing and verbal, strong analytical and quantitative skills, and demonstrated problem-solving ability
    Excellent attention to detail with good organizational, analytical and problem solving skills.

  • Cloud Infrastructure Architect Cloud DevOps Engineer

    Cloud Infrastructure Architect Cloud DevOps Engineer

    Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers – the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below.
    Job Purpose: 
    Cloud Infrastructure Architect: Guides and builds architectures to support business, application and technology requirements on the cloud. Provides plans and strategies on cloud adoption and evolution. Works with other internal and external teams on quality assurance, information security, networking, storage, compute and data. Provides cloud governance framework and oversees its implementation and monitoring.
    Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:

    Responsible for architecting and implementing Cloud infrastructure and foundation elements as well as automations to enable standardized hosting of applications in cloud.
    Collaborate with various application areas, infrastructure design, network, security and other teams to drive technical decisions and deliver solutions Cloud team initiatives.
    Provision Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud Foundation in Azure to meet application demands.
    Provide solution architecture and support issue resolution for cloud infrastructure delivery by working closely with application and other teams.
    Build Cloud Foundation to establish necessary building blocks for delivering infrastructure.
    Responsibilities include Cloud user management, security, and capacity, monitoring and configuring application development tools.
    Architect & automate templates for deploying IaaS, PaaS solutions by using Infrastructure as a code and Configuration as a code.
    Standardize offerings to achieve cost optimizations and efficiencies.
    Implement dashboards for managing cloud performance and budgetary alerts.
    Analyze existing on premise application landscapes to implement refactoring or rebuilding major application initiatives in Cloud.
    Create integrations for Cloud and On-premise Applications and play a major role in redesigning applications with integrations
    Advice on new Azure offerings that will bring in more efficiencies in operations, performance and cost.

    Requirements:

    Possess Bachelor’s degree in IT/Computer science/Mathematics or a related engineering discipline
    3+ years relevant experience with at least 2 in managing and configuring solutions bases on MS Azure technology.
    Strong understanding for utilizing native cloud technologies for user management, security, costing and tools.
    Broad in-depth understanding for on boarding applications onto IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings, deployment automation, DevOps, scripting, containers and Cloud Governance.
    Strong communication, documentation, managing delivery timelines, handle multiple projects and multitasking skills are a must.
    Certification in the Azure will be an added advantage (Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-103), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-300, AZ-301) and Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500))

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