Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Card systems environment (Cards, ATM, POS, E-commerce) and ensure system uptime.
• Follow up on required development by vendors and developers and ensure fixes are implemented.
• Execute the necessary technical tests for all programs and modifications of the section.
• Analyze the bank’s requirements including automated systems, applications update and finding the appropriate technical solutions in coordination with other teams.
• Supervise the development and maintenance of card management systems in the bank according to the plans and time limits in this regard.
• Ensure Card systems are in compliance with various mandates from different entities (Payment Schemes, PCI-DSS, Bank’s IT Policies)
• Execute technical tests and certification tests with external parties.
• Addressing the problems items of card management section systems radically.
• Any other tasks assigned by the direct supervisor.
• Preparing reference material for team by drafting instructions and creating knowledge base.
• Evaluating system potential through assessing compatibility of new programs with existing programs (Process improvement)

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Computer Science
• Professional Certifications: ITIL and/or Oracle Training is a requirement
• Switch Training (any payments switch) and/or PCI DSS Training is required
• 6 Years Total Minimum of Experience Required
• Minimum 3 years of Information Technology Working Knowledge
• Minimum 3 years of Expertise in Switch, Card, POS, ATM, eCommerce, and HSMs