KDIC is a statutory institution established under the Kenya Deposit Insurance Act, 2012 (KDI Act, 2012). The Corporation is mandated to provide a deposit insurance scheme for customers of member institutions, to provide incentives for sound risk management and generally promote the stability of the financial system and prompt resolution.

Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Participating in the development and implementation of policies, standards, strategies, guidelines, and procedures for deployment, management, and utilization of ICT business applications and resources for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Adopting and implementing effective strategies for the selection and deployment of ICT applications, software, service delivery, business process continuity/disaster recovery, and information security.
• Undertaking systems testing, user acceptance, commissioning, and implementation in accordance with contract provisions, applicable regulations, and standards.
• Participating in the development and implementation of corruption prevention and mitigation strategies in ICT.
• Participating in coaching, mentoring, training, and development of the department staffs/interns/attaches to ensure a coherent and motivated team.
• Maintaining and uploading content on the intranet and web portals to support dissemination of knowledge and information.
• Undertaking and reviewing daily backups and maintaining disaster recovery sites to safeguard data to ensure confidentiality, availability, and integrity of data.
• Undertaking business requirements to support rollout of ICT systems, Enterprise Resource Management Planning System, the Enterprise Data Warehouse & Business intelligence, and other business relevant applications.
• Guaranteeing business continuity planning by ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in identification, acquisition, maintenance, inventory, physical security, and disposal of ICT assets and applications.
• Maintaining core banking systems and applications for institutions in receivership and under liquidation for data confidentiality, integrity, and availability to ensure business continuity.
• Implementing new business systems including data migration, systems testing, piloting, and commissioning in liaison with the users.
• Implementing the department’s citizen service delivery charter to enhance accountability and transparency in service delivery to stakeholders.
• Implementing and maintaining Information Security Management System (ISMS) based on the ISO standards.
• Preparing and responding to complaints, compliments, and requests for information in the department.
• Undertaking timely renewal of all ICT licenses for hardware & software in the Corporation.
• Participating in the development and implementation of departmental annual work plans, budgets, and timely reports.
• Participating in the implementation of prioritized ICT systems & application analysis, design, review, and maintenance for optimal operation in accordance with standards and policies.
• Leading the development of systems user requirements, standards, and procedures for analyzing applications, systems to comply with business needs and to enhance automation.
• Undertaking and documenting business process improvements relating to business systems development and request for change.
• Responsible for collaborating with the software developments for system design, coding, testing, development, deployment, and maintenance for efficient operations of the Corporation.
• Responsible for coordinating system user training, acceptance test, and sign-offs of the newly deployed systems and undertaking end-user satisfaction surveys.
• Responsible for undertaking system and server testing to provide performance statistics and reports to help in developing strategies for infrastructure maintenance & upgrade.
• Undertaking continuous system security by monitoring to ensure all cyber security measures, anti-virus utilities, and firewall systems are up to date.
• Coordinating contract execution with vendors to ensure performance in accordance with terms and conditions.
• Establishing and implementing measurable standards (KPIs) for service delivery, support, and problem-solving to support the systems and applications.
• Configuring, Installing, administering, upgrading, and optimizing systems, servers, switches, routers, and related components to ensure high performance and availability of the various business applications.
• Maintaining network cabling for offices, telephony equipment, data center, and disaster recovery sites as well as undertaking systems security audits while ensuring regular system backups, test, and recovery.
• Undertaking regular network security monitoring and any possible intrusions or viral infections, updating security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus, and intrusion detection systems, regular network penetration testing, ensuring all network equipment are updated.

Requirements for Appointment:

• Minimum period of Four (4) years relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical engineering or related fields, from a recognized University.
• Systems Administration and other technical certifications such as; MCSE, SQL, CISA.
• Programming and ERP systems deployment technical certifications such as; MCSD, MS Dynamics, Oracle.
• Membership in ISACA or equivalent from recognized institution.
• Fulfilling the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.