PRINCIPAL COMPUTER OPERATIONS OFFICER

PRINCIPAL COMPUTER OPERATIONS OFFICER
Report to: Computer Operations Manager (COM)
Job Purpose
To translate business requirements into systems qualities and hence into repeatable design strategies and patterns that enables those qualities (e.g. adaptability, scalability, availability, non-repudiation, reusability, etc.).
Responsible for enterprise application integration (EAI). This includes defining the opportunities for integration, selecting the tools, specifying the shared data & code resources, defining the interfaces and data-flows, and monitoring the success of integration.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Making architectural designs of the new products/solutions/systems and ensure the designs are aligned to the Fund's future technological and operational strategic roadmap and architectural designs

2. Act as an interface between business and back-office, translating business and customer needs into operational deliverables covering processes, technology solutions, management Information and business intelligence data.

3. Ensure the back office performance objectives are aligned to the business and Fund’s strategic objectives.

4. Interpret business strategy and determine innovative solutions supporting strategy implementation.

5. Design and model solutions for customer innovation and experience along with similar initiatives variants, i.e. to improve controls, cost saving, improve efficiency, etc.

6. Designs architectural models of current and proposed systems across the Fund for internal use and in conjunction with Technology Partners.

7. Surveys external emerging developments, and evangelizes new technologies, standards and methodologies that will have a positive impact on the Fund's bottom-line and quality of service.

8. Design the creation of deployment tools e.g. for data migration, interfacing and configuration management.

9. Validate and monitor data structure changes to maintain deployment tool viability and documentation.

10. Investigate and document integration approaches with third party systems;

11. Ensure that compliance risk is managed by maintaining a compliance tracker and preparing action plans.

12. Coordinate the implementation of compliance plans by preparing progress updates, highlighting deviations.
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Job Qualifications

a) Qualifications and Experience

• Graduate – Computer science/Computer engineering, preferably Post-graduate – Computer science/Computer engineering, or its equivalent, Degree or equivalent with focus on enterprise systems architecture & designs.

• 5 years’ experience in ICT area responsible for technology solutions design and support.

• Experience in enterprise systems architecture.

• Demonstrated ability and experience to develop and defend technical recommendations and budgetary plans .

• Demonstrated experience working in a deadline-oriented environment managing multiple projects simultaneously .

• Detailed knowledge of the application architecture, data structures and interfacing/integration capabilities as well as design processes.

b) Skills and competencies

Project management.

Process/Operations design and management.

Risk management.

Systems architecture and design.

Systems implementation and administration

Mode of application:
Applications in writing enclosing detailed curriculum vitae, certified copies of relevant certificates, contact address including telephone numbers, email address and names and addresses of three referees to be addressed to the undersigned. 19

Please take note of the following;

1. Applications without latest CVs will not be considered;

Director, Human Resources and Administration
National Social Security Fund,
P.O. Box 1322,
DAR ES SALAAM
The closing date for submission will be on 15th December, 2014. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.