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Job Title:  Finacle Administrator (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: DFCU Bank

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Manager – Applications and Channels

About US:

DFCU Bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.

Job Summary: Reporting to Manager- Core Banking Systems, the role holder will be responsible for designing, installing, administering, and optimizing company databases, database management systems and related components to achieve high performance of the various business applications and achieve specified server uptime. This includes ensuring the availability of client/server applications, configuring all new implementations, and developing processes and procedures for proper database management. Where applicable, the Database Administrator will assist in overseeing the physical security, integrity, and safety of the data center/server farm.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Run daily maintenance and EOD/EOM/EOY activities for the Core Banking, Alerts and Treasury systems as per checklists.
• Analysis and resolution of Finacle related issues which have been escalated from bank L1 support team during operations and maintain proper documentation/logs for resolution provided.
• Co-ordinate with L3 support and product vendor in case of product bug/enhancement requirement and follow up with the vendor for early resolution and solution. Provide alternate solutions while pending the final resolution to help the Bank to continue with the business functions.
• Connect24 and Finacle Integrator Support.
• Backups and restoration for Core Banking related systems.
• Understand the Bank Policy and related product setup in Finacle in liaison with the Bank core team for helping the bank in product setup.
• Owning all core Banking calls assigned in the service plus system to carry out problem investigation and analysis, follow-up with the respective teams/Infosys and update the status with issue resolution and follow-up for closure.
• Knowledge transfer, end users, L1 members through organized on job and off-job training.
• Periodic review and status reporting to the B
• Schedule, plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products, upgrades, patches, or improvement to the Finacle product suite.
• Gather system enhancement, data extract requests and reporting requirements from system users and work closely with the information technology team to develop detailed technical requirements and resulting specifications.
• Maintains Core Banking systems performance by performing proactive system capacity and availability monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.
• Ensures that Core Banking system and other Banking applications are in compliance with established IT policies, procedures, and standards.
• Remains current with organization’s technology requirements and new developments in the IT industry.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the DFCU Bank must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT or Engineering relevant field from a reputable university or college.
• Certification in Oracle database Administration is preferred.
• Finacle Core Banking Systems Training/Knowledge is preferred.
• Knowledge of UNIX Operating Systems.
• Proficient Knowledge of Oracle SQL/PLSQL is a prerequisite.
• One to three years of technical experience in supporting core banking system in medium to large organizations.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, interpret documents, understand procedures, write reports and correspondence; speak clearly to third parties and employees.
• Able and willing to solve complex analytical challenges, independently analyze information; and make recommendations based on analysis.
• Knowledge of shell Linux /bash scripting
• Ability to work independently at any Group location in an IT support capacity.
• Ability to quickly assess organizational needs relative to databases and data center problems.
• Good working knowledge of banking systems, operations, and processes.

How to Apply:

If you believe you meet the requirements as noted above, please forward your application with a detailed CV including present position and copies of relevant professional/academic certificates (University Transcript, O & A level), to the email address indicated below;

Vacanciesbank@dfcugroup.com

Deadline: 16^th February 2023

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