Senior Manager Applications job at National Social Security Fund
Vacancy Title: Senior Manager Applications
Type: FULL TIME
Industry: Public Administration and Government
Category: Management
Jobs at: National Social Security Fund
Deadline: Wednesday, August 07, 2024
Duty Station: Within Uganda, Kampala, East Africa
Summary:
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Job Details:
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing systems and applications needed to keep the business running.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage the development and deployment of new applications, systems software, and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout the enterprise.
- Oversee projects assigned to the applications development and applications support teams.
- Coordinate and review the complete development lifecycle of the fund’s software systems.
- Review and recommend change control processes for the development team to follow.
- Coordinate with the IT Projects team to ensure that development projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues.
- Oversee the collaboration of analysts, designers, and system owners in the testing of new software programs and applications.
- Provide technical leadership to analysts and programmers working on development project teams.
- Oversee the review and analyses of existing applications’ effectiveness and efficiency and develop strategies for improving or leveraging these systems.
- Oversee the design, development, and installation of enhancements and upgrades to systems and application software.
- Enforce functional policies, procedures, and quality assurance best practices.
- Prepare and monitor budgets when necessary.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to ensure the achievement of the department’s objectives.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an Information Technology-related field.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an Information Technology-related field.
- Professional qualification in Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Security (CCNP Security, Symantec DLP, SIEM), CEH, OSCP, Wireless technologies, F5 LTM and APM, Imperva WAF/DAM, Fortinet NSE4-8, ISO 27001, ITILv3, CISSP, NSX, Azure Fundamentals/MCSA, etc.
Work Experience:
- 8 years of overall IT experience, especially in an application support and development capacity, and 4 years in a managerial role.
Key Competences:
- Commitment & Integrity
- Proactivity & Innovation
- Getting Work Done
- Relationship Building
- Communicating and Influencing
- Resilience & Resourcefulness
- Thinking and Problem Analysis
- Advanced Research and Investigation
- Advanced Business Process and Project Management
- Intermediate Risk and Control
- Advanced Data Collection and Analysis
- Advanced Problem-Solving Tools and Techniques
- Advanced Computer-Aided Auditing Techniques
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 96
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job Application Procedure:
Interested individuals should follow this link to fill out the application form and also send copies of their application letter, curriculum vitae, and academic qualifications, addressed to the Chief of People and Culture to recruitment@nssfug.org by Wednesday, 7th August 2024.
