Senior ERP Developer
Ref: TECHNICAL _ SERPD _JAN 2012
Reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise Systems Development; the holder of the position will
Ref: TECHNICAL _ SERPD _JAN 2012
Reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise Systems Development; the holder of the position will
- provide 3rd line support for Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application and bespoke oracle interfaces and software components;
- Work with other departments within the company to identify requirements and develop solutions (database design, workflows, user/data interfaces);
- Configure and/or customize Oracle ERP applications to meet business requirements using various database and software tools;
- Assist in presentations of system functionality to new users and departments;
- Enhance and create user and system documentation as needed.
Key responsibilities
- Review and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality.
- Ensure integration of designs across development team.
- Design, build & test ERP components e.g. interface, conversion and report programs.
- Appropriately monitor interfaces to oracle ERP and Provide training and support on oracle ERP modules and development tools.
- Assist in creating/update Oracle TAR's.
- Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications.
- Capturing of business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the software and /or database components;.
- Performs data modeling to analyze and specify data structures within an application system.
- Support new and existing application development by creating modifications and enhancements for Oracle ERP applications and perform high level system design.
- Conduct business user requirements analysis and specification.
- Specify computer system requirements for the solution of complex business problems and formulates designs for their solutions.
- Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented.
- Interact with clients to gather and refine and Ensures the effectiveness of overall systems performance.
- Create test plans, test data sets and perform automated testing to ensure all components of the developed systems meet specifications.
- Work directly with the IT support personnel and teams to resolve issues identified and escalated during daily operations.
- Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents; formalize test plans and implements troubleshooting procedures.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or technical related field.
- Certification in Database systems and RDBMS systems.
- Microsoft Certified Solution Developer .
- 3 years experience in Oracle ERP applications development, which includes system customization and report designs.
- 3 years development experience with Microsoft development tools e.g. Java, VB, Fox Pro, Visual FoxPro.
- 3 years development experience with low level programming C++, C.
- 3 years experience with RDMS preferably MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, and Informix.
- Experience in data warehousing, business analysis, knowledge in Business Systems modeling and data retrieval.
- 4GL for programming - Visual Basic/Oracle Application builder.
- Unix user skills.
- Experience in processes and procedures management.
- Communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to read & interpret technical manuals for the Oracle ERP system.
- Attention to detail, analytical Skills and Leadership skills.
The deadline for application is Monday 30th January, 2012.
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke
