Application Support Engineer at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Application Support Engineer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Responsible for the development of new applications, maintenance, support and upgrades to existing in-house developed applications. Involve in the investigation and analysis of user problems, application bugs, monitoring, reconciliation and subsequent problem resolution and technical testing of patches and solutions.
• Ensure business growth, value created & cost-effectiveness achieved by process optimization, new initiatives and improved operations/ways of work etc.
• Assist in developing maintenance plans per application and carry out the maintenance of applications, re-configuring, building and testing components in accordance with OLAs and SLAs.
• Ensure Code applications is in accordance with good security coding practices to ensure the application is free of most common coding vulnerabilities.
• Create and execute technical test plans for operational and bug fixes.
• Participate in transitions of the application or technical architecture, design and development components into production environment
• Ensure the integrity of the solutions delivered into production environment.
• Perform reconciliations, proactive monitoring and ensure adequate service controls are in place.
• Must ensure customer experience of the services offered on the different platforms within expected Service Levels.
• Work with teams and departments external to the immediate team e.g. solution delivery, business users, infrastructure teams, vendors and other developers, to make sure that the configuration and custom components meet application requirements and performance goals.
• Development and deployment of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for seamless integration between applications.
• Development and deployment of bespoke applications as may be required to support the business needs.
• Automate business processes into a solution in a manner that productivity and efficiency are enhanced.
• Application development using a range of technologies
• PL/SQL and RDBMS development.
• Exposure to typical Mobile Telecommunications applications
• UNIX shell scripting.
• Design and develop reconciliation and performance tuning routines
• Develop and process archiving routines.
• Monitoring and reporting system performance identifying exceptions and unusual trends.

Job Condition:

• May be required to work extended hours
• Open plan office

Experience & Training

• First degree in Computer Science or any related discipline
• 3 - 7 years of experience in an area of specialisation; with experience with working with others
• Experience working in a medium organization
• Incident Management
• IT Security
• Cyber Crime Defender
• ISO 27001:2013 Foundation
• Cyber Security Certification

Training:

• Formal training in software development, support and maintenance principles, technology architecture and systems integration.
• Specific training on application development tools and programming languages, troubleshooting and performance tuning.

Minimum qualification

• B.Ed, B.Eng, B.Sc, B.Tech or HND

Application Closing Date
27th June, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

THE NEWS: Blast rocks Zimbabwe president's rally, injuries reported

Blast rocks Zimbabwe president's rally, injuries reported
source: AFP

AFP/File / Jekesai NJIKIZANA Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa was holding a campaign rally which was rocked by an explosion

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party rally Saturday, his spokesman said, adding that he had been taken to safety after the incident.

An AFP correspondent at the scene reported multiple injuries but could not immediately give a precise toll.

Images broadcast on Zimbabwean TV showed scenes of chaos and medics fighting to save those wounded by the blast at the White City stadium in the country's second city Bulawayo.

"The president was evacuated successfully. He is at state house in Bulawayo," said Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba.

"We suspect it's an explosion, certainly it was close to the VVIP stage."

Mnangagwa had been in the city to campaign for votes ahead of nationwide elections due on July 30.

They are the first polls since veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted following a brief military takeover in November last year, after 37 years in power.

It will be a key test for Mnangagwa, who succeeded the long-serving autocrat Mugabe seven months ago, and remains untested at the ballot box.

He has pledged to hold free and fair elections as he seeks to mend international relations.