System Analyst Developer Job at IpNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: System Analyst Developer

Job Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job Grade: Permanent
Employment Type: Full-time
Travel Frequency: Occasional
Reporting to: Manager, IT Applications
Department: Information Systems & Technology
Function: System Analysis and Software Development

Purpose of the Job

• Primary responsibility for the development and support of the OSS/BSS platform and its integration with other systems and applications.

Expected Key Results (Detailed KPIs)
Key Activities

• Develop and build software and applications
• Design, develop, and implement APIs and application modules in support of the OSS/BSS platform and related systems
• Prepare test plan and perform system acceptance testing
• Work with the Billing team, Operations team, Product development team and/or other stakeholders to gain understanding necessary for enhancements, maintenance, and problem resolution for existing applications; and maintain continuous awareness of users’ needs/expectations relevant to the technical evolutions of the OSS/BSS platform and related systems
• Ensure feasibility and usefulness of projects
• Analyze and troubleshoot issues as part of application support
• Application software configuration, enhancement and adaptation
• Data analysis and develop reports using T-SQL
• Analyze OSS/BSS enhancement requests
• Creates work plans, develops schedules, and develops time and cost estimates for projects
• Creates all System Definition Model (SDM) technical documents: Functional Specs, Design docs, etc.
• Reporting
• Prepares routine periodic project status reports and communicates with customers, as needed
• Attends staff and technical meetings for the work unit

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• Minimum 2.1/ Upper Credit Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Computer Information Systems or any related field or a combination of related experience and education.

Work Experience:

• Hands-on experience with Perl programming, Linux, Postgres RDBMS, and Apache web server required
• Demonstrated experience developing database-driven web applications using PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, or Java, a plus
• Previous experience with Telco OSS/BSS software. Freeside and FreeRadius, a big advantage
• Experience with software development (user experience) using JavaScript including libraries such as JQuery, Angular, React, Vue etc. XML,
• Demonstrated knowledge in mobile platforms, internet technologies and user interface
• Experience working in a multi-platform (LINUX, Mac-OS and Windows) environment.
• CSS3.0 (with dynamic, responsive web design with mobile devices), and other related UI technologies (HTML5 etc)
• Strong system integration skills
• Good understanding of web application development using HTTP REST, software standards, software development life cycle and methodologies
• Knowledge of software development process, quality control, and impact assessment
• Experience working with version control systems (Subversion, Git)

Other Requirements:

• Strong team player
• Ability to mentor less experienced engineers
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects effectively, deal with changing priorities, and to meet deadlines in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment
• Solid problem solver
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new tool sets, technology and concepts
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to present information and ideas clearly and succinctly and to explain various application software and hardware to end users.