Digital Solutions Analyst
2025-04-04T16:18:23+00:00
ABSA Group
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FULL_TIME
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Banking
Management
2025-04-11T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
8
Job Summary
- To manage the implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of all Applications systems to enable the use of appropriate platform technology, as an integral and reliable component of business process within country.
• Drive convergence of technologies, ensure delivery of technology projects associated with Applications and liaise and negotiate with internal customers and technology vendors.
Job Description
The prime responsibility is for maintaining the availability and reliability of applications to ensure that IT can effectively meet service targets in accordance with planned business objectives.
Key Activities:
- Provide a range of application availability reporting to ensure that agreed levels of availability, reliability and maintainability are measured and monitored on an ongoing basis.
- Successfully facilitate delivery of changes to reports needed by the business and ensure that reports and their dependencies are made available for the business.
- Provide holistic support of application availability to Business Users
- Take actions to achieve reductions in frequency and duration of incidents that impact application availability.
- Ensure shortfalls in application availability are recognized and appropriate corrective actions are identified and progressed.
- Take action on agreed appropriate actions with Line Management to maintain or improve application availability levels.
- Initiate and coordinate actions required to maintain or improve availability of applications.
- Act as a coordination point for changes to applications when needed.
- Maintain an awareness of technology advancements and best practices that support application availability.
Responsibility is to ensure that proper testing occurs for all Application changes released into the production environments as assigned to you by Line Management.
Key Activities:
- Work closely with Release Analysts
- Review releases and assign appropriate release testing tasks.
- Compile and review the Testing Deliverables
- Conduct installation procedure tests.
- Participate in functional, performance, and integration testing results.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing.
- Coordinate back out testing.
- Conduct supporting documentation review.
- Compile test results
- Conduct release test review.
- Coordinate post release testing.
- Validate and communicate results of testing activities.
Accountability: Risk Management [15%]
Key activities:
- Build relationship with country IT Risk and Governance team and provide support wherever required.
- Contribute and deliver to the improvement of the risk profile by delivering improved governance, risk management, controls and compliance requirements.
Accountability: People Management [10%]
Key Activities:
- Responsible for driving own Performance Development, collating relevant documentation, preparing for and arranging reviews.
- By utilizing skills matrix, identify training and development requirements, formulating own plan to be agreed with team leader. Responsible for ensuring own plan is completed within agreed timescales.
- Undertake all necessary training in order to perform the role to the required standards, including gaining accreditation where appropriate.
Risk & Control
- Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Absa Operational Risk Framework and internal Absa Policies and Standards.
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
Provide a range of application availability reporting to ensure that agreed levels of availability, reliability and maintainability are measured and monitored on an ongoing basis. Successfully facilitate delivery of changes to reports needed by the business and ensure that reports and their dependencies are made available for the business. Provide holistic support of application availability to Business Users Take actions to achieve reductions in frequency and duration of incidents that impact application availability. Ensure shortfalls in application availability are recognized and appropriate corrective actions are identified and progressed. Take action on agreed appropriate actions with Line Management to maintain or improve application availability levels. Initiate and coordinate actions required to maintain or improve availability of applications. Act as a coordination point for changes to applications when needed. Maintain an awareness of technology advancements and best practices that support application availability. Responsibility is to ensure that proper testing occurs for all Application changes released into the production environments as assigned to you by Line Management. Key Activities: Work closely with Release Analysts Review releases and assign appropriate release testing tasks. Compile and review the Testing Deliverables Conduct installation procedure tests. Participate in functional, performance, and integration testing results. Coordinate user acceptance testing. Coordinate back out testing. Conduct supporting documentation review. Compile test results Conduct release test review. Coordinate post release testing. Validate and communicate results of testing activities. Accountability: Risk Management [15%] Key activities: Build relationship with country IT Risk and Governance team and provide support wherever required. Contribute and deliver to the improvement of the risk profile by delivering improved governance, risk management, controls and compliance requirements. Accountability: People Management [10%] Key Activities: Responsible for driving own Performance Development, collating relevant documentation, preparing for and arranging reviews. By utilizing skills matrix, identify training and development requirements, formulating own plan to be agreed with team leader. Responsible for ensuring own plan is completed within agreed timescales. Undertake all necessary training in order to perform the role to the required standards, including gaining accreditation where appropriate. Risk & Control Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Absa Operational Risk Framework and internal Absa Policies and Standards.
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
No Requirements
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Vacancy title:
Digital Solutions Analyst
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Banking, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
ABSA Group
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, April 11 2025
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 4 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary
- To manage the implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of all Applications systems to enable the use of appropriate platform technology, as an integral and reliable component of business process within country.
• Drive convergence of technologies, ensure delivery of technology projects associated with Applications and liaise and negotiate with internal customers and technology vendors.
Job Description
The prime responsibility is for maintaining the availability and reliability of applications to ensure that IT can effectively meet service targets in accordance with planned business objectives.
Key Activities:
- Provide a range of application availability reporting to ensure that agreed levels of availability, reliability and maintainability are measured and monitored on an ongoing basis.
- Successfully facilitate delivery of changes to reports needed by the business and ensure that reports and their dependencies are made available for the business.
- Provide holistic support of application availability to Business Users
- Take actions to achieve reductions in frequency and duration of incidents that impact application availability.
- Ensure shortfalls in application availability are recognized and appropriate corrective actions are identified and progressed.
- Take action on agreed appropriate actions with Line Management to maintain or improve application availability levels.
- Initiate and coordinate actions required to maintain or improve availability of applications.
- Act as a coordination point for changes to applications when needed.
- Maintain an awareness of technology advancements and best practices that support application availability.
Responsibility is to ensure that proper testing occurs for all Application changes released into the production environments as assigned to you by Line Management.
Key Activities:
- Work closely with Release Analysts
- Review releases and assign appropriate release testing tasks.
- Compile and review the Testing Deliverables
- Conduct installation procedure tests.
- Participate in functional, performance, and integration testing results.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing.
- Coordinate back out testing.
- Conduct supporting documentation review.
- Compile test results
- Conduct release test review.
- Coordinate post release testing.
- Validate and communicate results of testing activities.
Accountability: Risk Management [15%]
Key activities:
- Build relationship with country IT Risk and Governance team and provide support wherever required.
- Contribute and deliver to the improvement of the risk profile by delivering improved governance, risk management, controls and compliance requirements.
Accountability: People Management [10%]
Key Activities:
- Responsible for driving own Performance Development, collating relevant documentation, preparing for and arranging reviews.
- By utilizing skills matrix, identify training and development requirements, formulating own plan to be agreed with team leader. Responsible for ensuring own plan is completed within agreed timescales.
- Undertake all necessary training in order to perform the role to the required standards, including gaining accreditation where appropriate.
Risk & Control
- Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Absa Operational Risk Framework and internal Absa Policies and Standards.
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
Work Hours: 8
Experience: No Requirements
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
To apply for this job please visit absa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com.
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