Job Vacancies at Access Bank Plc – 3 Positions (Nigeria)

Nigeria Posted on Engineering / Technical, Information Technology / ICT

Access Bank Plc is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Database Administrator
2.) Network Engineer (CCIE)
3.) Data Scientist

 

Access Bank Plc is a financial institution with presence in 9 countries in Africa and the United Kingdom and in all major cities in Nigeria. Also referred to as the Africa's Bank of Best Practice, Access Bank operates on a platform of strong ethics, governance and professionalism.

 

See job details and how to apply below.


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1.) Database Administrator

 

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full time

Description

  • We are seeking an exceptional Database Administrator to join our Infrastructure team. This is a highly technical, hands-on role in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
  • The successful candidate will have a mixture of deep technical know-how as well as excellent database administrative fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

Functions and Responsibilities

  • Carryout Database Capacity planning, Review complex SQL codes and provide guidance during deployment of new applications.
  • Interface effectively with all areas of IT systems and Infrastructure/Application teams, in order to provide appropriate support and maintenance for the database deployments.
  • Put measures in place to ensure integrity of the database is not compromised
  • Provide support and guidance for other departments on database related issues.
  • Design and implement database backup policies and procedures
  • Monitor database sizes against capacity plan and ensure regular health check of database infrastructure as well as performance tuning to ensure continuous availability and optimal performance.
  • Ensure all databases operate in compliance with the bank’s security and access policies.
  • Respond to internal and external audit queries and ensure remediation of observed vulnerabilities and non-conformities.
  • Facilitate root cause analysis on database issues.
  • Perform benchmarking analysis to properly size hardware platforms, and maintain technical documentation relating to database management functions.


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Requirements

  • A good First Degree in Computer Science/ I.T with sound proficiency in database management. Relevant Master’s degree will be an advantage
  • Professional Membership IT certification and other professional qualification will be an added advantage

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Good knowledge and proficiency of Oracle Database
  • Good knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server database
  • Ability to use Oracle data dictionary
  • Ability to review and interpret log files, AWR and other diagnostic reports to resolve performance challenges
  • Good knowledge of UNIX/Linus and other relevant operating systems
  • Good security knowledge
  • Ability to research, resolve and document unknown problems.
  • Regulatory knowledge.

Benefits
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

 


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2.) Network Engineer (CCIE)

 

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full time

Description

  • We are seeking an exceptional Network Engineer to join our Networks and Communications Services team.
  • This is a highly technical, hands-on role in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
  • The successful candidate will have a mixture of deep technical know-how as well as excellent network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Work with cross-functional technical teams to assist with system architecture focusing on network design, network security and network data transfer optimization
  • Work with Access Bank’s Global Network System teams to resolve network related issues impacting LAN and WAN infrastructure
  • Operational monitoring of data network infrastructures and load-balancers
  • Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the networks and carrying out scheduled maintenance activities
  • Resolution of network faults (support)
  • Manage escalations of network faults or performance issues to the next level and upper management.
  • Carry out approved changes to the network infrastructures
  • Work with firewalls and other standard network security equipment and software
  • Liaise and coordinate with international counterparts for various project implementations.
  • Maintain documentation of the environment and operational procedures


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Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • CCIE Certification
  • At least 6 years’ hands -on experience including 2 years’ post CCIE in the Telecommunications or Financial Services industry
  • Must have led / supervised a team of at least 4 Network Engineers
  • Solid understanding of TCP/IP (both IPv4/IPv6)
  • Experience and knowledge of BGP and Internet Routing Policies
  • Extensive knowledge of both Cisco IOS/NX-OS and JUNOS
  • Strong working knowledge of the following: wireless security architecture and protocols; access control methodologies; VPN technologies, including IPSec, 3DES, AES, IKE, DMVPN; PCI and SOX standards and compliance, and Layer 2 security controls
  • Expertise with standard Linux utilities and programs (grep, sed, awk, sort, traceroute, tcpdump, etc)
  • Experience automating workflows through scripting (Python, Perl, or Ansible).

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Career Growth
  • Merit driven performance management system
  • Adequate training and development
  • A robust employee recognition program

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

 


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3.) Data Scientist

 

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Category: Information Technology and Cybersecurity

Description

  • Access Bank's technology teams take on the continent's biggest financial and data challenges for our over 40 million customers, building the platforms and partnerships that affect millions of people every day.
  • Customers are at the forefront of everything we do and ensuring customer’s concerns are addressed is vital to the success of the Bank. We are driving change to be the World’s most respected African Bank
  • We are seeking an exceptional Data Scientist to join our Data Management Office (DMO) team.
  • This is a highly technical, hands-on role in a dynamic and fast paced environment. The successful candidate will have a mixture of deep technical know-how as well as data analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Work with other cross-functional technical teams and will serve as key players in the Advanced Analytics group of the DMO.
  • Responsible for discovering the information hidden in vast amounts of data.
  • Make smarter decisions to deliver even better products, services, improve our customer relationship as well as optimize our business processes.
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) / Data Mining (DM) techniques, doing Statistical Analysis (SA), and building high quality prediction models/systems integrated with our platforms to bring Business Value
  • Optimizing AI/ML/DM/SA models, and operationalize them in productive environments.
  • Integrate model outputs into business applications (like CRM, ERP), and Reporting/Dashboarding tools (Microsoft PowerBI, Reporting Services) or develop if needed web-based front-end layers.
  • Identify business challenges and initiate process improvement projects
  • Facilitate the computerization of analytics and data collection processes
  • Provide analyses for large datasets necessary for decisions using actionable insights.
  • Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic system.


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Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • Master's Degree in appropriate field of study.
  • Relevant Professional Certifications.
  • Minimum of 7 years of equivalent work experience in the Retail Banking sector
  • At least 5 years’ hands-on experience n operationalizing in real life / production AI/ML/DM/SA solutions.
  • Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with common data science toolkits/frameworks (TensorFlow, Spark ML, Azure ML) and solutions/languages, such as Python, Jupiter, Microsoft AI/ML platform/toolset, SQL-Server ML
  • Must have led / supervised a team of at least 3 Data Scientists.
  • Solid understanding of Real-Time data Processing tool like Kafka, as well as with Spark.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Career Growth
  • Merit driven performance management system
  • Adequate training and development
  • A robust employee recognition program.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

 


 


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Access Bank Plc

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Status: Open No of vacancies: 3 Job type: Full Time Salary: Negotiable Publish date: 20 Jan 2022

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