ICEA LION General Insurance Company Job Vacancies

Protect your wealth through every stage of your life. As one of East Africa’s largest and most innovative insurers and financial services companies, our decades of experience and our eye on the future will help you navigate today’s complex financial landscape.

We’re better together.

At ICEA LION Group, we truly believe that to deliver the best for our customers we need a diverse set of talented individuals. We create an enabling environment that allows you to pursue your personal and professional goals.

In our quest to keep building this winning team, we are looking to fill the following roles:

Database Administrator

Job Summary:

Administration, Performance tuning, Capacity planning, management and support of the Enterprise Database (DB) Systems.
Database design, administration, Maintenance and support lifecycle for development, test and production environments
Supporting the development, system test, user acceptance, training and production database environments
Administer all database projects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages & procedures
Maintain database security, integrity and computing resources to comply with Companies standards
Performs the capacity planning required to create and maintain the databases, undertake performance tuning of databases
Monitoring the performance of the database system and implementing or recommending the required changes to increase the performance and maximum uptime.

Key Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field.
Three (3) years’ experience
A good knowledge of physical database design
Experience in Microsoft SQL Server Systems, and MySQL Administration.
Experience of linking disconnected data sets to meet business requirements
Proven experience on data warehouse management & ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) processes.
Certification –MCSE, MCSA Certifications on MS-SQL
Working knowledge of Linux
Good communication skills (Oral & Written)

2. Assistant Systems Administrator

Job summary:

Assist in systems planning, deployment, monitoring and administration of ICEA LION Windows, VMware, Linux, and Storage systems.
Software and hardware installations, system configuration, backups, system monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, configuration management and documentation.
Provide support for server hardware and operating system software, enterprise storage systems.
Administering, Configuring and troubleshooting Enterprise Unified Threat Management System
Administering, Configuring and troubleshooting Cloud E-Mail Systems, databases systems such as Microsoft SQL
Operation of backup tools and testing of disk and data recovery
Capacity planning for servers, storage and related component to ensure business needs are met within agreed Operation Level Agreement

Key Requirements:

BSc Degree in Computer Science or related field.
MCSA / MCSE Certification.
Networking Skills – N+, CCNA
Computer Hardware Skills – A+ Certification
Certification in Linux, VMware
3+ years’ experience in infrastructure support in an environment with mixed Windows and Linux server environment.
Strong oral, written, interpersonal communication skills

3.Assistant Manager, Learning & Development

Job Summary:

Develop and implement the company’s training strategy based on the corporate strategy and changing business needs.
Ensure the full training cycle is executed starting from assessing training needs, formulating training plans, and implementation to post training evaluation.
Identify and co-ordinate design of training programs to meet developmental needs.
Work with line management and departmental heads in developing and maintaining a comprehensive skills and competency framework.
Develop and manage the training budget
Design, develop and implement evaluation systems to track ROI for all training interventions.
Manage the e-learning platform
Develop and establish a coaching and mentoring culture in the company.

Key Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, human resources or any other related field
At least five (5) years’ experience within learning and development function in a busy environment.
Strong leadership skills
Strong communication and presentation skills
High level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills,
Strong expertise in strategic management project planning and budgeting, resource management, implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation.
Ability to coach and train.

4.Software Developer

Job Summary:

Design, modification, development, documentation and implementation of core operation applications as well as supporting components.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to drive software development projects leveraging leading edge technologies and execute innovative development projects.
As a Software developer you will design and develop state-of-the-art mobile, web, and desktop applications across multiple platforms and devices.
You will be expected to define and develop innovative technical solutions, and work with business & development teams to ensure these solutions have a significant impact.

Key Requirements

Bachelor Degree in ICT, Computer Science related discipline from a reputable university.
Minimum of (2) years of experience in a busy systems development environment
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) Certification
With technical skills in the following: Programming skills including: responsive ASP.NET, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript; C#/VB.NET.
Strong practical understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts
Excellent knowledge of MS SQL Server
Experience in Test Driven Development
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with an attention to detail
Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage own time with changing priorities
A results oriented individual who thrives working in a fast paced environment
Excellent interpersonal skills with a willingness to go the extra mile to assist other team members
High level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including ability to build alliances and collaborative relationships with sensitivity to diversity.

5. (Dot) . Net Software Developer

Job Summary:

The Lead Systems Developer will be responsible for the design and development of a core operations web application and related solutions. The resource will work on major projects providing subject matter expertise and technical direction with a specific focus on core operations application development.
The Lead Systems Developer will work closely with customers, business analysts and software developers’ team members to understand the business requirements and translate them to design for quality technical solutions.
The person will work with a team of experienced analysts, developers and business resources to build a highly robust and stable enterprise system that increases staff productivity.

Key Requirements:

Bachelor Degree in ICT, Computer Science related discipline from a reputable university.
Minimum of (3) years of experience in a technical leadership position
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) Certification
With technical skills in the following: Programming skills including: responsive ASP.NET, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript; C#/VB.NET.
Strong leadership and skills to foster teamwork; develop and motivate staff, resolve conflicts as well as ability to provide direction, guidance, momentum and vision in order to achieve organizational objectives.
Strong communication and presentation skills including ability to develop proposals, concept papers, position papers as well as write reports and prepare relevant publications.
High level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including ability to build alliances and collaborative relationships.
Strong expertise in project planning and budgeting, resource management, implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation

How to apply:

Please, submit your Curriculum Vitae with cover letter and copies of relevant testimonials to recruitment@icealion.com quoting the reference number REF:ICT/HR MAY 2019 and the Job Title in the subject of the email by 31st May, 2019.

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