Safaricom Ethiopia Job Vacancy 2024

Safaricom Ethiopia is looking for a qualified person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Safaricom Ethiopia is owned by an international consortium including Vodafone Group; Safaricom PLC; Vodacom Group; Sumitomo Corporation – one of the largest international trading and business investment companies; and British International Investment (BII) – the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor.

Position 1: Specialist: Business Intelligence (Power BI)

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

· Proven experience as a BI Developer

· Industry experience is preferred.

· Background in data warehouse design (e.g., dimensional modelling) and data mining

· In-depth understanding of database management systems, online analytical processing (OLAP) and ETL (Extract, transform, load) framework.

· Familiarity with BI technologies (e.g., Microsoft Power BI, Oracle BI)

· Knowledge of SQL queries, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

· Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative

·  Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude

·  BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field

Place of Work: Addis Ababa

Position 2: Specialist – Enterprise Integration

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

 • At least 1 years’ experience in coding in a non-university setting.

• Experience in Java, spring boot, spring, spring MVC, JEE, MAVEN, spring cloud. Should be conversant in Java. Other programming languages such as C#, Golang will be an added advantage.

• Proven experience with integration technologies such as APIs, web services, and message queues.

• Strong understanding of microservice architecture – Ability to design, develop and implement scalable, elastic microservice based platforms. This will include when and where to use a particular architecture and pattern.

• Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL,etc..).

• Experience in analytical and problemsolving skills, developing solutions using agile, DevOps, testing and CI/CD automation tools such as Jenkins, JMeter, Git, Stash, SonarQube, GitOps etc will be an added advantage. – 3 – C2 – Restricted Information

• Build microservices leveraging on cloud Services, Serverless architecture, designing and implementing with full stack solutions leveraging Node or Spring stack.

• Be able to build cloud native and cloud ready solutions using java.

• Strong understanding of Docker-based container, Kubernetes, or other container schedulers.

• Understanding of both soap and rest APIs and development on swagger UI

• Strong understanding of cloud technologies – AWS, Azure, GCP

• Experience with automated testing tools – SonarQube, JUnit

Place of Work: Addis Ababa

Position 3: Specialist – Devops Engineer

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
  • Certification in cloud technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or related.
  • Use of DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Ansible or similar and professional software development using JAVA, Python etc. is required.
  • 3 years’ experience in commercial software development with at least 2 years’ experience in developing release pipelines and GitOps frameworks.
  • Proficient in scripting.
  • Hands-on knowledge of configuration management and deployment tools like Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Terraform.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 4: Specialist Data Engineer (Big Data)

Qualifications

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science (or related fields like Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics).
  • 3+ years of software design, development, implementation & deployment experience with backend data services.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience in any object-oriented programming & scripting languages such as C++, C#, Java, or Python.
  • Hands on experience in private cloud (docker/ kubernetes-K8s) computing.
  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms and algorithm 
  • Advanced working SQL/NoSQL knowledge and experience working with relational/nonrelational databases.
  • Experience building and optimizing ‘big data’ data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.
  • Experience in performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.
  • Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management.
  • A successful history of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.
  • Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills.
  • Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
  • Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Nifi etc.
  • Experience with relational SQL (Oracle & PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (HDFS Hive, HBase, Cassandra) databases.
  • Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools like Airflow, etc.

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 5: Digital Channels Software Engineer

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

· A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field 

· At least 3 years’ experience as a full-stack developer with in-depth understanding of both web and mobile technology stacks

· Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript libraries and frameworks (ReactJS and NextJS).

· Experience in developing hybrid mobile applications using PWA and bridge scripts. 

· Experience with REST API integration

· Proficient understanding of version control (Git) and DevOps

Desired

·  Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and communicate them to a non-technical audience

· An in-depth understanding of security by design principles

· A strong desire to learn and deliver market leading user-friendly web and mobile applications

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 6: Digital Channels Frontend Developer

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

·  A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field 

·  At least 3 years’ experience as a full-stack developer with in-depth understanding of both web and mobile technology stacks

· Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript libraries and frameworks (ReactJS and NextJS).

· Experience in developing hybrid mobile applications using PWA and bridge scripts. 

· Experience with REST API integration

·  Proficient understanding of version control (Git) and DevOps

Desired

· Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and communicate them to a non-technical audience

· An in-depth understanding of security by design principles

· A strong desire to learn and deliver market leading user-friendly web and mobile applications

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 7: Digital Channels Backend Developer

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

·  A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field 

·  At least 3 years’ experience as a full-stack developer with in-depth understanding of both web and mobile technology stacks

· Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript libraries and frameworks (ReactJS and NextJS).

· Experience in developing hybrid mobile applications using PWA and bridge scripts. 

· Experience with REST API integration

· Proficient understanding of version control (Git) and DevOps

Desired

· Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and communicate them to a non-technical audience

· An in-depth understanding of security by design principles

· A strong desire to learn and deliver market leading user-friendly web and mobile applications

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 8: Data Analytics Developer – CVM

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

· BS or MS in computer science or equivalent practical experience

·  At least 2-3 years’ experience in data modelling, designing and supporting data storage in relational databases.

· At least 2 years of Experience in developing data pipelines or extract transform load jobs

· At least 2 years of experience with relational databases, including Oracle and MSSQ

· Experience with NoSQL databases, such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoD

· Coding experience using Java/python/R/SQL/ PLSQL

· Experience in collecting, storing, processing and analysing large volumes of data.

· Proficient understanding of databases at the logical, physical, and conceptual levels.

· Understanding of big data technologies

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 9: Senior Secure by Design Specialist

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

  • Degree in Information Security/Computer Forensics/Computer Science/Information Technology or other relevant Technical Degree
  • Information security certifications e.g. CEH/CISSP/CISM/CISA/GIAC/CPTP/OSCP
  • Advanced Networking certifications: CCNA/CCNP/CCSP/CCIE are also preferred
  • Certifications in Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix Operating Systems
  • Demonstrate competency in the use and administration of ethical hacking tools e.g. KALI Linux, Metasploit, Nexpose, Nessus, Nmap, BurpSuite etc…
  • Minimum of 5 years’ working experience in Information Systems Security – e.g. Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, ICT Audits, Pre-and-Post Implementation System Reviews etc…
  • Minimum of 3 years’ working experience in Networking and Operating Systems e.g.  Cisco, Huawei, Windows (All), Unix, Linux etc

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 10: Cyber Security Operation Center Analyst

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science /Electrical Engineering/ Software Engineering/ IT Security/Information Technology

Desired

·  Professional security training and certifications like CCNA, Security+, Certified SOC Analyst will have an added advantage.

Key performance indicator:

· Time to detection: How long does it take to become aware of a potential security incident?

· Detection Accuracy: False Positive and False Negative Rates and the time to identify events as false positive/negative.

· Escalation level

· Mean Time to Attend and Analyze (MTTA&A): measures the time taken to attend and analyze the security Alert.

· Number of events per analyst: How many events were addressed by an analyst?

· Mean Time for Investigation: How long is it taking to complete an investigation process.

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 11: System Engineer: VAS

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

· BSc. Degree or equivalent in one of the following: Telecommunication Engineering/Electrical Engineering/ Electronics engineering/Computer Science/IT.

· 3+ years’ experience in IT / telecommunication environment or Software Engineering

· Good knowledge in VAS solutions including Messaging, Voice & Service Delivery Platforms

· Experience on development in Java

· Experience with REST API and microservices development

· Strong understanding of virtualization and container infrastructure technology

· Knowledge of Distributed Systems, analytics tools such and Python, Standard Query languages, Procedural Programming languages, Linux/Unix, Shell scripting

· Experience with JavaScript, JSON, XSLT, XML

· Knowledge in TCP/IP, IP Traffic Engineering, SS7 signaling, GSM MAP and SMPP Protocols

· Working knowledge in Unix systems and Databases – Oracle, MySQL.

· Deep understanding of 3GPP protocols and interfaces

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 12: Specialist – BSS Operations

Key performance indicator:

·  100% of all developed applications and reports should meet 95% of the user requirements specified in the user requirement document. Nil critical errors. 90% of system development project are completed within the set timeliness. 80+% of assigned and systems related docs are up-to-date and accurate.

·  90% of all escalated support issues are resolved and closed within SLAs defined by IT helpdesk. Isolate and document 100% of reoccurring incidents for root cause analysis.

· 95% of all incidents identified for root cause analysis are well documented and resolved permanently (98% non-re occurrence).

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 13: Manager – Converged Charging & Mediation

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

· BSc. Degree in Telecommunication Engineering/Electrical & Electronics engineering/Computer Science/IT.

· 7+ years’ experience in IT / telecommunication environment or Software Engineering with good knowledge in supporting BSS Solutions such as CRM, Billing, SDP, product configurator and Sales lead

· Experience on development in Java

· Experience with REST API and microservices development

· Strong understanding of virtualization and container infrastructure technology

· Knowledge of Distributed Systems, analytics tools such and Python, Standard Query languages, Procedural Programming languages, Linux/Unix, Shell scripting

· Experience with JavaScript, JSON, XSLT, XML

· Prior Experience in GSM and charging platforms is a must.

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 14: Integration Engineer

Must have technical / professional qualifications

·  Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent 

·  At least 1 years’ experience in coding in a non-university setting. 

· Experience in Java, spring boot, spring, spring MVC, JEE, MAVEN, spring cloud. Should be conversant in Java. Other programming languages such as C#, Golang will be an added advantage. 

· Proven experience with integration technologies such as APIs, web services, and message queues. 

· Strong understanding of microservice architecture – Ability to design, develop and implement scalable, elastic microservice based platforms. This will include when and where to use a particular architecture and pattern. 

· Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL ,etc..). 

· Experience in analytical and problem-solving skills, developing solutions using agile, DevOps, testing and CI/CD automation tools such as Jenkins, JMeter, Git, Stash, SonarQube, GitOps etc will be an added advantage. 

· Build microservices leveraging on cloud Services, Serverless architecture, designing and implementing with full stack solutions leveraging Node or Spring stack. 

· Be able to build cloud native and cloud ready solutions using java. 

· Strong understanding of Docker-based container, Kubernetes, or other container schedulers. 

· Understanding of both soap and rest apis and development on swagger UI 

·  Strong understanding of cloud technologies – AWS, Azure, GCP 

·  Experience with automated testing tools – SonarQube, JUnit 

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 15: Sales & Distribution Technical Lead

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

  • Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering/Business related.
  • Certification in ITIL4/ITL3
  • At least 2 years of broad technical background inclusive of databases, applications, Infrastructure, cloud, development , enterprise architecture, solutions architecture and system design experience
  • At least 2 years experience as a developer, systems engineer or delivery lead.
  • A methodical approach with proven experience designing and delivering complex technical roadmaps.
  • Understanding of working with 3rd party suppliers
  • Strong business acumen and mindset.
  • Ability to persuade stakeholders and to champion effective techniques through delivery.
  • Ability to drive initiatives without any formal authority in an ambiguous environment.
  • Ability to guide/teach others in architecture principles
  • Working knowledge of all Technical domains in telecoms including VAS, Charging, CRM and Digital Services

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

Position 16: ERP Support Manager

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

· A degree in IT, Mathematics or  Engineering (Telecommunications or Electrical & Electronic)

· Intermediate Unix Certification required

· Intermediate training on networking and security standards  e.g. CCNA or its Equivalent

· Proficiency in programming languages including MSSQL, PL/SQL and Perl

· Intermediate training on Database Administration essential (Preferably  Oracle and MS SQL)

· Minimum of 5 years’ experience with system analysis, data analysis, ERP systems, relational database, data warehouse, and OLAP and programming preferable in PLSQL, Perl and MSSQL.

·  Experience with LAN/WAN Support  including Satellite and fiber communication

· Knowledge of  Mobile Network  core network systems,  Short Message Service Center (SMSC), routing, Mediation and Intelligent Networks  is an added advantage.

Place of Work: Addis Ababa,

How To Apply:

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the career portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume. 

The closing date for receiving applications is Thursday October 10,2024.

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