Unit Head - Lagos, Nigeria - Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc
Description
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc (MUTUAL) has evolved into a conglomerate consisting of value-adding companies with diverse interests in various sectors of the Nigerian economy through investments, strategic alliances, and partnerships. Today, MUTUAL is a leading brand in the Nigerian Insurance industry, with over 3,000 staff and marketing executives in its employment.
JOB SUMMARY
Requirements Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience 10 + years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or operations. Demonstrated knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability) Demonstrated knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes Experience as a team lead preferred. Experience with OCI, Azure, AWS and VMWare enterprise implementations Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments Knowledge of all components of an technical architecture Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies Strong understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis and design, and/or client/server systems
RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaption process. Regularly evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software. Develop and organize cloud systems. Work closely with IT security to monitor the company's cloud privacy. Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner. Offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques including bulk application transfers into the cloud. Research, analyze and plan the establishment of innovative technologies and present suggestions for upgrades to improve the existing or replace the legacy physical and out-of-lifecycle virtual workloads and technologies. Participate in analyzing and evaluating the global cloud, virtualization, and security systems, and related processes to ensure that the technical objectives are consistent with the long-term company strategy. Participate in the scoping, advise on the design, and lead the execution phases of the various IT projects affecting the overall security, availability, and reliability of cloud-native and other virtualized systems and services. Proactively identify future capacity requirements, define, and implement appropriate performance thresholds per the Tiering-levels definition for project-driven solutions prior to the solution acceptance for operations handover. Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the company.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Cloud architectures and services, Information security, Server hosting and management, System and network security
REQUIRED EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree