Saturday 11 February 2012

Quality and Compliance Management Division Vacancies at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

CBN is looking for talented and capable candidates to make our vision and mission come true. Qualified and eligible candidates are invited to apply job vacancies in Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to fill the following position:

Job Title: Assistant Quality Management Specialist
Job Code: NEXTCBN/LOT1AQMS
Division: Quality and Compliance Management Division

The Assistant Quality Management Specialist shall provide assistance in implementation of Quality System Standards and shall also ensure that quality is put into every aspect of IT throughout the organization by conducting quality test of systems/products.

Job Responsibilities

  • Assist to develop, revise and verify quality standards
  • Assist to ensure that quality standards, test procedures and methodology are adhered to
  • Assist to evaluate software and infrastructure to ensure that they conform to established guidelines
  • Assist to identify differences between establishment standards and user applications and suggest modifications that conform to standards
  • Assist to determine and document overall approach to project/software version control
  • Assist to monitor system performance after implementation to ensure compliance to quality standards
  • Assist to monitor the performance of quality review of supplier/project deliverables
  • Assist to continuously negotiate, monitor and report service level agreements with user community

Experience:

  • Post NYSC

Qualification:

  • A first degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology and related disciplines (Computer Engineering, Computer with Economics/ Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Electrical/Electronics Engineering)

Added advantage

  • Membership of the following professional bodies is an added advantage: NCS, CPN, NIM, PMI or ISACA
  • Possession of the following certifications is an added advantage: ITIL Manager; CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional; SSCP – Systems Security Certified Practitioner: CIPP – Certified Information Privacy Professional; CISM – Certified Information Security Manager; CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control; ISEB Certified Tester

Job Title: Assistant Service Level Specialist
Job Code: NEXTCBN/LOT1ASLS
Division: Quality and Compliance Management Division

The Assistant Service Level Specialist will assist the Service Level Specialist in ensuring the management of the activities of service providers, customer relationship management, SLA review and management, and IT service costing and pricing.

Job Responsibilities

  • Assists the Service Level Specialist in service planning and control for IT department
  • Assists with strong input in the annual strategic review and implementation for IT department
  • Assists in developing operating level agreement, review of service level of agreement
  • Assists in performing service monitoring and feedback to appropriate Service Delivery Managers
  • Assists in performing Customer Satisfaction Survey, writes report and provides feedback to Service Control and Planning Manager
  • Continuously monitor activities of external and internal service providers
  • Assists in developing service costing and charge back strategy/model and continuously perform monthly charge back of IT service to Business units
  • Analyze IT sourcing and Procurement

Experience:

  • Post NYSC

Qualification:

  • A first degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology and related disciplines (Computer Engineering, Computer with Economics/ Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Electrical/Electronics Engineering)

Added advantage

  • Membership of the following professional bodies is an added advantage: NCS, CPN, NIM, PMI or ITSMF
  • Possession of the following certifications is an added advantage: ITIL Manager; ISEB Specialist Certificate in Service Level Management

Job Title: Assistant IT Compliance Specialist
Job Code: NEXTCBN/LOT1AICS
Division: Quality and Compliance Management Division

The Assistant IT Compliance Specialist will provide necessary support in the development of IT-related risk management strategies and ensure that IT risk related controls and management requirements are enforced.

Job Responsibilities

  • Assist in developing IT risk management policy and guidelines based on standard IT risk definitions and management methods
  • Assist in Managing IT-related risk exposures
  • Assist in Identifying and measuring risk across all IT Infrastructure landscape
  • Monitor adherence to Risk mitigation plans and provide reports to IT Compliance Specialist
  • Research and propose new Risk Mitigation plans

Experience:

  • Post NYSC.

Qualification:

  • A first degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology and related disciplines (Computer Engineering, Computer with Economics/ Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Electrical/Electronics Engineering)

Added advantage

  • Membership of the following professional bodies is an added advantage: NCS, CPN, NIM, PMI or ISACA
  • Possession of the following certifications is an added advantage: CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control; MoR – Management of Risk Foundation & Practitioner; CGoIT Certified Governance of IT; CCSA – Certification in Control Self-Assessment; CIA – Certified Internal Auditor; CSA – Control Self-Assessment; CISA -Certified Information Systems Auditor

Job Title: Assistant Release Management Specialist
Job Code: NEXTCBN/LOT1ARMS
Division: Quality and Compliance Management Division

The Assistant Release Management Specialist will ensure the successful deployment of all releases and patches to the live production environment, helping to ensure that agreed entry/exit criteria and process checkpoints ("gates") are completed before introduction of new/changed services to the production/live environment costing and pricing.

Job Responsibilities

  • Manage and control the introduction of new (and major changes to existing) live services including their transition from project delivery into the production environment and ongoing support
  • Ensure the development of entry/exit criteria and process checkpoints for every release by Assistant Release Management Specialist
  • Supervise the deployment of releases and patches to the production environment
  • Implement the release calendar, produce detailed release plans, control release scope
  • Work with Project Managers & PMO to monitor and track project and release Risks and Issues
  • Coordinate with the Test, Development and Service Management teams during a release
  • Engage with projects in early phases to ensure alignment with the overall release calendar and corresponding freeze periods
  • Conduct internal management reporting on release schedules and plans
  • Build relationships with hosting providers, third party vendors and other partners

Experience:

  • Minimum of 4 years relevant experience in IT Quality Management, Testing, and Release & Deployment Management is required for this role. At least 2 years must have been spent in a supervisory role.

Qualification:

  • A first degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology and related disciplines (Computer Engineering, Computer with Economics/ Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Electrical/Electronics Engineering)

Added advantage

  • A post graduate degree
  • Membership of the following professional bodies: NCS, CPN, NIM, PMI or ISACA
  • Possession of the following certifications: ITIL Manager; CISM – Certified Information Security Manager; CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control; CCSA – Certification in Control Self-Assessment; CIA – Certified Internal Auditor; CSA – Control Self-Assessment; CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor; PMP; Prince II; ISEB Certified Tester

Job Title: Capacity & Availability Specialist
Job Code: NEXTCBN/LOT1CAS
Division: Quality and Compliance Management Division

The Capacity &Availability Specialist will assist to implement the day-to-day capacity and availability requirements of IT services across the Bank.

Job Responsibilities

  • Ensure customer requirements are correctly translated into realistic capacity and availability goals
  • Help to prepare budgets for ensuring service continuity
  • Support with planning activities in relation to designing for capacity and availability and designing for recovery
  • Assist with identifying and mitigating risks to capacity and availability
  • Undertakes capacity and availability modeling to help select the most appropriate countermeasures, assess the impact of future changes, and identify potential improvements
  • Ensures capacity and availability goals are reflected within appropriate SLAs
  • Proactively engage and work with solutions development units (Application Management, Infrastructure Operations & Security Management) to provide adequate capacity and assure continuity of IT services

Experience:

  • Minimum of 6 years relevant experience in IT Quality Management, Service Continuity, Capacity Management.
  • At least 3 years must have been spent in a management position

Qualification:

  • A first degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology and related disciplines (Computer Engineering, Computer with Economics/ Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Electrical/Electronics Engineering)

Added advantage

  • A post graduate degree
  • Membership of the following professional bodies: NCS, CPN, NIM, PMI, ISACA, BG, DRII, ITSMF
  • Possession of the following certifications: ITIL Manager; Certified Business Continuity Specialist; Certified Disaster Recovery Specialist

Job Title: Test Management Specialist
Job Code: NEXTCBN/LOT1TMS
Division: Quality and Compliance Management Division

The Test Management Specialist will validate that solutions due to be released meet quality, performance, architectural and functional requirements and are fit for business purpose. S/he will ensure that all test effort is effectively planned, monitored and executed and that core activities required by the Testing Framework are completed in a structured, consistent manner

Job Responsibilities

  • Responsible for all phases of the Test Solution process, comprising:

Test Phases Unit, System, Integration, Functional Acceptance Test Deliverables Approach, Scenarios, Conditions &Expected Results, Test Cycle Control Sheet, Test Scripts Test Review Process Informal Review, Formal Review, Sign-Off, Quality Assurance Review Test Metrics and Reporting

  • Develop strategies &methodologies to automate testing within the CBN
  • Work with all solution development units (e.g. Application Management, Infrastructure Operations & Security Management) during solution development to test and confirm that business and technical requirements are met.

Experience:

  • Minimum of 4 years relevant experience in IT Quality Management, Testing, Release & Deployment Management

Qualification:

  • A first degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology and related disciplines (Computer Engineering, Computer with Economics/ Mathematics, Management Information Systems, and Electrical/Electronics Engineering) Post Graduate degree added advantage

Added advantage

  • Membership of the following professional bodies is an added advantage: NCS, CPN, NIM, PMI or ISACA
  • Possession of the following certifications is an added advantage: ITIL Manager; CCSA- Certification in Control Self- Assessment;; ISEB Certified Tester

How to Apply
If you qualify and are interested in any of these positions, please send in your CV (as an attachment) stating the reference code of the position being applied for as the subject of the email.

Applicants who hail from the following states Bayclsa. Ebonyi. Yobe, Zamfara, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kebbi, FCT and Taraba arc also strongly encouraged to apply to fill the various positions with a view to shoring up their representation in the Bank's work force. Potential applicants from these 8 States*FCT (from graduate entry level to experienced hires) are required to fill vacancies with in the various Directorates of CBN. Applicants from these 8 States will be required to hold education a land professional qualification s from a multiplicity of disciplines including. Finance & Accountancy, Mathematics, Economics, Agricultural Economists, Human Resources, Legal, Supply Chain Management, computer Sciences, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering and all other relevant disciplines. It is further expected that applicants must possess academic qualifications ranging from a first degrees/HNDs to PHDS. Professional qualifications in the relevant disciplines will be an added advantage. Applicants are not expected to exceed the age of 35 and must be confident, self-motivated and result-oriented individuals who can ensure that all set targets for the institution are met and surpassed. Kindly apply for vacancies within the following Directorates noting clearly on your application the reference for the vacancy you are applying for:

  • Economic Policy -Nextcbn/LOT2A
  • Financial System sand Policy Nextcbn/LOT2B
  • Operations Nextcbn/LOT2C
  • Corporate Services Nextcbn/LOT2D

Applications should be submitted not later 19 March, 2012 via email to cbnrecruitment@nexzon.com. Note also that all interested applicants must ensure that the following information is clearly staled on the top left cornet of their CVs:

  • Name
  • State Of Origin
  • Age Sex
  • Job Code
  • Role

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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