[Position Closed] Head of IT (Mandalay)

Job Responsibilities

1. Planning activities

• Prepares annual budgets, in terms of material investments or developments, in relationship with other departments forecasted needs, including IT staffing, hardware and software equipment, miscellaneous IT equipment, licenses fees and any other relevant IT related expense

2. Management and production activities

• Manages purchase and installation of hardware (computers, network, printers, software), their maintenance and renewal in all the company’s premises including branches or outlets

• Ensures that the core banking software, the accounting software, and all the related packages required for connectivity, security and office work are in place, functional and that problem solving in relation with any such software is dealt with in an efficient manner (applies to any new software that may be installed as per company needs)

• Installs, configures and maintains databases (e.g. MySQL) and related servers (integrity, performance, consolidation, updates), and ensures consistency of configuration of databases installed

• Ensures completion of periodic processes backup and archive of data, if needed restore of data

• Ensures the security of computer network (data confidentiality, protection against outside threats and intrusions) through adapted and updated software packages (anti-virus, firewall etc.), and interacts with Logistics Department to ensure the physical protection of the equipment (power supply, protection against fire, flood, robbery etc.)

• Administers the users’ profiles and users of the core banking system and of the accounting software, including all different environments (live, training, test, etc.)

• In compliance with the Group standards, designs and maintain the communication infrastructure of the company:

• Network management between branches and head office (via cable, wifi, LAN, WAN, VPN etc.)

• Selection if ISPs

• Management of e-mail server

• Management and maintenance of servers disks

• Ensure a timely delivery of data to users for the different reporting operations (accounting and on the activity) and designs if needed the relevant reports to be obtained from the banking software and/or accounting software

• Write and update IT procedures and ensure the application of procedures; proposes and develop updates in existing policies, or new policies according to needs of the company with constant view to improve capacities of the department to deliver as per needs, and in terms of security of systems

• Organize training as per needs the IT staff and the other users of the systems in place

3. Control activities

• Performs regular and unexpected controls on security matters (existence of back-up, effective storage, authorizations level in the systems, updates of protection software such as antivirus, firewall etc)

• Assists the CIO / Project Manager in managing staff performance; setting departmental objectives; linking those objectives to staff performance; monitoring and appraising staff performance

• Assists internal and external auditors in the completion of their duties

Job Requirements:

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems preferred.
• Experience implementing enterprise level applications
• Project Management skills, additional relevant professional Qualification like, CISCO, SQL, etc
• At least 3 years’ relevant experience in the application of information technology to solve Business problems, with experience in IT management and relationship Management with IT vendors and in-sourced IT service providers.
• Ability to provide results and solutions to ensure the highest quality in the maintenance of computing equipment and development of software
• Good command of written and spoken English

Working Time:

8:30 am to 5:30 pm

Monday to Friday

Job Benefits:

according to company policy

Employer details:

a well known microfinance company

Salary:

35 lahks

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