Specialist Enterprise Integration Full Time

About Us

At Safaricom Ethiopia, we are a purpose-led technology company dedicated to transforming lives through digital connectivity and inclusive financial services. In under four years, we have grown to serve over 10 million customers, with our network now reaching 55% of Ethiopia’s population – a testament to our bold vision and trusted partnerships.

Guided by core values such as customer obsession, innovation, integrity, and get it done together, we are building a workplace that is dynamic, inclusive, and empowering. We believe our greatest strength lies in our people. That’s why, for two consecutive years, we have proudly get earned the Top Employer Award – in recognition for our unwavering commitment to fostering a supportive, innovative, and inclusive environment to people.

Join Safaricom Ethiopia and be part of a team that is shaping the digital future of Ethiopia. Here, your work has meaning, your voice matters, and your growth is our priority. Together, we are transforming lives for a digital future 

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

• Develop digital products – as part of your role, you will be required to develop products that are
  mobile, APIs and microservice driven.
• Devops – you will be required to develop and support various products. Knowledge of devops
  tooling is a must: git, docker container, Jenkins, Kubernetes
•  Create new ideas and demonstrate them in code – Code quality, understanding of the
  product and be able to create new services that conform to a standardized development
  framework.
•  Work with product managers and external parties in a team – Work with cross functional
  teams to ensure successful delivery of a product which includes other developers and product
  owners.
• Ensure delivery timelines – Ensuring all projects are delivered on timelines that have been
  agreed upon.
•  Making use of agile and scrum frameworks in project delivery- making use of tools like Jira,
  Confluence etc.
• Developing microservices using sprint, sprint security, Kubernetes and dockers
• Always be hands on delivering the highest quality and fixing of issues both on development
  and production.
• Innovative, open-minded for working with new technologies.

Planning

• Develop a deep understanding of the Hybrid integration, iPaaS and Cloud
  solutions and customer pain points
• Capacity planning and modernize core enterprise platforms to ensure we
  operate below 70% and on N-1 Version

Creativity and Innovation

• Excellent Problem solving skills Working with Change
• Excellent communication skills Quick to adopt and willingness to
• Work/deliver in a short period
• Creativity and InnovationFinds creative ways to exploit
• Opportunities and solve problems
• Takes risks and pushes what is
  possible
• Experiments with unorthodox
  approaches

  Business Know-how

•  Uses data and research to make
  decisions that are competitively and
  financially robust
•  Balances current and future needs
• Thinks and acts like an owner of the
  business
• Acts in line with legal, regulatory, professional and ethical standards
  Project and Programme Management
• Defines scope and deliverables interms of time, cost, quality and
  business benefit.
• Schedules activity and identifies resource needs, dependencies and
  synergies
• Evaluates progress, mitigates risks
  and addresses

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 asAPIs, 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..)

   

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must have assumed current Safaricom role for a minimum of 12 months period.
• Employees are strongly advised to discuss their career aspirations with their line managers when they apply for vacant jobs.
• Candidates are eligible to apply for roles at the same level (possible lateral move to another function) or one level higher (next higher immediate level)
• Please be aware that promotions (band increments) may lead to changes in financial rewards. However, lateral moves only result in changes to job title and reporting lines.
• For Regional roles, knowledge of the Region local language is essential