Fineract Engineer at - Nairobi, Kenya - Africa Management Solutions Limited (AMSOL)

Description

Africa Management Solutions Limited (AMSOL) is the fastest growing Human Resources and Management consulting firm that offers an array of hr solutions tailored to accurately address all the human resource and management needs of any organization.

Reports to:
Software Development Manager

Main Purpose of Job

Our client is looking to recruit for a Fineract Engineer focusing on our Savings and Loan portion of the Fineract solution.

The Fineract Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that the implementation state of Fineract is kept intact to make upgrades to new versions efficient and possible.

The ideal candidate will have an excellent understanding of the Fineract business logic (Product roles, configuration etc). A strong MySQL database background is imperative to support custom report creation for our client.

A good technical adherence to the Fineract blueprint, standards and procedures as well as the quality of our project implementations right down to actual deployment is essential.

The ideal candidate will have experience with Fineract projects post implementation as well as understanding of the Fineract REST API and setting up user cases and senarios for testing (Postman and SoapUI).

KPI'S
Project Configuration, Development and Deployment
Change Management
Training and Mentorship
Internal and External Communication

Main Responsibilities

Review and Contribute to Solution Design and Scope of Work Documents
Review and Contribute to project FAT and UAT Documentation based off Solution Design
Review and assist the Business Analysts with Design Mock-ups based on Client Requirements and Solution Design
Review and Contribute to both internal and external Training Material
Suggesting product improvements
Design and development of Fineract RestAPI's and Minor Bug Fixes
Configuration, Testing and Deployment of Projects based on Scope of Work and in line with client requirements and solution design
Project UAT Assistance to Client
Rotational after-hours Standby

Requirements
Personal attributes

Ability to work both in a team as well as independently
Ability to work well under pressure
Maintaining logical and balanced approach
Self-motivated and self-managed
Able to use initiative and take ownership
Able to communicate effectively
Report on progress and raise issues / problems when necessary
Attention to detail

Key Competencies and Skills

Strong Analytical skills
Problem Solving Oriented
Excellent written and verbal communicator
Great knowledge of Java principles and willingness to constantly update knowledge
Inbuilt ability to multi-task, working on more than one issue and solution simultaneously
Able to carry out tasks with little or no supervision