Key Accountabilities :

- Designing Integration Architecture: Analyze business requirements to create integration solutions using the ESB that are scalable, reliable and re-usable.

- Development of Integration Solutions: Build and configure APIs and messaging components to facilitate communication between systems that are secure, compliant and optimized for performance.

- System Connectivity: Work closely with other stakeholders within the Bank and other partners to ensure reliable system connectivity example IT-Security, IT Infrastructure and external parties like KRA, IPRS, Safaricom, IPSL and the various B2B partners working with the Bank.

- Security and Compliance: Ensure data flowing through the ESB adheres to organizational and regulatory security standards (e.g., encryption, authentication, and authorization) and also Implement compliance requirements such as GDPR, PCI DSS, or AML for data handling and communication protocols.

- Continuous Improvement and Optimization: Optimize integration processes for performance and scalability and enhance existing integration components to improve maintainability and reduce costs. Team Lead, Integrations

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- Collaboration: Work closely with developers, architects, and business analysts to understand requirements and deliver integration solutions, collaborate with DevOps and IT operations teams to deploy and maintain ESB solutions and Liaise with vendors and third-party service providers to integrate external systems or troubleshoot integration issues.

Principal Outputs for this role

- API Design and implementation

- Integration services development in a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)

- Adherence to SOA standards and documentation

- Supporting Integration projects from development to UAT

- Security compliance during design and development of ESB services i.e. Secure by Design

- Building re-usable and scalable ESB services

Qualifications- Academic and Professional

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field

- Experience in ESB/SOA technologies e.g. Apache Camel, IBM App Connect, Tibco, Oracle SOA, Tibco EMS, Apache Active MQ, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, ISO-8583, ISO20022, REST JSON, SOAP/XML

- Proven experience working in a fast-paced integration environment, preferably within the banking or financial services sector.

- Experience in documenting ESB services, including the ability to write comprehensive Service Mapping Documents (SMD) and Service Design Documents (SDD).

- Experience in working with API Gateways such as WSO2, Apigee, and IBM API Connect, including configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management of APIs.

Experience :

5+ years experience in a busy software development environment.

- Experience with building and consuming APIs (e.g., REST, SOAP, GraphQL). - Experience securing APIs (e.g., OAuth 2.0, JWT, TLS/SSL).

- Proficiency in languages like Java, Python, Node.js, C#, or Go.

- Familiarity with DevOps tools for CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD