Cards Systems Technical Specialist

Reporting to Manager Cards Systems in Card and E-Channels unit, the role holder will be responsible for the day-to-day Support and administrative management of the Card System and its eco-system. This includes Card suite issuing & acquiring modules, HSM administration, front-end ATM, POS, Card production, Sacco, Kenswitch, Visa &

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 2 years in a similar

• Cards system and Channels support position.

• Knowledge of card schemes (VISA, Mastercard) rules and regulations, transactions flows and message

• formats

• Strong knowledge of Debit /Credit card &POS operations including E-commerce environments.

• Working experience on Linux and Unix based environment with proficiency Linux scripting and associated tools

• A fair knowledge in EMV and 3D Secure transaction flows

• Thorough understanding of Hardware Security Module (HSM) encryption and decryption procedures

• Knowledge and experience on J2EE Web and Application Servers technologies such as WebLogic, JBoss and Oracle HTTP Server.

• Competence in API based technologies such as REST and SOAP APIs

• Knowledge and experience on Integration of Web Services to Enterprise Service Bus (ESBs) and associated tools

• Competence in Apache based technologies such as Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server

• Advanced knowledge in database- scripting using relational databases such as Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL

• Knowledge in Service Desk related technologies such as Jira among others

• ITIL foundation knowledge is an added advantage

• DevOps knowledge is an added advantage – supported containerized environment

• Knowledge of CI/CD technologies will be an added advantage