JIMAH BUHARI
Nairobi
Summary
Results-oriented and innovative Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience. Easily communicates complex technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders. Excellent leadership record of leading development teams in enterprise-wide development projects.
Multi-talented Senior Software Engineer successful completing simultaneous projects. Willing to jump in to develop "outside the box" solutions. Decisive leader and reliable team builder with results-focused and driven approach.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Developer
Equity Group Holdings PLC
2023.08 - Current
- Developed and manage the core customer application used by millions of users.
- Improve security profile and performance of authentication services.
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Developed software for Web and mobile operating systems.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Inspected equipment, assessed functionality, and optimized controls.
- Translated technical concepts and information into terms parties could easily comprehend.
Cloud and Product Security Architect
Equity Bank Kenya PLC
2022.06 - 2023.08
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Displayed sound understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual networks and load balancing.
- Maintained compliance with cybersecurity regulations and measures and tracked, assessed, integrated and reported on modernization and migration processes.
- Recommended design changes to production systems in response to changing business process, capacity, risks and performance requirements.
- Identified and remediated single points of failure and security risks.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Senior Software Engineer
Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System
2020.04 - 2022.06
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in C#, Java, SQL, Unit Testing and working to improve overall team performance.
- Development and maintenance of biometric system used by the financial sector Design and deployment of fraud control systems and reports
- Development of system for aggregation of tax reports for the Central Bank in Nigeria.
- Source code review and system design Responsible for the engagement of financial institutions and 3rd parties during solution delivery
- Key Achievement: Modified a regulatory report which took more than 48 hours to complete to a more efficient version which completes in about 30 minutes
- Redesign the Biometric System used by over 50 million users.
Senior Software Engineer
Interswitch Limited
2019.04 - 2020.04
- Increased transaction volume and amount by over 100% in 3 Months by reengineering how the system processes ISO Messages, manages concurrency and network connections with the terminals (POS and ATM)
- Reduced downtime in the TMS from over 86 hours per month to less than 1 hour by proactive use of health checks and automating the failover process
- Increased profit and reduced cost of operation by shrinking the number of servers from 8 to 4
- Managed the Terminal Management System (Kimono) for various subsidiaries including Kenya, Uganda and Sierra Leone
- Integration with various card services like VISA, FIMI (Network International)
- Updated job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools and programming techniques and participating in educational opportunities.
- HSM and Payment Card Programming (Switching)
Software Engineer
Guaranty Trust Bank
2016.09 - 2019.03
- Lead and designed the airtime vending system and transfer system with the ability to accept and process millions of transactions per day
- Increased the scalability and speed of core services (Login, transfer) in the Bank’s Mobile Banking Application by over 300% by identifying bottle necks and use of caching and various resource management techniques
- Reduced the time taken to deliver monthly statement to millions of customers from over 15 days to 24 hours.
- Key Achievement: Technology Staff of The Year Guaranty Trust Bank PLC 2018
- Saved funds and resources by increasing the performance of the airtime system in the bank.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
Security Analyst
Guaranty Trust Bank
2014.05 - 2016.09
- Established and managed the security team that integrated various merchants (external) including Airlines and retail stores to the Payment system.
- Advising and giving solutions to enforce security and usability. This increased the reputation of the brand, product and team
- Discovered various code and business logic flaws in our payment system and gave the appropriate solutions, which saved the bank from financial and reputation loss
- Key Achievement: Identified currency manipulation flaws in two major airlines, this saved millions of Naira.
- Performed risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
- Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities.
- Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Provided safety reports and data analysis to building managers to inform security processes.
Marketing Officer
Guaranty Trust Bank
2013.06 - 2014.05
- Used consultative sales techniques to understand customer needs and recommend relevant products and services.
- Coordinated with internal business divisions, agency partners and local vendors to guarantee on time, cost-effective delivery of all marketing communications materials.
- Made decisions and recommendations about extending lines of credit.
- Conducted financial review of customer lines of credit by assessing company financials and initiating credit application reviews.
- Assessed credit risk and analyzed financial statements.
- Analyzed credit scores to determine borrowers' creditworthiness.
- Reviewed and approved or denied credit applications to keep organization profitable by making informed lending decisions.
- Incorporated product changes into marketing messages to drive customer engagement and maximize profits.
- Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
- Developed creative presentations, trend reports, kitted assets, and product data sheets.
- Boosted brand awareness and generated leads while managing internal and external marketing campaigns and programs.
- Assisted customers with prompt and polite support in-person and via telephone.
- Prepared PowerPoint presentations and Word documents for sales presentations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Ambrose Alli University
Ekpoma , Edo State, Nigeria10.2008
West African Senior School Certificate -
Nigerian Navy Secondary School
Skills
- Proficient in Java, Apache Camel, Spring Boot , C#, .NET, Coldfusion, Go, Python, R, Javascript
- Cloud / Virtualization Technologies Azure, AWS, VMWare
- Technical Support Escalations PagerDuty
- Team Reporting and Analytics
- Monitoring and Instrumentation using Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, AppDynamics
- Continuous Integration Azure DevOps, GIT,Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes,Helm
- Database and Messaging programming MSSQL, Oracle,PostgreSQL,Redis, Rabbit MQ, Apache Kafka
- Cyber Security Web, Cloud and Application, OWASP, SSL
- Performance Optimization , Testing and Tuning
- .NET development, Spring Boot, REST/JSON, WSDL, XML, XSD
- Experience in Agile Development and SDLC processes.
- Experience in development using various OS Linux, Windows
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate (Amazon Web Service)
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- ISO 31000 Risk Manager (PECB).
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Windows Server® 2012.
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Windows Server® 2008, 2012.
- Introduction to Risk Management Course (ISO 31000:2011).
- PayTech Academy (ISO 8583 & Transaction processing, Fundamentals of Card Payment)
- Integrated Management Systems Implementation Course (ISO 27001:3013, ISO 20000:2011 & ISO 22301:2012).
- National Youth Service Corps Certificate June 2010
Languages
English
Native language
Timeline
Software Developer
Equity Group Holdings PLC
2023.08 - Current
Cloud and Product Security Architect
Equity Bank Kenya PLC
2022.06 - 2023.08
Senior Software Engineer
Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System
2020.04 - 2022.06
Senior Software Engineer
Interswitch Limited
2019.04 - 2020.04
Software Engineer
Guaranty Trust Bank
2016.09 - 2019.03
Security Analyst
Guaranty Trust Bank
2014.05 - 2016.09
Marketing Officer
Guaranty Trust Bank
2013.06 - 2014.05
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate (Amazon Web Service)
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- ISO 31000 Risk Manager (PECB).
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Windows Server® 2012.
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Windows Server® 2008, 2012.
- Introduction to Risk Management Course (ISO 31000:2011).
- PayTech Academy (ISO 8583 & Transaction processing, Fundamentals of Card Payment)
- Integrated Management Systems Implementation Course (ISO 27001:3013, ISO 20000:2011 & ISO 22301:2012).
- National Youth Service Corps Certificate June 2010
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Ambrose Alli University
West African Senior School Certificate -
Nigerian Navy Secondary School
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