Job particulars
- Job title
- Specialist, IT Platform Support Operations
- Hiring organisation
- s Expand Recruitment Services
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Industry
- IT
- Level
- Management
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Posted
- 29 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 8 Nov 2026
Key responsibilities
- Incident Management (25%)
- Provide first-level support for incidents and service requests escalated to the Platform Support Operations team.
- Ensure incidents are resolved within SLA or appropriate workarounds are provided while awaiting permanent resolution.
- Availability Management (25%)
- Monitor, analyse, and improve service availability.
- Ensure systems, processes, tools, and support teams consistently meet agreed availability targets.
- Problem Management (20%)
- Escalate system issues and engage 2nd and 3rd level support teams for timely resolution.
- Follow up on faults, bugs, and recurring issues affecting core and business systems.
- Capacity Management (15%)
- Optimize system performance and resource utilization through regular performance reviews.
- Assess the impact of new services on existing infrastructure capacity.
- Project Support (10%)
- Provide technical support across project lifecycles, including requirements review, solution design, development, testing, and production deployment.
- Change Management Governance (5%)
- Ensure compliance with release and change management processes.
- Support the Change Advisory Board (CAB) by providing inputs for change approvals, testing, and deployments.
Candidate requirements
- Aminimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field;.
- Aminimum of 4 years’ experience, including at least 3 years in systems/application support within a highly digitized environment.
- Qualifications in ITIL, COBIT, PMP, PRINCE2, or similar certifications preferred.
- Experience with cloud platforms, databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL), monitoring tools, DevOps tools, and core banking systems.
- Proven experience managing third-party vendors and support partners.
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Hiring organisation
s Expand Recruitment Services