Abay Bank S.C Vacancy August 2023

Abay Bank S.C. is one of the private commercial banks established to provide effective and efficient full-fledged banking services, focused on development, business growth, and profitability to meet the expectation of all its stakeholders as well as the aspiration of its employees.

Abay Bank has fulfilled all the necessary requirements of the National Bank of Ethiopia to set up a bank, and officially established on July 14th 2010 and started full-fledged banking operations on November 3, 2010. Currently, paid up-capital of the bank is Birr 4.673 Billion/ Four Billion Six Hundred Seventy Three Million Birr as of March 31, 2023, and the number of share holders reached 4,410/ Four Thousand Four Hundred Ten.

The Bank is poised to serve all economic sectors through its network of branches. It extends its services to domestic trade and services, international trade, agriculture, industry, transportation, construction and real estate sectors.

The Bank invites interested and qualified applicants to fill the following positions.

Position 1: Junior Office Equipment Technician

Educational Level and work Experience: Diploma in woodwork/electricity/machine/Office equipment maintenance or related field of study. Two years related work experience

Diagnose and identify the defective part, request/purchase spare parts, and maintain the equipment. Conduct periodic services for office equipment. Proposing office and electromechanical equipment maintenance for outsourcing, Receiving and inspecting repaired equipment from external service provider and handing over to user organs,. Installation and maintaining of new and existing telephone and electrical lines

Place of Work: Dire Dawa District

Position 2: Administrative Assistant

Educational Level and work Experience: BA/Diploma in Secretarial Science & Office Management, Administrative Service Management with two/four years related work experience

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for registering and filing Letters, minutes, circulars, memoranda and other materials. Screens visitors, schedules appointments and arranges telephone contacts to and from supervisor. Keeps custody of correspondent files, other confidential materials and petty cash Opens, sorts and routes incoming mail

Place of Work: Dessie District

Position 3: Credit Officer

Educational Level and work Experience: BA Degree in in Economics or Accounting or Management or Business Administration or Finance and Accounting or other business related field of study with 3 years of experience in Banking operations.

The Credit Officer is responsible to conduct an independent credit analysis/appraisal on all credit requests’ of customers beyond the discretions of Districts or Branches, collects all required loan processing documents and information from the branch, information/data/research output from the database of the bank (if available), or from the market as deemed necessary;

Place of Work: Dire Dawa District

Position 4: Senior Credit Officer

Educational Level and work Experience: BA Degree in Economics/ Accounting/ Management/ Business Administration/Finance and Accounting or business related field of study with 4 years of experience in Banking operations

The Senior Credit Officer is responsible to Conducts an independent credit analysis/appraisal on all credit requests’ of customers beyond the discretions of Regions or branches, Collects all required loan processing documents and information from the branch, information/data/research output from the database of the bank (if available), or from the market as deemed necessary

Place of Work: Dire Dawa

NB: Applicants for Dire Dawa Abay Sadik Branch Speaking & Writing Afan Oromo language is preferable

Position 5: Junior Hardware Technician

Educational Level and work Experience: BSC Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering. A minimum of 2 years’ of experience in hardware maintenance.

The Jr. Hardware Technician is responsible to perform preventive maintenance of hardware and software install, update and troubleshoots applications.

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 6: SOC Analyst

Educational Level and work Experience: Minimum BSC Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Science or related fields with 3 years of direct experience in a Security Operation Centre. Should have good knowledge in TCP/IP Packet Analysis, Log correlation and analysis. Should have a practical experience with IBM QRadar, CEH, CND and CHFI are advantageous.

SOC Analyst is responsible to work in 24*7 shifts performing real-time monitoring of security alerts generated by various security. Reviews the most recent SIEM-SOAR alerts to see their relevance and urgency. Evaluates incidents escalated by junior SOC analysts. Review false positives. Tune matching Rules Carries out in-depth threat intelligence analysis. Pinpoint affected systems and the extent of the attack. Analyzes running processes and configurations on affected systems. Respond to security incidents. Forensic investigation. Document closed security incidents

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 7: Security Officer

Educational Level and work Experience: BA/Diploma in Police Science from police college a minimum of 3/5 years work experience in security/military activities.

The Security Officer ensures that the security force of the bank is performing well, studies, proposes and introduces improved methods of security system/techniques/ in the bank; Follow up and ensures that out sourced security guards and the company they belong to are properly working in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed upon and the internal guidelines stipulated

Place of Work: Dire Dawa District

Position 8: Store Keeper-I

Educational Level and work Experience: BA Degree in Procurement and supplies Management/Supplies Management/Management/Accounting, or business related field of study with a minimum of 2 years of property management related work experience.

He/she is responsible to maintain proper inventory list of all fixed assets of the bank, to receive and to store materials and supplies against a copy of Bank’s purchase order and Delivery invoice of the supplier, to issue materials from stock per requisition, and to hand over stock to receiving organs or employees of the bank. He/she maintains an inventory record for each of the item under his or her control and updates records of all receipts and withdrawals

Place of Work: Dire Dawa District

Position 9: Junior Soc Analyst

Educational Level and work Experience: Minimum BSC Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Science or related fields with 2 years of relevant (cyber security-related) experience, Should have knowledge of TCP/IP, Linux OS, Windows Server, IPS/IDS…

Junior SOC Analyst is responsible to work in 24*7 shifts performing real-time monitoring of security alerts generated by various security tools. Serves as a primary point of contact for reporting potential security incidents. Validate, classify and open tickets for security incidents. Triage security alerts. Ensure the authenticity of a security incident occurring. Analyze and assess security alerts and escalate for further investigations and communication. Document security incidents as identified by the case management process. Pick out potential intrusions from sets of audit logs or security alerts. Follow-ups and provide assistance during remediation.

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 10: Database Administrator

Educational Level and work Experience: B.Sc. Computer Science, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Science .Minimum of 3 years’ experience in oracle database design and system administration Certification in Oracle database like OCA, core banking knowledge is advantageous

The Database Administrator responsible for installing and managing standard database management software mainly Oracle and related environment software; Work in collaboration with software developers and application support team; Make sure the database security is properly configured and grant rights to users as per the application requirement;

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 11: Network Administrator

Educational Level and work Experience: BSc Computer Science, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Science. A minimum of 3 years’ experience in computer network design both LAN and WAN and implementation .Network certification like CCNA, CCNP is preferable

The Network Administrator is responsible for designing network infrastructure for the Bank’s branches and connect with the Bank’s Wide Area Network; Administer the Bank’s BX and (voice over IP) VOIP networks; Preparing technical specification of hardware, software and related items and evaluate vendor

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 12: Senior Network Administrator

Educational Level and work Experience: BSc Computer Science, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Science. A minimum of 4 years’ experience in computer network design both LAN and WAN and implementation .Network certification like CCNA, CCNP is preferable

The Senior Network Administrator is responsible for designing network technical infrastructure that connects all branches of the Bank with Head Office to implement mission critical service like core banking software; Design and administer the Bank’s PBX and (voice over IP)VOIP;

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 13: Principal–Core Application Administration Officer

Educational Level and work Experience: Minimum B.Sc. in Computer Science or Network Engineering or Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Information Science with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in application administration of which one year at senior Officer level. Database certification like OCA, OCP, and core banking experience is advantageous

Principal–Core Application Administration Officer is responsible to monitor core banking application, application servers, database, reports, and related systems performance/security issues and takes necessary proactive measures. He/she manages day-to-day user support for core banking users; logs core banking related issues to the vendor support portal and fix the issues accordingly; Ensures if the core banking system, databases, and related systems are secured, maintained, and fine-tuned.; tests periodic patches obtained from software providers in a test environment; promotes tested patches obtained from software provider in a production environment; ensures software fixes are tested in a test environment before being deployed in a production system; Prepares technical specifications of software and related items and evaluating vendors’ proposals. Undertake generic duties of the Division (planning, coaching, mentoring, supervision and reporting).

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 14: Principal Engineer

Educational Level and work Experience: MSC/BSC Degree in Civil Engineering, Building/Construction Management or related field, with 8/10 years of professional experience of which 4 years at Senior level experience as Contract Administration Engineer, Claim Engineer, Project Coordinator related assignments. Experience in Design build project is preferred

The Principal Engineer is responsible for administering the terms of building contracts between Abay Bank S.C. and the corresponding contractors and consultants in the following regards: Claim administration, Change Control, Risk Management, Progress follow up and tracking, Meeting handling and reporting, Correspondence tracking, Checking, evaluating and verifying payment invoices issued by the Contractor and the Consultant, Preparing and submitting periodic and other reports to the management, Checking and verifying Contractor’s work program, Assist the project Manager in preparation of Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annual plans, Make periodic site visit to the construction sites and suggest any required actions with respect to implementation of the contract and other related tasks.

Place of Work: Head Office

Position 15: Customer Service Supervisor Branch – C

Educational Level and work Experience: BA degree in Economics/ Accounting/ Management/Business Administration/Finance and Accounting or business related field of study with a minimum of 3(three) years of experience in banking operations.

The Customer Service Supervisor is responsible to countersigns on tickets/vouchers and authorizes transactions. To follow up all cheque clearance activities and accounts of suspense nature. To ensure and follow up reconciliation of accounts and other related tasks

Place of Work: Shebele branch (Somali region)

NB: Applicants for Shebele Branches Speaking & Writing Af-Soomaali language is preferable.

Position 16: Branch Manager – Grade I

Educational Level and work Experience: BA in Management or Economics or Accounting & Finance or Marketing or Banking & Finance or Business Administration or other business related field of study with 3(three) years’ work experience in banking operations, out of which 1(one) year in supervisory position.

The Manager plans and coordinates the overall activities of the branch, and follows-up and evaluates Branch’s operations/targets on established performance parameters. He/she motivates and coaches the customer service officers responsible for the delivery of high quality service. He/she identifies and recruits potential customers and provides professional advice

Place of Work: Dire Dawa (Abay Sadik /IFB) – Kebri Dehar (Somali region

NB: Applicants for Dire Dawa Abay Sadik Branch Speaking & Writing Afan Oromo language is preferable and for Kebri Dehar and Shebele Branches Speaking & Writing Af-Soomaali language is preferable.

Application Dead line: August 19, 2023

How to Apply:

Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria can apply in person at the Human Capital Administration Department, ABAY Bank Head Office; 8th Floor- Zequala Complex, Located around Bambis in front of NOC Gas station and Dire Dawa District Office.

NB: The candidates who apply for Togochale Branch should be able to be communicating in Af- Soomaali language.