Olufemi Ayilara , Senior IT Applications Developer / Manager

About

Proven Professional with 13 plus years of overall IT & Telecoms experience. I have built skills and experience in a wide range of technologies and adopted my style to various cultures. I have a very strong technical background with creative problem solving skills and I am energetic, self-motivated, reliable and resilient. Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects, Solutions Architecture, large teams of direct reports or cross functional teams with maturity and professionalism. Successfully completed numerous IT projects including Enterprise Applications implementations, Automations & Systems/Process Improvements modernizations and migration projects; the development and implementation of n-tiered enterprise wide application development projects; Enterprise Applications re-engineering, Solutions Upgrade and Management, IT infrastructure projects. Other implementations includes ERP, CRM, SaaS applications, network migrations and online advertising systems. Proven track record of hands-on management and getting into the weeds to understand complex projects from the bottom up.

Experience

ipNX

Feb 2022 – Present

Lagos, Nigeria

Head, Information Technology / IT Applications Manager

 Team Management, Mentoring & Leadership  Integrations, Upgrades, redesign of Corporate applications  Managing the performance and data quality of all systems.  Ensuring data security as it applies to all applications  Setting, articulating and overseeing achievement of ipNX IT goals and objectives in the IT domain.  Engaging in standard Incident, Problem, Change and Risk Management of the IT applications in this domain.  Ensuring there are robust procedures and processes  Infrastructural Monitoring / Real-time Alert Management.  Leading the automation of extant manual operational processes and Products/Process Re-engineering.  Identifying and supporting implementation of innovative technologies  Managing application configuration and upgrades, and problem analysis and resolution for complex application problems.  Design of new projects and upgrade of existing projects to meet enterprise business needs.  Projects Management  Solutions Analysis, Business Technical Support Blue Prints Design & Implementation  Solutions Architecture and Design.  Systems Administration, Servers Configuration, Management & Support  BSS & OSS Design, Implementation, Maintenance and Support  Business Reporting and Analysis

Airtel Networks

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022

Lagos, Nigeria

Lead Service Management / Applications

 Provide leadership and Ensuring the stability and availability of all in-house applications  Incident Management, Applications Support and Proactive issues resolution.  Identifying and supporting implementation of innovative technologies applicable to the Airtel domain.  Managing application configuration and upgrades, and problem analysis and resolution for complex application problems.  Design of new projects and upgrade of existing projects to meet enterprise business needs.  Projects Management, Team Management, Mentoring & Leadership  Proactive monitoring of all applications in the Airtel domain.  Managing the performance and data quality of all applications in Airtel domain.  Revenue assurance reconciliations.  Ensuring data security as it applies to all applications  Setting, articulating and overseeing achievement of Airtel Nigeria IT goals and objectives on relevant IT Applications.  Engaging in standard Incident, Problem, Change and Risk Management of the IT applications in this domain.  Infrastructural Monitoring / Real-time Alert Management.  Process Design, Business Technical Support Blue Prints Design & Implementation

Globacom Limited

Feb 2019 – Mar 2021

Lagos, Nigeria

Technical Lead Enterprise Applications / Solutions Analyst

 Corporate Applications Design, Development, Deployment, Support & Management.  Team Management, Mentoring & Leadership  Integrations, Upgrades, redesign of Corporate applications  Systems, Applications and Services design, deployment and support.  Base STATIONS (BTS) Applications and Services  Business Support Systems(BSS)-Automation  Infrastructural Monitoring / Real-time Alert System  LIVE Server/Services Management.  Business Technical Support Blue Prints Design & Implementation  Process Design, Deployment and Implementation  Solutions Analysis, Automations and Products Re-engineering  Security Upgrades, Loopholes management as well as prevention of all security breaches through applications usage.

Globacom

Dec 2017 – Feb 2019

Lagos, Nigeria

Senior OSS Billing-Mediation Analyst / Applications Developer (Specialist)

 Manage Mediation Applications (Mainly Mediation Zone™, Process Automation, GUI for ease of management).  Flow Design, Analysis and Implementation  Maintaining constant business process workflow by making sure Operating Supporting System (OSS) Infrastructure Production Servers such as: Rating Server, Billing Server, Mediation Servers, and Application Web Servers are fully up and functional at all times via. Event Management ITIL v3 Service Operations.  Liaison with other Business Units to ensure business process flows and continuity to guide against profit loss.  Management of Globacom’s Mediation Processes, Shell Scripting, Analysis, Technical Support and Flow Designs on Mediation Zone Application and Allied Apps.  Corporate Applications Design, Development, Deployment, Support & Management, an activity carried out with team members instituted by the head of Information System Arm of the Business.  Ensuring 100% Uptime and provision of technical support to ensure Upstream and downstream flows are always running 24/7 without any itch.

Education

National Institute of Business Management, India

Feb 2018 – Nov 2019

Master of Business Administration, MBA - Information Technology

University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

Jun 2003 – Jan 2008

Bachelor of Science, Physics

Olufemi Ayilara

Senior IT Applications Developer / Manager

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