MacIver Silungwe

Experience

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  Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) PLC

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  ICT Specialist

  Pioneered the ICT infrastructure migration project from VAX computer systems (VMS) to PC based Hardware and software Platforms at Head office Lusaka and across (9) nine provincial outlets country wide for Zambia National Provident Fund a public pension contribution Social Fund. Coordination and implementation of in house end user training for both Back end and front end office operations.Migration from dedicated ZAMTEL data communication (PSN) service to VSAT technology encompassing VOIP.ICT budget preparation CAPEX -OPEX for daily operations for the social funds Authority. Show less

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  Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) PLC

  Feb 1998 - Oct 2002

  Senior IT Support Engineer

  ICT Project Planning and ImplementationParticipated in strategic planning and implementation of the Banks conversion and migration project from manual processing to E- Banking platform. Designing and implementation of ICT architectural system solution for the Banks LAN and WAN through VSAT Technology data communication platform across the branch Network for the computerisation of the Banking core applicationDaily routine system administration and end user support through established SOP’s, SLA’s in liaison with contracted vendors for fault resolution.Coordinate end user training with software application developer’s resource team for the branch network country wide and coordination of UAE and system bench marking. Show less

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  Stanbic Bank

  Jan 2002 - now

  Provide the strategic prediction of security trends and patterns.•Promoting general security awareness and vigilance•Security awareness presentations to branch staff•Identifying new risks relating to procedures and where necessary, motivate amendment to existing procedures regarding the security of premises•Analysing incidents in terms of their circumstances and or modus operandi and where necessary, motivate amendment to existing policy, specifications and standards, in order to eliminate the risks, and reduce the frequency and severity of such incidents•Providing safety and security advice and assistance to POR network•Provide security input and sign off at PORs site planning and development stages, including renovations and relocations•Attending to correspondence on issues of Safety and Security•Supervision of installation of Security equipment, Access control, CCTV, Alarms, Fire detection.•Setting up security controls in line with the prevailing environment and formulate a security framework for the country with the focus on value engineering and fit for purpose security solutions.•Keeping a close track on security threats and alerting the network as necessary•Constant monitoring of security equipment and ensuring its maintenance and upgrade timeously in line with the required standards, Approved minimum standards for physical security to be adhered to within Central Bank requirements.•Maintenance of SLA with service providers, guarding and Police. •Consequence Management Detailed follow up and reporting on all incidents. Show less Manage the Banks Applications and Operating systems for the entire Bank’s network including server applications.(client /server apps)•Installation and configuration of automated Teller machines (ATM’s) for all the Banks ATM sites.•Manage and administer the Monitoring of the generation of daily status reports on all e- commerce applications of the Bank.Payments Solutions for optimizing the banks existing solutions as well as adding new products.• Implementation and Support of EFT products including ATMs, POS, Host Security Module (HSM), Bill Payments, (Issuing & Acquiring) , Visa and MasterCard• Sparrow and Bankworld -CR2• Host Security Modules (Racal) Show less

  • ICT - Infrastructure and Physical Security Specialist

    Aug 2010 - now

  • ICT Infrastructure and Physical Security Operations specialist

    Jan 2010 - now

  • IT Manager – Systems support

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2013