No. 4, Abilia Court E-mail: smupfiga@yahoo.

com
Khomasdal 28,
stakaidza@classicmail.co.za
Windhoek, Cell: + 264814091719
Namibia.

STEPHEN TIRIVAVIRI TAKAIDZA

ATTRIBUTES AND OBJECTIVES

I‘m an energetic young man, a strategic thinker, self starter who is no stranger to new challenges
and can easily cop with pressure. Henceforth, I am looking for a challenging position to employ
my proficiency in ICT, management information systems, and business administration and
analysis.

PROFILE

• More than two years experience in banking information systems administration, maintenance,
design, engineering, development and implementation.
• More than two years experience in CISCO Routers and Switches, Structured cabling, Linux,
UNIX, Sco-UNIX, UNIVERSE DBMS, MS ACCESS DBMS, MySQL DBMS, SQL 2000/2005 DBMS,
ORACLE 10g, MS Project, Visio, RTGS, SWIFT, Net Vault, Microsoft Windows Vista, ME, XP,
2000, 98, 95, NT 4.0, Microsoft Disk Operating System (Ms Dos), Servers- MS 2000, 2003,
SQL, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Languages- JAVA, C++, C, MS VB 6.0. POS
technology-Ingenico, Verifone vx570, vx670, vx610 and Hypercom.
• Core banking systems – GLOBUS, EQUATION (EQ3) and POSTILION
• Adept in technical support, systems support, systems analysis and design, training and
customer service.

• Sound experience in configuration and support of Wincor Nixdorf and NCR AMTs.

• Sound acumen in business and banking environment operations.

• Proficient in MS Exchange Server 2000/3 server, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS and MS SQL
Databases.
• Have Extensive CISCO Switching and Routing skills.

EMPLOYMENT

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CFX BANK LIMITED, Harare, Zimbabwe Jun 2008 – Date
E-Banking Systems Analyst: Reporting to E-Banking Manager
Duties:-
• Project Planning, Management and Documentation.
• Systems Audit Implementation.
• Business & Technical Support.
• ERP Support & Software Development.
• EFT (ATM & POS POSTILION configuration and Support).
• E – Banking and Business User Acceptance Execution.
• Capturing pertinent problem domain information from domain Expert
review sessions.
• Reviewing system requirements for problem domain completeness.
• Promoting interoperability of business and technology. Act as the bridge
between the understanding of the problem domain and the technology
requirements.
• Working with Technical Architects and Project Managers to balance
business requirements, technical requirements and costs.
• Assisting project management in the understanding and control of Scope.
• Working independently on strategic issues with clients.

AGRIBANK, Harare, Zimbabwe Jan 2008 to June

2008

ICT Engineer: Reporting to Technical Support Manager

Duties:-
• Responsible for administering the bank’s information systems to ensure their availability,
reliability and ability to recover in times of disaster.
• Planning, evaluating and recommending network deployment and configuration.
• WAN and LAN domain/workgroup design and implementation.
• Designing network topology and configuration.
• Monitor networks to ensure uptime optimization.
• Administer network communication with outside.
• Control user access and use of the network.
• Enforce and Ensure network security.
• Design, deploy and administer windows network infrastructure and services.
• Server backup and disaster recovery.
• Liaise with service providers on network configurations and upgrades.
• Training of users and new staff in the use of information systems.
• Cooperating with other sections and departments such as finance in order to keep the
business operations up to date and accurate.
• GLOBUS, RTGS, SWIFT, PAYNET and POSTILION Banking Systems support.
• Resolving Globus End of Day and other System errors.
• A team member in System development and integration projects.
• Implementing new Business’ System requirements.
• Leading the branch network expansion of the Bank to 53 branches at present.

Technical Skills:
• Installing and configuring Linux.
• Windows 2000/3 server configuration and administration:-

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EDUCATION

MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY, Zimbabwe 2004 - 2007

Bachelor of Science Honors Degree in Information Systems.
 Completed in 2007 with an upper second class (2.1)

 CISCO Certificate (Equivalent to CCNA) (University of Zimbabwe)

 Dip Accounting (UK) Pending

 Trained in GPRS and TCP/IP POS Devices

St MARY’S DZ EDUCATIONAL CENTRE, Harare, 2002 - 2003

GCE A’ LEVEL
3 Passes in Commercials.

SILOBELA HIGH SCHOOL/St MARY’S DZ EDUCATIONAL CENTRE, 2001

Harare
GCE O’ LEVEL
7 Passes including English and Mathematics.

OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION

Marital Status : Single

Nationality : Zimbabwean

Gender : Male

Date of Birth : 08 December 1982

Languages : English

Drivers’ License: Clean Class 4 / Code 08

REFRENCES

Mr. A. Kwangware

I.T Manager (CFX BANK, Zim)

Phone: +263 4 700100 / 750837 Cell : +263 912 283 037

akwangare@cfx.co.zw

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Mr. B. Ncube

Technical Support Manager (AGRIBANK, Zim)

Phone: +263 4 774 400-29

bncube@agribank.co.zw

Mr. W. Mapuranga

Head of IT (AGRIBANK, Zim)

Phone: +263 4 774 400-29

wmapuranga@agribank.co.zw

Mr. W. Madzimure

ICT Engineer (AGRIBANK, Zim)

Phone: +263 4 774 400-29

wmadzimure@agribank.co.zw

Mr. H. Moyo

SSI (South Africa)

Phone: +27 11 798 6000/+27 795 357 8537

henrym@ssi.co.za