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Lanka Bell is a world-class telecommunications operator that provides a full range of telecommunication services to businesses and residential customers in Sri Lanka.

With the recent introduction of the revolutionary low cost CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology, Lanka Bell embarked upon an aggressive expansion drive to the largely untapped rural community.

At Lanka Bell, our ever-expanding network offers career opportunities island wide for energetic professionals who share our passion for success and love the ever-changing nature of the environment that we compete in.

We want the best talent in the industry and offer richly rewarding careers in Human Resources, Customer Care, IT, Marketing, Sales, Engineering and Finance.

If you got  what it takes to join  the Lanka Bell  tradition of excellence and work with a team of seasoned professionals while being exposed to the latest technology in the telecommunications industry, send your Curriculum Vitae

ICT Division

Project Manager - Software

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • J2EE / .NET knowledge with experience in real enterprise applications
  • Experience in managing, leading, guiding and moral building of project teams
  • Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within the budget
  • Sound knowledge in project management tools and practices – Work experience in agile project management methodologies will be added advantage

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized University / Institution   
  • PMP Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Strong analytical and leadership skills 
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Excellent client interaction skills and ability to meet the project deadlines
  • At least 7+ work experience in industry.

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Software Architect

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Depth knowledge in J2EE/.NET , Design Patterns,Spring,Hibernate and Oracle

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in a leading software team will be an added  advantage
  • Experience in 4-6 years as tech lead for real enterprise level  applications

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Senior Software Engineer - .NET

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • In depth knowledge in ASP.NET 2.0 (or higher) technologies, Design Patterns and Oracle
  • Very good knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design principles, UML and software development life cycle.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  
  • Microsoft Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 3-5 years as software engineer for real  enterprise level web applications

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Senior Software Engineer - JAVA

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • In depth knowledge in J2EE , Design Patterns , Spring ,Hibernate  and Oracle
  • Very good knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design principles, UML and software development life cycle.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  
  • Sun  Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 3-5 years as software engineer. for real   enterprise level applications 

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate

 

Software Engineer - JAVA

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • In depth knowledge in J2EE , Design Patterns , Spring ,Hibernate  and Oracle
  • Very good knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design principles, UML and software development life cycle.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or an Equivalent from a  recognized University / Institution
  • Sun  Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 1-2 years as software engineer. for real  enterprise level applications

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Software Engineer - .NET

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • In depth knowledge in ASP.NET 2.0 (or higher) technologies, Design Patterns and Oracle
  • Very good knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design principles, UML and software development life cycle.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  
  • Microsoft Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 1-2 years as software engineer for real  enterprise level web applications 

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Software Engineer - ORACLE D2K

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • In depth knowledge in Oracle Developer 2000 (forms and reports)
  • Very good knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design principles, UML and software development life cycle.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  
  • OCA Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 1-2 years as software engineer for real  enterprise level applications         
  • Experience in a PL/SQL  will be an added  advantage

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Software Engineer - AS400

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • In depth knowledge in RPG/400, CL/400 programming

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 1-2 years as software engineer for real  enterprise level applications         
  • Experience in AS400 system administration, Knowledge in .NET/Classic ASP will be an added advantage

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate

 

Senior QA Engineer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience with automation, and creating and executing test cases
  • Working knowledge of databases and multiple operating systems
  • Pro-active, analytical, and collaborative.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • More than 4 years software testing experience.            
  • Experience with build automation tools

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

QA Engineer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience with automation, and creating and executing test cases
  • Working knowledge of databases and multiple operating systems
  • Pro-active, analytical, and collaborative.

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • More than 2 years software testing experience.  
  • Experience with build automation tools

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

System Analyst/ DB Designer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience in system analysis with UML/OOAD
  • Depth knowledge on ORACLE DB

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  
  • Oracle certification

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • At least 2-3 years work experience in industry.
  • Experience in database designing and object modeling  

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

System Analyst - ERP

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Should have a good knowledge  in ERP systems
  • Experience in system analysis /ERP implementation in Procurement ,Production , Warehousing , Sales, Distribution  and Banking
  • Good knowledge in SQL
  • Good analytical and design knowledge

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • At least 5-6 years work experience in industry.
  • Ability to understand, communicate, interpret client business processes and requirements.

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Technical Writer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience in writing user manuals, project proposals, online help and web site content
  • Strong working knowledge with Microsoft Office suite
  • Experience with Visio and UML diagram designing
  • A sound Technical knowledge

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution  
  • OCA Certification preferred

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 1-2 years experience in technical writing
  •  Experience in creative writing will be an added Advantage.

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Release Engineer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience in software development process/ version control systems and software build systems
  • Experience with version control systems and software build systems
  • Hands on experience in Unix Scripts, Perl
  • Experience in JBOSS

Qualifications

  • A Computer Science Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University / Institution

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience in 3-4 years as release engineer Experience in creative writing will be an added Advantage. 
  • Experience in Oracle, PostgreSQL  or MySQL database  administration will be an added advantage

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Senior Application Support Engineer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience with application support
  • Very good hands on experience in SQL, Perl or Shell Scripting.
  • Working knowledge of databases and multiple operating systems
  • Pro-active, analytical, and collaborative.

Qualifications

  • An IT Degree or Equivalent from a recognized  University/Institution

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • At least 3-4 years work experience in industry.
  • Experience with system monitoring tools

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Application Support Engineer

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Experience with application support
  • Very good hands on experience in SQL, Perl or Shell Scripting.
  • Working knowledge of databases and multiple operating systems
  • Pro-active, analytical, and collaborative.

Qualifications

  • An IT Degree or Equivalent from a recognized University/Institution

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Very good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong motivation and Teamwork qualities
  • Good communication skills
  • More than 1 years work experience in industry.
  • Experience with system monitoring tools

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Quality Assurance Division

Quality Assurance Executive - ISO 9001

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Ensure that processes needed for the Quality Management System (QMS) are established, implemented and maintained.
  • Report to top management on the performance of the QMS and any need for improvement.
  • Ensure the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organization.
  • Liaise with the external assessment body on all matters related to the external accreditation process.

Primary Duties / Job content

  • Ensure that a document control procedure is adopted to approve, review and update all changes to critical documents within the scope of the QMS.
  • Ensure that records are established and maintained to provide evidence that the QMS is being followed and that there is a system in place for the identification, storage, protection, retrieval, retention time and disposition of such records.
  • Ensure that the performance of the QMS is reviewed at planned intervals to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness. This review means assessing opportunities for improvement and the need for changes to the QMS.
  • Ensure that Quality Objectives are set by top management for measuring the performance of the QMS and that these are regularly reviewed.
  • Ensure that all new staff are inducted into the requirements of the QMS related to their own roles and responsibilities. Provide update training as necessary.
  • Ensure that all suppliers used by the organization are selected, evaluated and reevaluated and that records of this assessment are maintained.
  • Ensure that top management undertakes periodic but regular assessments of customer satisfaction and those consequent improvements are identified and implemented.
  • Ensure that an internal audit programme is adopted to verify that the QMS conforms to planned arrangements, QMS arrangements and is effectively implemented and maintained. Ensure that appropriate action is taken when this is not the case.
  • Analyse data on the effectiveness of the QMS and evaluate where continual improvements of the QMS can be made. This shall include data generated as a result of monitoring and measurement and from other relevant sources.
  • Co-ordinate continual improvements of the QMS, ensuring that evidence of corrective and preventive actions taken are recorded and reviewed.

Qualifications

  • Degree from a recognized university or an equivalent qualification

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • Working experience, 2 years minimum, preferably in ISO 9001 Certified Service Organization
  • Past experience of working in the Quality Assurance field.

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

Technical Operations

Technician - Support Services

Major Job accountabilities & Primary duties

  • Repairing  CDMA Phones  and other electronic equipment  as assigned by Assistant Engineer/Senior Manger
  • Programming CDMA units
  • Repairing Payphone units
  • Monitor spare parts availability and maintain stock levels
  • Keeping of tools and test equipment in good condition.
  • Maintain safety standards at all time to maintain an accident free environment.
  •  Any other duties assigned by Asst. Engineer/ senior manager.

Qualifications

  • A National Certificate in Technology (NCT/NCIT) with some experience in repairing electronics circuits.
  • G.C.E. O/L completed

Work Experience, Other Requirements & Skills

  • With recognized trade certificate in the relevant field with minimum one year experience in repairing electronic circuits.

An attractive remuneration package including many fringe benefits awaits the right candidate.

 

If you are confident of your capabilities and looking forward to a challenging & progressive career, Please send your comprehensive CV to the address given below stating the position on the left corner of the envelop or email your CV to careers@mail.lankabell.com stating the position in the subject line . Apply before the 12th of June 2011.

Please post your CV to:
Personnel Manager
Lanka Bell Limited
No; 344, Galle Road, Colombo-03