History and vision: Created in June 2012 and formally incorporated as La Fayette Microfinance Bank Ltd, Advans Nigeria is the seventh greenfield of the Advans Network. Advans Nigeria’s objective is to target MSMEs in urban areas of Nigeria, where market studies have shown that only one in ten entrepreneurs has access to credit. Network: Advans Nigeria opened its first branch in Ibadan, the country’s third largest city, at the end of January 2013. A second branch opened in May 2013 and two further branches in early 2014. In the coming years, Advans Nigeria plans to continue its expansion to cover other regions of Oyo State, home to about 5.5 million inhabitants. Services: As a registered microfinance bank, Advans Nigeria offers a full spectrum of financial services for MSMEs, including loans ranging from NGN 30,000 (about EUR 140) to NGN 20,000,000 (about EUR 93,600). The MFB also offers current and savings accounts for both individuals and MSMEs.
Ensure full technical ownership of the UCARD environment (middleware .NET 5 / IIS), supervise RUN operations, structure local documentation, collaborate with UCARD to retrieve deliverables, and prepare the transition toward a controlled architecture (Talend Middleware).
Required profile
Analysis and Understanding of the Existing UCARD Middleware
- Understand the UCARD wrappers:
- CBA, Transfer, Biller, Payment Gateway, NIBSS, COMMS
- Map the UCARD → SQL Server dependencies (Cip.Cyntegrat.*, CYNTEGRAT_NIP_PROD).
- Analyze deployed .NET 5 / .NET Core and .NET Framework 4.0 binaries running on IIS.
- Understand exposed APIs (via Postman collection).
- Analyze Adspire integrations (mobile & admin).
- Identify risk areas: clear HTTP, hard-coded credentials, missing TLS.
Local Supervision & RUN
- Supervise the operation of services:
- IIS sites on ports 82/84/85/89/8090/5050
- NIBSS services
- Adspire Omnichannel
- Monitor IIS and SQL logs (errors, timeouts, latency).
- Coordinate incidents: UCARD ↔ IT Nigeria ↔ Digital teams.
Local Technical Documentation
- Build a complete technical documentation package:
- actual UCARD architecture,
- API catalog based on Postman,
- SQL schema rebuilt (reverse-engineering),
- Adspire → UCARD → Amplitude flow diagrams,
- RUN & monitoring procedures.
- Document technical gaps vs. UCARD’s Handover claims.
UCARD Coordination (Handover)
- Verify the actual UCARD deliverables announced:
- .NET source code,
- SQL schemas,
- CI/CD pipelines,
- API documentation,
- security (certificates, NDPR).
- Identify missing items and risks.
- Lead technical sessions (walkthrough, training, Q&A).
Talend Migration Preparation
- Identify priority flows to rebuild (loan, transfer, KYC, billers).
- Prepare technical mappings UCARD → Talend.
- Lead transition UATs.
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