SIM Card Personalization Officer

The Purpose of the Job

The SIM Card Personalization Officer is the custodian of data integrity and security in our smart card production process. This role is responsible for securely executing SIM card personalization activities; transforming blank modules into fully activated subscriber-ready products.
You will handle sensitive customer data with the utmost confidentiality ensuring that every personalization job is executed with surgical precision strict adherence to customer specifications and unwavering compliance with security protocols.
By guaranteeing flawless data encoding and activation you enable millions of subscribers to connect to their networks securely and instantly.

A Brief Description of the Person Specs

Our client is looking for a highly meticulous security-conscious and technically proficient professional who treats sensitive data as a sacred trust. You possess an extraordinary eye for detail and a deep understanding that even a single character error in personalization can lead to network failures and severe reputational damage.
You are disciplined process-driven and thrive in a high-security environment where confidentiality is non-negotiable. Your work ethic is defined by uncompromising accuracy unwavering integrity and a commitment to operational excellence.

Tasks Duties & Responsibilities

System Operation: Operate advanced SIM personalization systems strictly in accordance with approved procedures work instructions and security protocols ensuring seamless data encoding and activation.

Data Verification: Meticulously verify customer data files and production job specifications before processing confirming that all records batches and parameters are accurate and complete.

Job Execution: Execute personalization jobs with surgical precision and high levels of confidentiality ensuring that data is accurately written to each SIM module without errors or omissions.

Quality Monitoring: Continuously monitor production quality throughout the personalization process promptly identifying and flagging any processing anomalies system warnings or data mismatches.

Security Compliance: Ensure strict compliance with all information security and data protection requirements including PCI DSS and local data privacy regulations safeguarding sensitive subscriber information at all times.

Secure Handling: Maintain secure handling of sensitive customer information activation keys and encryption codes ensuring that no data is ever compromised shared or improperly accessed.

Record Maintenance: Accurately record all production activities and maintain complete detailed and auditable documentation including batch logs job completion reports and system audit trails.

Schedule Adherence: Consistently meet assigned production schedules and delivery deadlines balancing speed with accuracy to ensure on-time order fulfilment without compromising data integrity.

Incident Reporting: Report system faults production incidents or data discrepancies promptly to the supervisor and relevant technical teams for immediate investigation and resolution.

Audit Support: Actively support quality assurance activities and internal audit processes providing comprehensive personalization records data logs and process insights as required.

Environmental Integrity: Maintain a clean organized and secure production environment ensuring that all workstations storage media and access controls are properly managed.

Continuous Improvement: Actively participate in continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives suggesting enhancements to personalization workflows data verification processes and security protocols.

Skills Forte

Soft Skills:

Data Integrity Mindset: An obsessive commitment to 100% data accuracy with zero tolerance for errors or shortcuts.

Impeccable Attention to Detail: You can spot mismatched data fields formatting errors or system alerts that others would miss.

Security Consciousness: A deep understanding of the importance of data confidentiality and the severe consequences of security breaches.

Analytical Thinking: Ability to correlate system outputs with data inputs quickly identifying the root cause of processing anomalies.

Patience & Methodical Approach: The ability to perform precision-driven repetitive tasks without losing focus or compromising accuracy over long shifts.

Communication: Clear and precise verbal and written communication skills for documenting incidents reporting discrepancies and liaising with technical support teams.

Technical Skills:

Computer Literacy: Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel Word) for data entry record keeping and generating job completion reports.

System Navigation: Familiarity with personalization software interfaces database systems or ERP platforms for job scheduling and data verification is a significant added advantage.

Data Handling: Understanding of encryption principles secure file transfer protocols and basic database management is a distinct plus.

Core Competencies:
Data integrity security orientation strict process adherence proactive problem-solving effective time management and collaborative teamwork.

Requirements

Educational & Professional Qualifications

Education: A Bachelors Degree or Diploma in a relevant discipline such as Information Technology Computer Science Telecommunications Engineering Data Management Quality Management or a related field.

Experience: 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in data processing IT operations production personalization or quality assurance roles.
Experience with SIM card personalization secure data encoding or high-security printing/personalization environments is a distinct advantage.

Benefits

Remuneration

Our client offer a competitive compensation package designed to attract and retain skilled professionals in the high-security data processing sector:

Salary: A competitive monthly gross salary. Commensurate with your qualifications level of experience and specific location. Roles based in Nairobi typically command the higher end of this scale reflecting the highly specialized security-critical nature of data personalization.

Shift Allowance: An additional shift allowance will be provided for officers working non-standard hours or rotating shifts where applicable.

Benefits:

o Comprehensive health insurance coverage (inpatient and outpatient).

o Pension/Retirement plan contributions (NSSF and additional company schemes).

o Generous annual leave entitlement and paid public holiday benefits.

Perks: A stable secure working environment within the dynamic telecommunications manufacturing sector with access to ongoing technical training data security certification opportunities (e.g. ISO 27001) and clear career progression pathways within the organization.