Senior Application & Solutions Architect - Umhlanga, KZN - R100k-120k CTC per month

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Senior Application & Solutions Architect - Umhlanga, KZN - R100k-120k CTC per month

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Senior Application & Solutions Architect - Umhlanga, KZN - R100k-120k CTC per month

The company is a vehicle safety and technology group that aims to become a leading global innovator of Interlock devices and solutions which assist its clients and partners in managing and monitoring workplace and driver/operator safety in their businesses, specifically with regard to alcohol use and the economic consequences thereof.

The Senior Application & Solutions Architect will serve as technical design lead to develop, integrate, deploy and maintaining the company Telematics/Informatics systems while establishing security measures to protect the data within these systems. They will be responsible for architecting applications and services to support the company product and services strategy as well as lead integrations with third party systems and provide technical support for such systems.

Requirements:

• MSc Computer Science or equivalent
• 8-10 years’ experience in relevant industry and experience in relevant discipline
• at least 5 years as Software Developer or Solution Architecture with hands-on experience in variety of database technologies
• Cloud Services experience
• Prior experience in a technical leadership position, Leading a small team (8-10 people)
• Looking for someone who is an all-rounder with a hand on approach- Architecture, Development, Programming, Administration & managing solutions
• Familiar with the legalities GDRP/POPI

Core Competencies:

• Extensive experience architecting, designing and developing web development and mobile technologies and deploying effectively to a cloud environment
• Experience with database development including relational database design
• Experience with automation, debugging, performance profiling and optimization
• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes
• Knowledge of web applications, software architecture, SQL Server, C#, mobile (native, cross platform and hybrid) experience
• Experience developing and maintaining backend systems (Web services, Restful APIs, Windows Services)
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Google cloud or AWS
• Experience with API Management in public cloud is strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating with third party systems and devices

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable to ensure the solutions and applications meets the functional and non-functional product/ service/ enterprise requirements approved by the business
• Responsible for creating deployment strategies for products/applications/services offered by the company on a global basis
• Liaison between client facing personnel and developers where required.
• Collaborate with and lead integration and deployment solutions with 3rd party systems
• Responsible for software quality, including adherence to design and code review processes as well as security and DevOps/infrastructure standards.
• Identify and implement data storage methods including log all data activities, store data logs securely and track all administrative activities to comply with the relevant data protection regulations in the territory e.g., GDPR/POPI
• Identify and implement data protection systems and process such as implement stringent password policies, encryption keys and other data security protocols and processes
• Systems analysis of vendor solutions to determine if they meet business and technical requirements
• Give input into the strategic technology direction of the organisation from a logical, physical and application architecture perspective
• Defines and supports reusable application components from a business and technology perspective
• Monitor applications and services, take troubleshooting steps, and implement strategies to prevent future issues
• Implement and maintain incident tracking systems to capture and respond to incidents in a timely manner
• Accountable for designing, building, and optimizing automation systems that help to monitor and manage services across the value chain
• Lead development team, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain applications and services.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.

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