Solutions Architect -(EE) Cape Town

SUMMARY:
Seeking a Solutions Architect with an IT Degree/Diploma and at least 6 years IT development experience plus experience in Object Oriented design and Java development, for an EE position with a large corporate in Cape Town.

POSITION INFO:

Job Role

• Ensure the Group’ Policy Administration System is designed, developed, maintained and enhanced efficiently and effectively and that it delivers against business needs. 
• Maintenance of the Policy Administration System blueprint that is usable and consistent with the Group’s Enterprise Application Architecture and future technology direction.

 Responsibilities

• Understand how the business requirements can be met using the implemented package solution, or define what additional application software packages and / or bespoke code is needed.
• Accountable for design and configuration of the Policy Administration application software.
• Consultation in the provision of cost estimates.
• Ensuring the alignment of projects to target application architecture.
• Assessment of the impact of application change and new releases.
• Define high level data flows between Policy Administration System and other applications.
• Work as a team member with Development Managers and other technical staff, to ensure application is implemented according to requirements.
• Identification of potential risks / issues and give input into risk plan.

Generic Functions

• Ensure that the Policy Administration System implementation is coherent and consistent with the vendor and in-house strategies and architecture.
• Respond to business requests for extensions to the scope of the solution through the creation or enhancement of the application and strategies.
• Provide advice and consultancy across the project team on the above strategies and architecture.
• Participate in reviews and provide guidance to teams to ensure that the architecture and strategies are followed.
• Establish and participate in design reviews, regular architectural reviews and technical issue management meetings.
• Ensure that design is optimized for use on the organization’s infrastructure.
• Provide support to other members of the Development Team and members of the Project Management team as required.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the internal workings of software packages in the Policy Administration domain.
• Work effectively in a team with other Solution Architects, Business Architects and Lead developers to consider design alternatives and agree on appropriate design decisions in support of business requirements.

Integration Functions

• Maintain and publicize interfaces between Policy Administration System and external systems.
• Facilitate design and implementation of interfaces between Policy Administration System and external systems.
• Ensure interfaces defined by different teams are consistent.
• Maintain a register of published interfaces.
• Review designs to avoid duplication and proliferation of interfaces.
• Define messaging architecture and standards.

Quality Assurance

• Review agreed implementation, to ensure correct interpretation of the requirements and architecture and strategies.
• Ensure there is adequate testing of configuration or bespoke development.
• Facilitate and lead the quality assurance processes for design and development to ensure the ongoing integrity of the Policy Administration domain.

 Requirements

 Qualifications

• Relevant Tertiary IT qualification or qualification through experience

Experience

• Minimum 6 years IT development experience.
• Experience in Object Oriented design and Java development.
• Application of IT governance principles
• Experience in application development, support and release management.
• Experience in messaging middleware, web services, SOAP, REST, JSON, SOA, ESB, SMTP, FTP, secure FTP.
• Experience in systems development upper life cycle quality assurance.
• Guidewire software development experience a benefit.

Skills/ Knowledge

• System Development Life Cycle
• Java, Groovy, C#, SQL, Application Servers
• Experience in SOA
• Troubleshoot and resolve software, and integration problems
• Risk Management
• Quality, Risk and Organizational Change  management
• Investigation and analysis of information
• Planning
• Communication of technical guidance and instruction to users.
• Ability to write technical instructions in the use of programs and / or program modifications.
• Interpersonal skills, ability to engage with senior business stakeholders.
• Problem resolution

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