Systems Architect

Recruiter:

H2R Africa

Job Ref:

JHB000502/DH

Date posted:

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

Salary:

Market related Monthly

JOB SUMMARY:
A Telecomms Company has a vacancy for a Systems Architect. The position will be either full time or fixed term.

This is a remote role with the requirement to travel occasionally to Stellenbosch for meetings. The roles reports to the Head of Digital Innovation.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: The Systems Architect is responsible for leading the technical design of the OSS/BSS system. This includes collaborating with business analysts to turn functional designs into technical design documentation and guiding developers through the design so that they can execute the system design. Further the systems architect is responsible for reviewing current architecture and suggesting improvements to achieve efficiencies

JOB DESCRIPTION:

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION WILL BE EITHER PERMANENT OR CONTRACT. TO BE DISCUSSED.

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills: -

SQL – Data management and analysis
JavaScript (basic to intermediate)
HTML/XML– understanding of style sheets, web development concepts and HTTP requests
APIs and JSON (Particularly RESTful APIs but also SOAP)
Understanding of the OSI Model
Basic Security/Infrastructure knowledge (System design to align to security and infrastructure requirements)
Experience with software development lifecycles
Strong communication and organisational skills
Be able to work well in teams
Stakeholder Management
2 Years’ Project Management experience will be advantageous
Minimum 3 years proven experience working as a Systems Architect is required
Relevant ITC, BCom or similar degree will be an advantage

Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

Conducting system design activities and reviews of detailed application and software components across a variety of technology stacks.
Ensuring that architectural solutions meet technical and functional requirements
Reviewing existing system architecture and recommending improvements and participating in engineering reviews to determine any ambiguities.
Investigate and scope change requests to determine the scale of work to be done and estimate the timeframe and input required
Determining system loads and volumes as input into infrastructure requirements
Documentation:

Technical systems specifications
Diagrams – Process flows, System Context Diagrams, ERDs
Production of Development instructions – translation of functional requirements and technical specs into development tickets for development and testing purposes

Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures are aligned with the Company’s goals and strategies.

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