Senior IT Analyst - Johannesburg, South Africa - Secondments

Secondments
Secondments
Verified Company
Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Thabo Mthembu

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PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Understands how the business requirements can be met using the implemented package solutions, or defines what additional solutions is needed
  • Accountable for design of solutions to meet the business requirements
  • Consulted in the provision of cost estimates
  • Assessment of the impact of new business solutions on the Information Technology landscape. Includes execution of technical due diligence across all dimensions of IT
  • Defines high level data flows between solutions
  • Identification of potential risks / issues and give input into risk plan
  • Active engagement with technology partners to deliver an integrated solution across platforms
Generic Functions

  • Ensure that the Solution implementation is coherent and consistent with technology strategies, governance and architecture
  • Provide advice and consultancy across the 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 optimised for use on the organisations infrastructure
  • Provide support to other members of the Development Team and members of the Business Management team as required
  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the internal workings of software packages
  • 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

  • Maintains and publicizes interfaces between internal and external systems
  • Facilitates design and implementation of interfaces between internal and external systems
  • Ensures interfaces defined by different teams are consistent
  • Maintains a register of published interfaces
  • Reviews designs to avoid duplication and proliferation of interfaces
  • Defines 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 endtoend Systems landscape

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Relevant Tertiary IT qualification or qualification through experience
  • Minimum 6 years IT development experience
  • Experience in design and development
  • Application of IT governance principles
  • Experience in messaging middleware, web services, SOAP, REST, JSON, SOA, ESB, SMTP, FTP, secure FTP
  • Experience in systems development upper life cycle quality assurance
  • Understanding of Santam systems and specifically software development experience a benefit

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

  • System Development Life Cycle
  • Agile Scrum
  • Atlassian Tools
  • Java, Groovy, C#, SQL, Application Servers
  • Experience in SOA
  • Troubleshoot and resolve software, and integration problems
  • Risk Management
  • Quality, risk and organisational 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 as well
  • Ability to accept accountability for actions and decisions
  • Problem resolution
  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Leadership
  • Building networks and good relationships
  • Develop and implement strategy
  • Santam implemented hardware, software and operating systems a benefit
  • IT language knowledge

COMPETENCIES

  • Client focus
  • Cultivates Innovation
  • Drives Results
  • Collaborates
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Technical specifications
  • Component design
  • Database design
System architecture
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