Engineering Lead - Johannesburg, South Africa - IQbusiness South Africa

IQbusiness South Africa

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end
- to end technical solutions

across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership

and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding

engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.

Role

Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries,architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
Work with technology domain SME's to shape, contribute and to integrate a solution across the technology stack, from database and DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous deployment.
Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
Collaborate and communicate and obtain buyin from key stakeholders.
Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and nonfunctional requirements.
Assist software designers with lower level designs.
Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary tradeoffs.
Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in development and design (Application, Infrastructure, etc.).
Bachelor Degree in either Information Systems, Informatics or Computer Science or
Engineering (or equivalent work experience).
Information Technology Architect Certification (ITAC) (Open Group).
Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent

Experience

Solid practical software engineering, programming and design experience
Strong technical acumen on how the technical landscape fits together: Broad understanding of end to end landscape, specialisation in one domain.

Hands on experience with following technology stack:
CICS, Cobol, JCL, MQ, JSON, REST, DB- Experience in end to end system, security, integration and infrastructure design.

Architectural thinking.
Strong financial background either fintech banking startup or financial ecommerce.
Technical leadership: mentoring, coaching and developing a talent pipeline.
A proven track record in decision making.
Troubleshooting in software solution development.
DevOps experience and exposure to agile methodologies.
Experience in technical design modelling and methods.
Require a broad understanding of end to end landscape and specialisation in one or more domains.
Exposure to Support and Maintenance