Urgently hiring for IT Solution Architect
Role purpose:
The IT Solution Architect is responsible for the design and development of the information technology solutions and mapping the business requirements to systems/technical requirements to ensure they are in line with the enterprise architectural plan.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership
• Facilitate discussions with both business and technical stakeholders to extract critical business requirements and present a technical vision & solution that meet project needs.
• Provide input to the strategic direction of technology investments to assist in the development of the enterprise architecture and maximise the return on technology investment
• Within the agreed enterprise architecture, define and design technology solutions to assist the business in meeting their business objectives
Core competencies, knowledge and experience
• Expertise in BSS/OSS solution design in an Operating Company.
• Experience in vendor selection through RFPs/RFQs for IT implementations.
• Strategic business acumen and understanding of organisation strategy and ability to design information systems to delivery that strategy
• Excellent communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts and solutions to different stakeholders.
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills - demonstrating outside-the-box problem solving skills.
Technical / professional qualifications:
• Over 10 years of IT Industry experience - strong technical understanding of the telecom systems, architecture, and solutions.
• A minimum of 5 years in a professional senior technical role such as technical lead, team lead, architect or consultancy at system integrator.
• Able to define and document high-level solution and system architectures and explain how various components of the architecture will interact.
• Able to estimate the level of effort and duration for entire projects
• Experience of developing Services Orientated Architectures (SOA)
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies such as TOGAF or the equivalent