Chief Solution Architect at Tezza Business Solutions Limited

Tezza Business Solutions Limited is a "niche: service provider of Software Development, Quality Assurance and Software Testing services. Tezza began its operations as Web Development Company in 2000 in Overland Park, Kansas. Since then, we've evolved into a Services-oriented company who only engage in Product development as a value-add service to our customers who continue to appreciate our “Customer First” Service Delivery approach.

Tezza opened its first office in Kenya in 2009 with a primary goal of building capacity of qualified software development and testing resources to work on outsourced projects from North America. Since 2009, Tezza has grown in size and reputation with over 150 resources and offices in key 4 East and West African countries - Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. Tezza has now become the #1 QA and Software Testing Company in East Africa providing services to companies within the Banking, Insurance, Healthcare and Telecommunication market verticals.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Chief Solution Architect

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• A high-impact Architecture function can accelerate progress against critical IT objectives that require a cross-enterprise perspective.

The mission (duties and responsibilities) of Tezza’s Architecture is to:

• Provides advice to customers regarding industry best practices in business process and software deployment methodologies
• Conducts/leads business process analysis or design/construction phase of the project including writing functional specifications
• Creates and modifies procedural and system documentation throughout the project
• Develops functional and technical specifications for modifications, interfaces, reports and screens that meet the customers' business objectives and are of sound design
• Provides primary user support and verifies that the system provides the required business functions
• Prepares and delivers presentations for user, management, and executive level audiences
• Communicates and/or supports business cases to Product Management and Product Development regarding specific trends for future product functionality and enhancements
• Assists Project Managers in planning efforts
• Working with the Project Manager, creates detailed tasks on overall project plan (i.e. during sales cycle, during project mobilization and design, or based on change requests)
• Ensures knowledge transfer is conducted with key customer project team members
• Is a thought leader in the Transportation Solution Industry and is able to apply that knowledge to customer engagements
• Incorporate SOA principles into enterprise architecture design, including identifying opportunities for common services and service reuse
• Participate in relevant external standards organizations, industry groups, panels, etc.
• Document all architecture design and analysis work
• Develop, improve, validate, and use tools to facilitate enterprise architecture efforts
• Lead analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture.

Required Skills (Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities to enter the job)

• 10+ years solutions design and implementation experience at line of business or enterprise level
• 5+ years' experience in design and architecture at enterprise level.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or equivalent discipline is required
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or equivalent discipline is desired
• Desire work out of Lagos - Nigeria and eventual travel in central Africa
• Experience leading large teams in a matrix management environment.
• Fully knowledgeable about solution architecture patterns, integration patterns, mobile and web application architectures.
• Able to quickly translate vague user requirements to possible and probable solution architectures.
• Broad knowledge of technology from mobiles to servers and data centers.
• Extremely quick to research and evaluate potential platforms and technologies.
• Knowledgeable about general business transactions and functions across multiple domains - banking, retail, manufacturing, service etc.
• Ability to prepare and present solution proposals.
• Ability to work with a young and less experienced team and bring them up to speed quickly.
• Ready to act as chief innovation officer for the company.
• Experience managing vendor agreements and tracking service levels.
• Superior oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills to communicate with and persuade a wide range of audiences

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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