Senior Architect - Information & Master Data, Information Technology at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Architect - Information & Master Data, Information Technology

Job Identification: 2759
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: MTN Level 3
Reports To: Senior Manager - Architecture and Planning
Division: Information Technology

Mission

• Guide and manage the development of Master Data & Information management strategies and models.

Description

• Define standards and guidelines for systems/solutions procurement or deployment for Business Intelligence, Mediation & Master Data Management platforms.
• Oversee the design of standard Data Governance and Master Data Governance business rules. This includes establishing a Data Governance organization, processes, roles, and responsibilities in complex business environments.
• Define guidelines and policies for Data Governance/Master Data Standardization
• Support the maturity and adoption of the Enterprise Information Management program across the organization.
• Drive Master Data schema development, access to business rules, and Master Data design
• Provide expert knowledge of enterprise master data strategies.
• Provide standards, guidelines, processes, and expertise to consistently address enterprise Master Data issues such as convergence, standards, and synchronization
• Design standard business processes for the management of Master Data lifecycle, CDR management, Mediation, Revenue & Fraud platforms.
• Direct the implementation of Big Data and Analytics Technologies, Platforms, Solutions and Initiatives
• Document weekly reports per functional area
• Direct the implementation of technology & data governance blueprints
• Ensure continuous design, development and implementation of an enterprise wide ILM (Information Life Cycle Management) blueprint and roadmap covering data and documents.
• Evaluate developments in architecture in the local and international business environment and recommend value-adding improvements to MTNN’s Data & Information architecture roadmaps
• Evaluate and determine overall modeling standards, guidelines, best practices modeling techniques & approaches to Data & Information architecture
• Provide support for the maturity and adoption of the EIM (Enterprise Information Management) program across the organization
• Coach and train the team to ensure understanding of the department's objectives and goals, awareness of set targets/requirements and regularly review their training needs.
• Review the performance of individual team members and complete appraisals in accordance with employee performance appraisal procedures and time schedules.

Education

• A First Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology / Systems or a related discipline 
• Master’s degree in related field will be an added advantage 
• TOGAF certified
• Fluent in English

Experience:

• 6 - 13 years’ experience which includes:
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialization; with experience in supervising/managing others
  • Experience working in a medium to large organization.
  • Experience in implementation or operation of an Enterprise Data Warehouse System.
  • Experience in Big Data and Analytics solutions implementation.
  • Experience in Data Governance practices especially in a Telco or any large enterprise.
  • Experience in Enterprise Architecture (Business, Data, Applications, Technology).
  • Experience integrating applications and technology in a complex environment.
  • Experience in MDM Architecture and MDM tools.
  • In-depth experience in Enterprise Architecture Governance and standards.
  • Experience with Data Qualities toolsets.
  • Experience with ETL, SOA , messaging technologies and Metadata models.
  • Good working knowledge of EA frameworks, NGOSS & Telco 2.0 

Required Skills:

• Data Governance Programme Implementation
• Enterprise Architecture Practice and Governance
• Enterprise Data and Information Architecture design and implementation
• Knowledge of Big Data, Analytics. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Telecoms and Digital Technologies Ecosystem Design and Implementation.

Application Closing Date
1st June, 2023 (10:59 PM)