Protege Management is a premier boutique Human Resource Consulting and Executive Search organisation. We offer both local and international companies bespoke human resource consulting products and services across diverse sectors.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Software Solution Architect
Location: Lagos
Job Field: Software Development Team
Job Purpose
- Accountable for the design, development, quality assurance and delivery of innovative, robust and scalable software solutions and customer facing applications.
Accountabilities
- Coordinates between business and IT stakeholders to develop a solution architecture approach.
- Create delivery estimates based on solution architecture approach.
- Assess market technology choices to determine fit, including software, hardware, SaaS/PaaS, etc.
- Translate complex functional, technical, and business requirements into architectural designs.
- Coordinate with Delivery Project Manager and Business Analyst to draft project scope and compile delivery estimates.
- Collaborate with other Architecture teams. Conduct proofs of concept for emerging technologies.
- Adapt to a quickly changing environment and interact with a broad customer base with diverse needs and functional responsibilities.
- Participate in process flow analysis and process redesign along with the Engagement Manager.
- Share best practices and be consultative to clients throughout duration of the project.
- Produce a detailed functional design document to match customer requirements.
- Complete and co/implement a configuration workbook.
- Co-team with the Technical Architect to produce a technical specification for custom development and systems integration requirements.
- Participate in training design, documentation and delivery efforts in concert with the Engagement Manager.
- Participate and lead, when needed, project meetings with the customer.
- Participate in internal projects as required.
- Should have participated in, and be familiar with, SDLC and Agile (Scrum) project methodologies
Knowledge and Skills Requirements
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Ability to understand business requirements and convert them into solution designs.
- Knowledge of web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture, enterprise application architecture as well as experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints.
- Must demonstrate good judgment and pragmatic approach to delivering a solution that optimizes architecture activities across company needs, business constraints and technological realities
- Strong Mobile - Android & iOS architecture
- Java programming experience
- Understanding of Java web services (SOAP, REST)
- Experienced in HTML5, CSS, javaScript. jquery
- Experienced in server side programming technology PHP, Python, Ruby.
- Experience with mobile platforms and mobile development.
- Familiarity with core design patterns.
- Proven knowledge of estimation processes.
- Proven experience in software integration patterns – services, eventing, ESB, SOA.
- Proven experience in modern web development, mobile, and heterogeneous integrations.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly through self-study.
- Experience with cloud SaaS and PaaS products, and integration with on-premise systems.
- Experience with innovation and proofs of concept.
- Coordinate between business and IT stakeholders to develop a solution architecture approach.
- Create delivery estimates based on solution architecture approach.
- Assess market technology choices to determine fit, including software, hardware, SaaS/PaaS, etc.
- Translate complex functional, technical, and business requirements into architectural designs.
- Coordinate with Delivery Project Manager and Business Analyst to draft project scope and compile delivery estimates.
- Collaborate with other Architecture teams. Conduct proofs of concept for emerging technologies.
- Adapt to a quickly changing environment and interact with a broad customer base with diverse needs and functional responsibilities.
- Experience with enterprise integration tools and extract, transformation and load (ETL) tool.
- Minimum of 5 years in software development or solution architecture role.
- B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent preferred
Compensation
An attractive package comprising a fixed and performance productivity pay.
Application Closing Date
5th May, 2018.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected]