Nairobi, Kenya
TRENDING
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Chapter Lead – Solutions Architecture the position holder will be the liaison between business system users and the technical team in as far as building automated business solutions is concerned.
The role holder will also be responsible for gathering, detailing, and documenting business requirements into solution designs for business users and technical developers. Propose ways in which the existing processes and systems can be used or changed to meet new business requirements as well as identify internal systems integrations needed to meet business requirements.
They must have significant business knowledge and have one or more areas of technical expertise in software development, solution architecture and/or enterprise architecture. They are viewed as a solution expert and provide knowledge/counsel to software engineers.
The role is fixed term contract (2 years).
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out full business requirements discovery that includes interviewing relevant stakeholders and end users i.e., requirements elicitation.
- Collect, classify, analyze and document business requirements as per set standards.
- Create solution designs to meet business requirements by exploiting the functionality available in IT systems already in Safaricom, or by filling missing gaps with appropriate new systems, in accordance with enterprise architecture.
- Lead a project team composed of designers and developers to drive the business needs and expectations by ensuring business intent is understood and delivered by IT.
- Ensure best practices are adhered to such as reusability, monitoring, performance, security etc.
- Collaboratively oversee the development of solutions as per agreed architecture, evolving them throughout the delivery in the face of changing requirements and feedback from the team.
- Collaboratively develop test-driven business requirements and functional specifications with business, technical, and testing team members.
- Participate in technical/functional evaluation of bids for new systems.
- Ensure sensible consensus is reached for all requirements/specifications and help business, IT, and test leads to have the same mutual understanding thereof.
- Liaise with other sections/departments in the delivery of services and projects as well as maintain good working relations between the Squad & Tribe team and all stakeholders.
- Provide support to the Business Unit by assisting in the development/reviewing/translating of User Requirement Specifications into a baseline BRD (Business Requirements Document) and building design documents.
- Promote proper release planning, guaranteeing adherence to business needs, change management governance and priorities.
- Follow a prioritization process that is transparent and understandable for all parties involved.
- Participate in innovation to improve delivered products and services and to explore new technologies and their applications to the enterprise space.
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications
- A “hands-on software architect” capable of sharing software development experience with the rest of the team, which in turn helps them better understand how the architecture is viewed from a development perspective.
- Expert-level development in at least 1 language such as Java, Python, NodeJs, GO or .NET.
- Mastery of at least one Web Framework and for their language of choice
- Deep knowledge and use of fundamental database concepts
- Ability to run user requirement workshops and capture complex business requirements across multiple domains.
- Strong business acumen and leadership mindset with ability to communicate and influence others.
- Has analytical skills to picture an end-to-end solution derived from a design document.
- Ability to drive initiatives without any formal authority in an ambiguous environment.
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environment
- Certification in TOGAF and/or Public Clouds will be an added advantage.
- Prior experience in Agile ways of working will be an added advantage.
How to Apply
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualifications and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
ABOUT US
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021.
We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.APPLY NOW
JOB INFO
- Job Identification241
- Posting Date14/02/2024, 17:47
- Apply Before21/02/2024, 23:59
- Degree LevelBachelor’s Degree
- Locations Safaricom Care Centre, Waiyaki Way, Westlands, Nairobi, P.O BOX 46350, 00100, KE
