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Senior Integration Engineer
Brief Description
Reporting to the Integrations Engineering Lead, the role holder will be responsible for application development and evolution of existing service applications including integration to related service platforms. Application development will include but not limited to specification, design, development, validation, documentation and evolution of the new and current service applications; performance management; ensuring integrity of the web services; maintenance and fault management.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirement specification & Design – eliciting & analyzing user requirements and application functional designs.
- Develop – Development as per user requirement and integration to other service platforms;
- On a weekly basis report on the KPI of the applications & web services developed;
- Validation & Verification – oversee the assurance of application functional logic, data processing and error management.
- Liaise with Support teams, infrastructure team, network administrators, information security to maintain service availability and integrity of the applications.
Qualifications
- BSc. Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT.
- 3 years + experience in software development in a busy IT environment.
- Extensive programming experience using Java (Apache Camel, Spring Boot), C#, Python etc.
- Extensive experience with databases – data structures, relational data model, Stored Procedures, PL/SQL development, Nosql Databases, InMemory DBs.
- Extensive experience in developing and deploying enterprise APIs on these technologies i.e TIBCO/WebLogic/Tomcat/Glassfish/Docker/Kubernetes/Openshift/Azure/AWS.
- Solid understanding of web services/technologies – REST/JSON, WSDL, XML, XSD;
- Experience with event-based and message-driven distributed system like Apache kafka, ActiveMQ, Rabbit MQ.
- Experience using code versioning & collaboration tools such as Git/SVN.
- Strong knowledge & experience using (CI/CD) such as Jenkins /drone/CycleCI
- Experience in Unix/Linux/AIX Operating System and application security technologies (e.g. SSL)
- Experience in Agile Development/software life-cycle development (SDLC).
- Excellent communication & analytical skills.
Cloud Solutions Architect
Brief Description
Reporting to the Manager – Enterprise Cloud & ISP Systems, the job holder will be responsible for building a robust enterprise model and standards to support consistent, reliable deployment of enterprise Cloud assets. The Cloud Architect is also expected to be well versed in creating/maintaining/reverse engineering existing cloud assets/deployments to enable the documentation of current systems and propose optimizations and roadmaps to align with architecture principles. Work with various internal and external teams on Cloud Implementations to realize the intended business objectives and value.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analysis of current state, including reverse engineering existing Enterprise Cloud & ISP assets.
- Document & Manage Enterprise Cloud & ISP standards, virtual network mapping, data flows and conceptual flows.
- Define & manage how company data will be stored, consumed, integrated, secured and managed across cloud and on-premises implementations.
- Set standards for Enterprise Cloud deployments and assets, analyze current state and conceive desired future state.
- Apply architectural and technology concepts to address scalability, security, reliability, maintainability of cloud assets.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure that technology decisions align with the overall Enterprise Architecture Framework/Roadmap via clear communication and negotiation skills.
- Conduct proof of concepts, drive technology & product selection, support pilot implementations and support enterprise-wide adoption of cloud, technology, processes & toolsets
- Design and optimize cloud strategies for the cost-effective delivery of scalable and reliable systems up to 99.999% uptime SLA.
- Work across a wide range of stakeholders, application subject matter experts, architects, technology and business leaders to harness perspectives, influence & drive consistent cloud practices.
Qualifications
- BSc. Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT.
- Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecoms, Engineering, Physics or Math or any other relevant qualification.
- Candidate should demonstrate deep and wide knowledge of Virtualization technologies, Opensource & Linux, VMWare, Openstack, Redhat, Azure, Containerization & Orchestration e.g Kubernetes, Serverless Architectures, Google Cloud and AWS platforms, SDWAN, IaaS, PaaS, xAAS, Relevant Public Cloud and Virtualization certifications huge plus
- Candidate should possess excellent knowledge & skills in cloud and virtual infrastructure design, deployment, management and monitoring as well as migration strategies from on-premise implementations to cloud or Hybrid Solutions.
- Candidate should have excellent knowledge and understanding of established/emerging cloud management technologies including and not limited to monitoring, profiling, identity management, reporting/analytics, cost optimization.
- The cloud architect must understand the cloud technologies and their use to guide the organization and enterprise customers in understanding and adopting them
- An ideal candidate should possess advanced knowledge of industry best practices in the various aspects of information, technology trends, enterprise operations knowledge and the ability to develop solutions.
- Advanced knowledge of hardware, software, business applications and systems engineering are required
- Intermediate knowledge and execution of SDLC is required
- Intermediate knowledge of Information Security awareness is a plus
- Intermediate knowledge of Cloud data and analytics tools and workflows is a plus
- Good knowledge of General Project Management Methodology & Tools
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture methodologies and practices a plus.
IT Solutions Architect
Brief 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).
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
- 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