ICT Solutions Architect at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About the job

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that researches, develops, localises and diffuses technologies to accelerate socio-economic prosperity in South Africa. The organisation’s work contributes to industrial development and supports a capable state.

ICT Solutions Architect

About The Job

The CSIR has a vacancy for an ICT Solutions Architect in the e-Government Impact Area within the Next Generation Enterprises and Institutions Cluster. The incumbent will be responsible to design appropriate ICT solutions architectures based on client requirements; and leading the development and implementation of such solutions. This position is based in Pretoria.

For more info about the impact area or cluster, please visit https://www.csir.co.za/nextgen-enterprises-and-institutions.-systems

Key Responsibilities

• Engage stakeholders and clients with a view towards translating their needs, business processes into appropriate ICT solutions and systems architectures;

• Manage the overall concept and vision of the solution;

• Conduct requirements analysis of the solution, as well as the realisation of the vision through research and software/system development;

• Provide technical leadership to teams of engineers and software developers, throughout the research and development process;

• Organise the development effort of a system or solution;

• Develop high-level system or conceptual architecture;

• Execute technology decisions in order to deliver the solution to the clients;

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• An Honours degree in informatics, computer science information technology or computer/ electronic engineering with at least ten years’ experience in software development and engineering, particularly in large, complex projects using modern web technologies (HTML5, Python, JavaScript, Angular/React/Backbone, node.js, Enterprise Java and/or Python);

• Experience leading development using test-driven approaches and agile methods (e.g. SCRUM, SAFe)) is required;

• Experience with the following would be advantageous:

  • Requirements and systems analysis;

  • Conceptual modelling;

  • Systems architecture and high-level design;

  • DevOps;

  • Test automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery;

  • Docker;

  • Kubernetes;

  • Other programming languages;

  • Enterprise Service Bus, Service-oriented architecture, Microservice architectures, Enterprise Messaging;

  • Data management and analysis, relational databases, SQL and related technologies, NoSQL databases;

  • Enterprise Service Bus, Service-oriented architecture, Enterprise Messaging;

  • Distributed version control and source code management (e.g. git);

  • Open source software systems and licences;

  • Product/service conceptualisation and manufacture; and

  • Planning for product support and maintenance.

• Must have deep knowledge of the following:

  • Software engineering and development life cycle;

  • Solutions architecture and conceptualisation;

  • Systems architecture and integration;

  • Product development life cycle;

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written);

• Technical and report writing skills;

• Analytical and problem-solving skills;

• Strong ability to think abstractly and conceptually and to see the big picture; and

• Ability to think strategically.

Closing date: 29 October 2021

PLEASE NOTE THAT FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN TO SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES ONLY.

For more info, please email us at [email protected] . Please do-not send your application to this mailbox, it is only for inquiries.

The CSIR is an equal opportunity employer. As such, it is committed to the employment Equity Act and will through the filling of this vacancy, give preference to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act. By applying for this position at the CSIR, the applicant understands, and agrees that the CSIR may solicit a credit and criminal report from registered credit bureau and/or South African Police Services (in relation to positions that requires trust and honesty and/or entail the handling of cash or finances) and may also verify the applicant’s educational qualification and employment history. The CSIR reserves the right to remove the advertisement at any time before the stated closing date and it further reserves the right not to appoint if a suitable candidate is not identified.