Senior Engineer: Decoder Workflow SI Lead at MultiChoice

Key Performance Objectives

Governance and Compliance

• Ensure enforcement of the Company processes and policies with team members
• Adherence to the milestone driven hybrid process & policies applicable to the Decoder Development team.
• Develop, enhance & enforce development processes & policies with team members and 3rd party software component vendors.

Operational Delivery

• Individually responsible for delivering on project requirements, system and sub-system software integration of enterprise-wide headend software solutions using internally created and/or off the shelf components.
• Formulation of the SI line function strategy
• Asset management & procurement.
• Process improvement initiatives for integration of STB and Head End software/hardware components.
• Complete management of the team including training, coaching, mentorship, succession planning, recognition and retention planning.
• Resolution of resource conflicts related to team members and equipment.
• Resolution of SI line function issues and concerns and coordination.
• Team budget planning, recons & purchase orders.
• Functional cost and tax related data management and reporting.
• Team building & engagement.
• Team recruitment, selection, performance management and disciplinary actions.
• Assigning team members to project teams.
• Grooming & execution of the SI line function backlog: Identifying, developing and maintaining of tools to automate, improve & support the SI line function.
• Integration strategies & dependency mapping for the various work packages of the release.
• Enforcement of the Company processes and policies with team members
• Adherence to the milestone driven hybrid project & CFT process & policies

Qualifications

• B.Sc (Electronic and/or Computer Engineering) or B.Eng (Electrical Engineering)

Experience and Technical Competencies

Required Experience of:

• 8+ years of experience in E2E satellite network operations managing backend operations for decoder platforms.
• 4+ years of experience in operator components integration and technologies (including STB), working through the design, development, testing, release cycle and software delivery.
• Leadership / management experience
• Experience of performance management and driving team efficiencies
• Knowledge of employee relationship regulations/laws
• Knowledge of industry wide best practices of processes, integration techniques and tools for embedded platforms and backend systems.
• Experience in Web technologies and scripting languages
• Experience in database design and management tools
• Sufficient knowledge of security & software compliances regulatory requirements
• Sufficient experience with IT infrastructure and networking
• Exposure to finance, procurement and budgeting systems
• Sufficient knowledge of project management
• Proficiency of SDLC tools, e.g. IBM Jazz, Jira, HP Quality Centre
• Strong knowledge of mentoring and leading technical teams
• Strong knowledge of various SDLC methodologies like Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, DevOps etc.
• Strong knowledge in vendor management for local and global resources.
• Strong knowledge of satellite operator E2E network components and security requirements.