Software Systems and Solutions Designer (12 Month Contract), Johannesburg at Xcede

About the job

We're seeking a Software Systems and Solutions Designer for a 12 Month Contract in Johannesburg. This is a Hybrid Home/Office role.The Software Systems and Solutions Designer will be tasked with translating business requirements and user stories into system requirements and act as a link between the business analyst, other stakeholders and the software team.

The Software Systems and Solutions Designer will translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs across multiple asset(s) groupings (higher level of complexity) and provide technical leadership to the software developers and other designers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure an understanding of system requirements and end to end design to produce the detail design
• Ensure understanding of system landscape, standards, legislation and governance to provide effective technical requirements
• Provide asset (grouping) level requirements based on analysis in terms of business and stakeholder requirements
• Accountable to analyse and produce detailed Designs as per the requirements received
• Understand existing and required data in order to Support the domain
• Provide input into test plans and cases on a system level
• Provide or Build On Existing System Use Cases (optional) and sequence, Class, System Flow, Activity, Component diagrams
• Produce Designs that Realise the strategic direction / architecture of the organisation to the best of their ability, based on the end to end solutions and technology road map
• Identify and develop mitigation plans for dependency and system conflicts
• Understand, interpret and review End to End Solution Design
• Ensure the delivery of quality minded designs including input to (EQA review) for quality testing
• Contribute to integration test packs
• Conduct Trouble shooting sessions and assisting developer with queries
• Update the asset knowledge base (Technical documentation, Lessons learned , training documentation etc.)
• Ensure work product or design enables architect target state fulfilment

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric
• Relevant Tertiary (Diploma, Degree, Certificate) - preferred
• Certificate in relevant solution design methodologies (where applicable)
• Minimum of 5 Years' Senior Developer Experience
• Experience in Software Data Modelling (advanced)
• Experience in Software Design Patterns (advanced)
• Experience in Software Diagramming and Modelling (advanced)
• Experience in end to end requirements traceability
• Trouble shooting Experience
• Proven experience in Technical leadership
• Proven Operational Experience in Technology / product
• Experience in working with various groups to identify alternative solutions to a problem (JAD)
• Strong technical acumen on how the technical landscape fits together
• Broad understanding of end to end landscape, specialisation in one or more domains