Solutions Architect (Remote) at Watershed Consulting

Description

• To improve efficiency, reduce waste, identify and implement solutions, meet project deadlines and accurately document the necessary requirements to be done in accordance with local / global strategic planning and standards in compliance to the Company's Integrity & Anti Bribery Codes, Conflict of Interest Policy & S.H.E.Q. requirements and to perform delegated S.H.E.Q. tasks and duties & to inform superior about deviations.

Job Requirements

• Essential Experience in the following Technologies and Practices
• Java Application Development and Design
• Frameworks – Springboot / Junit
• Programming languages - Java / J2EE
• Scrum Master or Agile Methodology Training
• Development and DevOps Practices (Continuous Integration/ Agile Testing)
• Extensive experience with REST API’s design
• OpenAPI standard 3.x
• Extensive experience with database technologies.
• PostgreSQL, IBM, DB2.
• Extensive experience with build tools and servers: Maven, Apache, Tomcat / Jboss, Jenkins, IBM WebSphere
• Experience with Kubernetes, including yaml files, runtime administration, deployment, logging, monitoring
• Experience with container orchestration: Docker, Docker swarm
• Experience with Cloud Technologies and design: Deployment and Hosting of Web Services in Cloud (Kubernetes)
• Experience with Message processing and caching mechanism: Kafka, Rabbit, MQ, Redis
• Experience with application monitoring tools: e.g. App Dynamincs

Not essential but would be valuable

• Domain Driven Design Experience

Outputs

Requirements & Solution Design

• Collaborate with various business and IT stakeholders to understand product requirements
• Defining technical requirements, blueprints, designs, and plans for the team to implement based on product requirements
• Implement product, component and interface refactoring and migrations to newer technologies
• Operational support for the application
• Process support for setting up and establishment of connectivity of the system landscape development, testing and production
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure product quality. Provide prototypes and proof of concepts
• Ensure the products adheres to the overall Daimler design patterns and standards

Team & Technical Leadership

• Act as an overall technical lead for the development process within a DevOps team, including:
• Source code management
• Software architecture / design
• Architecture discussions
• Feature implementation
• Deployment processes and technologies
• Testing Practices and processes
• Design, develop and maintain high performance, reusable and reliable code for REST-services and API’s
• Define and implement the architectural principles, rules and technical frameworks for applications according to Daimler standards
• Support in resolving technical issues through debugging, research and investigation
• Collaborate with other Architects in the IT Hub to help establish and grow technical processes and practices

Security and Compliance

• Designing for security. Including, Identity and Access Management (IAM), data security, separation of duties (SoD) and applicable security controls
• Designing solutions, which are compliant with legal requirements POPPI Act.) corporate audit requirements
• Performing all outputs in compliance to the Company's Integrity Codes & S.H.E.Q requirements and to perform delegated S.H.E.Q tasks and duties & to inform superior about deviations

 Qualifications and experience: 

• Minimum NQF 7 – BSC/BCom/BTech in Information Technology, Information Systems Engineering or Computer Science or relevant equivalent
• 5+ years' experience designing and building software applications or At least 6 months participation in our Graduate Development Programme
• Proficiency with Java technologies and enterprise applications
• Experience working on complex software projects