Systems Architect - Stellenbosch at HeroTel

Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting system design activities and reviews of detailed application and software components across a variety of technology stacks.
• Ensuring that architectural solutions meet technical and functional requirements.
• Reviewing existing system architecture and recommending improvements and participating in engineering reviews to determine any ambiguities.
• Investigate and scope change requests to determine the scale of work to be done and estimate the timeframe and input required.
• Determining system loads and volumes as input into infrastructure requirements.
• Documentation:
• Technical systems specifications

Diagrams – Process flows, System Context Diagrams, ERDs

• Production of Development instructions – translation of functional requirements and technical specs into development tickets for development and testing purposes
• Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures are aligned with Herotel goals and strategies

Key Outputs:

• System Design Reviews
• Technical Systems Specifications
• Entity Relationship Diagrams
• Development Ticket Creation
• Change Requests Evaluations
• System Context Diagrams
• Data Flow Diagrams

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills: -

• 2 Years’ Project Management experience will be advantageous
• 1 to 2 Years’ proven experience working in a Systems Department
• SQL – Data management and analysis
• JavaScript (basic to intermediate)
• HTML/XML– understanding of style sheets, web development concepts and HTTP requests
• APIs and JSON (Particularly RESTful APIs but also SOAP)
• Understanding of the OSI Model
• Basic Security/Infrastructure knowledge (System design to align to security and infrastructure requirements)
• Experience with software development lifecycles
• Strong communication and organisational skill
• Be able to work well in teams
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical skills:A willingness to learn and work with a variety of software applications and systems.
• Analytical skills: An eagerness to analyze business processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Project management skills: A desire to learn and assist in managing projects from planning to implementation.
• Problem-solving skills: An ability to contribute to the identification and potential solutions for complex problems.
• Project Management Tools such as Smartsheet or JIRA or Microsoft.

Qualifications

• Relevant certification, diploma or degree would be advantageous, or equivalent work experience.