Job Purpose
To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.
Job Responsibilities
- Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
- Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
- Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
- Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
- Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
- Assist software designers with lower level designs.
- Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
- Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset.
- Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
- Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners.
- Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
- Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs.
- Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
- Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
- Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.
- Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability.
- Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter.
- Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability
- Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
- Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
- Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
- Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
- Contribute to the Company Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
- Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
- Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking
Essential Qualifications – NQF Level
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems). Professional Qualification Level 6 (Look at new degree naming conventions)
Preferred Certifications
Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent
Minimum Experience Level
Min 8 Years experience in similar roles.
Technical / Professional Knowledge
- IT Architecture
- IT Concepts
- Systems Analysis and design
Behavioural Competencies
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Decision Making
- Collaborating
- Innovation
- Influencing
- Managing Work
- Continuous Learning
- Coaching