Systems Architect

Key Responsibilities:

Management/Administrative Responsibilities 

• Assists with the design and delivery of technical training programmes
• Makes recommendations on matters relating to data management and conversion 

Technical /Professional Responsibilities 

• Assists in assigned information systems projects from planning through to implementation and adoption 
• Assists in the development and maintenance of manuals, procedures and other documentation required for the operations of the support team 
• Assists in developing tactical plans that support agency-wide strategies for application integration and business data relationships 
• Recommends commercially available information technologies or designs customized solutions to satisfy business needs 
• Assists with projects and initiatives with a focus on meeting strategic business objectives 
• Coordinates with business unit and technical staff on the defining, writing and testing of technical and functional specifications 
• Resolves end-user problems or issues regarding business applications, web applications, and provides application administrative support 
• Coordinates the installation of application patches, releases and enhancements on development, test, disaster recovery and production systems 
• Participate in the review of existing procedures and updates as is necessary to improve the effectiveness of the operations 
• Develops documents and maintains procedures for production and quality control of system data 
• Develops user-friendly tools that aid in the management of data 

Other Responsibilities 

• Keeps abreast of trends and developments in information technology and recommends their incorporation where appropriate 
• Performs other related duties assigned from time to time by the Supervisor. 

Required Skills/Competencies

The post-holder should be able to demonstrate: 

• Excellent interpersonal customer relationship skills 
• Strong technical documentation, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Good communication skills 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools 
• Understanding of business processes 
• Excellent business modeling skills 
• Ability to conduct structured interviews to gather process and system information 
• Strong data modeling skills 
• Specific working experience in an MS Visual Studio development environment
• Good planning and organizing skills 
• Ability to thrive in a team-based environment 
• Ability to establish business requirements documents as well as testing plans and training plans and materials 
• Software programming skills, ideally in various languages 
• Use of software development standards, structured development environments and methodologies 
• Knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts, reporting tools, and standard programming environments 

Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience:

The following qualifications are required: 

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Studies or equivalent qualification from a recognized tertiary institution 
• At least two (2) years’ experience in IT Administration, design and maintenance.
• Experience and knowledge of current reporting tools

We appreciate all responses but only short-listed applicants will be contacted