Job Description

About CompanyAt Blue Label Telecoms, our brand philosophy is that we can create and distribute anything that is able to be digitised. Our Blu-approved brand is the face of our service offering and is underpinned by a world-class technology platform for both online and offline commerce. With a point of sale network of approximately 150 000 devices, we provide a distribution footprint across all income groups. 85% of our income comes from merchants in the informal sector.JOB PURPOSEDesigns, develops, and implements the interface (integration) between various application systems, including and not limited to those developed in house, packaged software, and third party hosted applications, so that they function holistically in support of the organization's business needs.
The successful candidate will have strong technical skills in enterprise integration technologies, as well as experience working in complex enterprise environments.RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop sustainable integration solutions that connect enterprise applications and systems, ensuring they meet business requirements and technical specifications
• Develop and maintain integration architecture best practices, standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures that align with the organization's overall architecture and strategy
• Identify, design, and implement reusable assets, components, templates, frameworks, and processes to support and accelerate the implementation of integration requirements
• Provide continuous improvement and exploration of industry standards and technology advances in the integration space and drive the positioning and adoption of new technologies and practices
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within the integration space
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architects, developers, systems analysts, business analysts and project managers, to ensure successful delivery of integration and other projects and initiatives
• Facilitate and lead forums, meetings and workshops related to integration architecture and concepts
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security requirements for all integration solutions
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to other members of the integration community
• Provide input to business cases, benefits calculations & budgeting and assist with billing and cost recovery models
• Assist with risk management in the integration space with specific focus on current and emerging risks

• Knowledge about integration patterns and how to use them
• Deep knowledge about integration technologies, protocols, and message formats
• Solid microservices architecture knowledge and running microservice applications on-premises and in the cloud
• API design, development, implementation, security, and governance knowledge
• API management and API gateway knowledge
• Knowledge about integration buses and enterprise service buses
• Knowledge about asynchronous messaging systems and message and event brokers
• Event-driven and event streaming knowledge
• A basic understanding of Process Automation and RPA
• A sound understanding of the Java and Microsoft technologies and related design and implementation patterns
• Good container knowledge with basic knowledge about Kubernetes and container platforms
• Good knowledge about DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines
• Application security and access control knowledge
• Application modernization skills and knowledge
• Detail knowledge of software development methodologies and full SDLCs
• A good understanding of agile & iterative development methodologies
• A sound knowledge of project management principles
• Strong technical skills in enterprise integration technologies, including API management, SOA, ETL, messaging technologies (e.g., JMS, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ), event streaming (e.g., Kafka) and integration patterns
• Strong understanding of web services, RESTful APIs, microservices and integration standards
• Strong understanding of data modelling and data integration concepts
• Knowledge about security, securing integration solutions, credential flows and security technologies such as AD, LDAP, OAuth, SAML and SCIM
• Familiarity with cloud-based integration solutions and integrating with SaaS solutions like Microsoft Dynamics is a plus
• Strong leadership and written & communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

• Manages Complexity
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Cultivates Innovation
• Collaborates
• Tech Savvy
• Nimble Learning
• Business Insight
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Ambiguity
• Courage
• Balances Stakeholders

• Action Planning
• Assessment
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Application Development
• Computer Skills
• Architecture
• Customer and Market Analysis
• Data Control
• Policy and procedures
• Product Development
• Planning and Organizing

• Matric
• Degree or diploma in computer science, information systems or related field

• At least 7 years of experience in designing and developing integration solutions in complex enterprise environments
• Experience working with integration platforms (e.g., Oracle OIC, Semarchy xDI, WSO2, MuleSoft, ZUUL, APIGEE, Azure API Manager)
• Experience with integration message formats such as XML and JSON and their associated schemas such as XSD, JSON Schema
• Experience with Batch and/or File Based data integration using Flat Files (Delimited), Fixed-Width Files via sFTP etc
• Experience in software design & development with Java and Microsoft technologies
• Experience with database technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and technologies such as Maven, Gradle, Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins and Bamboo
• Experience with containers (e.g., Docker) and container platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools such as MS Project, Azure Devops, Confluence and Jira
• Experience in Fintech, digital distribution or broader financial services industry is an advantage

Blue Label Telecoms