Job Description

Job SummaryOur client, a software consulting company, is looking for a talented Technical Architect/ Specialist Systems Analyst to join their dynamic Technical Consulting team.The Technical Architect/ Specialist Systems Analyst will be expected to achieve the following outcomes:

• Adaptable: Must be able to adapt and align to company standards and values quickly.
• Understand Business Needs: Analyse and comprehend business requirements related to potential changes or transformations.
• Build Key Relationships: Foster positive connections with stakeholders, including business owners, product owners, development teams, trainers, and users.
• Advise on Best Outcomes: Serve as a trusted advisor, providing insights on optimal solutions for business problems or initiatives.
• Facilitate Workshops: Lead work-sessions, database design, and solution workshops to gather information and finalize requirements.
• Document System Requirements: Clearly identify and document system functional and non- functional requirements in an easily understandable manner.
• Produce Models and Diagrams: Create data, activity models, component flow, functional decomposition, and data flow diagrams using tools like Enterprise Architect and Confluence.
• Implement Best Practices: Document and enforce best practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure solutions align with group architecture principles.
• Consider Non-Functional Requirements: Address system characteristics such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability in product design.
• Present Future-Fit Solutions: Demonstrate solutions through walk-throughs and prototyping to analysts, project managers, architects, development teams, and testers, aiding in story estimations and prioritization.
• Implement and Test Solutions: Oversee the implementation, testing, and deployment of solutions
• Support Business Transition: Assist in business transitions by transferring knowledge to users, trainers, and peers.
• Enhance Analysis Framework: Continuously research, develop, improve, and implement the analysis framework.
• Provide Regular Feedback: Offer consistent feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Post-Implementation Support: Provide ongoing support to both business and IT post-implementation.
• Work with Agile Teams: Collaborate with an agile team using the scrum framework.
• Mentor and Coach: Guide and support other business and systems analysts.
• Take Initiative and Innovate: Proactively explore new technologies and foster innovation to enhance solutions and processes.

Qualifications and experience

• Com. B.Sc. in Information Technology or Informatics or any other formal qualification as a Systems Analyst.
• + 3 years' experience in Financial Services industry (LISP / Wealth / Asset management experience advantageous)
• + 5 years as Developer in multiple development languages would be advantageous.
• Must have + 3 years' experience in regulatory projects like Anti Money Laundering, Client Due Diligence, FATCA, ext.
• Must have C# experience.
• Must have SQL experience.
• Must have open API design patterns and modelling tools experience.
• Must have documentation of Entity Relational Diagrams experience.
• Must have SCRUM and other Agile methodologies experience.
• Experience with UI/UX system design and integration would be greatly advantageous.
• Strong Data Analysis skills would be greatly advantageous.
• Experience with Domain Driven Design would be advantageous.
• Experience in Design Thinking principles would be advantageous.
• Experience in doing documentation in Confluence would be advantageous.
• Experience in drawing diagrams in Enterprise Architect (EA Sparx) would be advantageous

General:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 30 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
• Candidates must have valid authorization to live and work in South Africa.
• Please include your current salary and salary expectations with your application.

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