Solution Architect (0408) KG

About the position

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?



System Architecture Design

• Alignment and support for the product owner in achieving targets / goals


• System redesign to support new technologies and source systems


• Raising Change Requests (CR’s) and writing Functional Specifications


• Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint document


• Solution design involving all stakeholders (Business/Business Analysts/Developers/UI/UX).


• Design solutions that are scalable, catering for requirements for various international markets, with functionality encapsulated in API’s that can be integrated with legacy/other systems, and frontends that are expandable.


• Propose and review system design(evaluate alternatives), defining initial requirements & user stories


• Move concepts (Exploration activities) through to proposal and successful implementation


• User Story refinement (with Business and Consultant), assist with generating a breakdown of user stories to estimate technical delivery and manage those deliverables with the technical team.


• Review and present proposals / system solutions to Internal Team and Product Owner / Business team.


• Detailed technical documentation relevant to all stakeholders.


• Preparing User manuals and conducting training to business process owners


• Assessing resource requirements and defining pre-requisites for successful and timely implementation.


• Analysing of processes, and proactively identifying areas of improvement and automation.

 



Project/Support

• Go-live preparation and post Go-live support


• Guidance to implementation team, operations team and knowledge transfer


• Support PDO/Epic Owner Prioritisation and sequencing within the complete Sprint / KANBAN cycle. Timeline management


• Business success/review contribution by consultants


• Preparing the cut over strategy


• Analyse and solve SAP Module issues


• Analyse and scope End-user authorisation roles


• Support the functional team with issues and provide a solutions-based approach


• Assist with identifying and mitigating risks on the project.


• Troubleshoot technical issues, provide guidance and direction to technical team when required.


• Participate in stand-up’s and meet with end users and other stakeholders and gather requirements.


• Analyse and implement new system requirements specifications.


• Analyse, troubleshoot, and fix Defects on all environments.


• Deployment & release activities.


• Production support & hyper-care after production deployments.


• Overseeing the Handling of Tickets and Tasks by the DevOps team


• Responsible for troubleshooting issues for the system and handling Production Support calls where the Ops team requires assistance


• Executing the required changes through configuration


• Executing the analysis and resolution of

 



Testing and Quality Assurance

• System testing / parallel runs and assist QA in testing systems/solutions.


• Arranging test data for testing of CR’s (Change Requests)


• Arranging Testing CR’s (Change Requests) and preparing test results


• Establishing regression testing routines


• Compliance Review (Quality Control reviews & Code review)


• Driving quality and delivery within team


• Conduct and oversee Unit tests, Integration tests and System Integration security tests


• Preparation of testing documents and perform internal testing


• Integration testing with other modules


• ABAP debugging beneficial (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements)


• Assist developers in developing systems/solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.


• Code review of developer outputs.


• System audits/quality assurance.

Minimum Requirements:

WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE?

• Degree in IT or relevant experience


• 8+ years’ Experience


• Agile working experience (Mandatory)

 



ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 8 years working experience in development (Backend & Frontend experience and knowledge and custom digital solution development).


• Minimum of 3 years working experience as a Technical Solutions Architect.


• Experience with software design patterns and object-oriented design.


• Update and maintain all SAP Module Configuration


• Development documentation


• Interface Technologies


• Cloud Technologies


• Middleware


• SAP Treasury Modules


• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

 



ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• SAP HANA


• FIORI


• SAP Multi Banking Connectivity


• SAP Cash Management


• SAP In-House Cash


• SAP Bank Statement processing


• SAP Advanced Payment Management


• SAP Application Interface framework


• Serrala Finance suite 2

 



Soft Skills

• Strong presentation skills


• Above-board work ethics


• Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project


• Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users


• Stakeholder and change management

 



Additional Requirements

• Flexibility to work after hours if needed.


• Willing and able to travel internationally.


• DEVOPS


• Confluence and Jira

 

Desired Skills:

• Frontend and Backend Development Experience
• Technical Solutions Architect Experience
• SAP Treasury Modules
• Middleware
• Cloud Technologies
• Interface Technologies