Director, Solutions & Services

SUMMARY:
This role is responsible for leading expert teams to provide customized solution design & management, projects delivery and system product development. Client is based in Irene. 

Need to have a valid Passport and be willing to travel into Africa.

POSITION INFO:
Duties and Responsibilities:

Solution design & management – lead the team of solution architects, and be one of them, to formulate system solutions for potential opportunities including proposal preparation and technical pre-sales. Technical proposals would involve high-level application and system architectural design & implementation recommendations, with the selection of appropriate vendor products and estimation of system integration resources, to support the overall bidding strategies and submission. Technical pre-sales will include technical consultancy, demo and/or proof-of-concepts to potential customers or partners to facilitate sales activities.

- Projects delivery – lead the team of technical managers, and be one of them, to work with the project managers and customers to conduct functional design, application & system architecture, solution development and infrastructure deployment for global projects. The team will provide post-implementation services functioning as the 2nd or 3rd level supports of the deployed solutions.

- System product development – liaise with product marketing team in defining eDocument issuance systems’ product roadmap (Data capture, Key Management to Personalization) and lead the system product development team to build/enhance the specified products in-accordance to the roadmap.

Education and Experience required:

Degree holder in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related disciplines
- 15 years’ experience with at least 5 years in team leading roles in enterprise application design & deployment. Less experience will also be considered in secondary level.

- Experience in secured issuance of electronic documents like national ID, driving license and passport is highly preferred

- Experience in software products design, development and management is highly preferred

- Experience in information security using electronic documents, cryptography and PKI is highly preferred


Computer Skills:

- Proficient in Application/Systems Architecture design and implementation in various systems hosting environments (on-premises / clouds)
- Knowledge in application development using on-premises/cloud base deployment, Openware Software, RESTful API, Kubernetes development on various operating platforms
- Knowledge in Flutter, Java programming, J2EE, C++/C#, .NET, TypeScript, NodeJS and database (PostgreSQL, MS-SQL / Oracle / MySQL)
- Knowledge in infrastructure (servers, network, storage) security & sizing on various operating platforms
- Knowledge in information security like smartcards, PKI and cryptography are preferred

Work Requirements
- Travel and fieldwork including extensive international travel will be required, therefore employee must possess or can acquire valid travel authorization throughout the region

- Must be willing to spend a percentage of time travelling internationally.