Senior Specialist Integration Designer

SUMMARY:
Title: Senior Specialist Integration Designer
Description   
Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall Integration designs deliverables for assigned domain within integration.
• Responsible for representing respective Integration domain at Project and/or programme meetings that includes Project schedule, Solution Architecture, Business
• Requirement Specification, Functional Spec review sessions, bug meetings, war-room, etc.
• Expected to be able to influence through communication plus ability to make complex decisions.
• Responsible for raising and communicate project and Production Fixes issues, highlight project risks and escalate the issues for resolution where required.
• Responsible for making presentation on project issues and solution recommendations at management and project teams.
• Accountable for delivery of the Logical Integration Design (LID) document, Schemas, Mapping documents, Technical Integration Document(TID) and any other   required Integration Design artefact.
• Responsible for conducting LID review sessions to the Project team as well as handing over Integration Design artefacts to the internal Integration Development   team.
• Contribute towards the keeping of the Integration artefact inventory true on artefacts related to the assigned project or domain.
• Accountable to conduct presentations of the Integration Design document at required project forums as well as handover Integration Design Documents to the internal Development team.
• Responsible for strategic thinking within on domain around areas of efficiency, quality and innovation.
• Contribute towards providing expertise testing support at project/programme level as well as Prod-Fixes.
• Responsible for issue identification during testing and Production as well as making fixes required to remedy problems.
• Provide clear and timely account of issues as well as mitigating factors to prevent such from happening again.
• Expected to participate in Internal Review.
• Update the ICC Service Inventory when required with all required service-related information as well as conducting troubleshooting on ESB Transaction Log on   request.
• Participate in Internal review Initiatives that includes Process Improvement initiatives, strategic initiatives, and present solutions to internal SARS review Boards     when requested.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

• Relevant bachelor’s degree/ Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) and at least 8 years’ experience in in complex, large Integration environments preferably with Enterprise Service Bus Design experience with Message Broker preferably.
• Matric with a relevant IT Certification (including but not limited to UML, SOA Certification, TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT) and at least 8 years’ experience in in complex, large Integration environments preferably with Enterprise Service Bus Design experience with Message Broker preferably.
• A good understanding of the SDLC process, tools and techniques specifically as applied to software development methodology.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in high-pressure environments and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to coordinate in a cross functional manner across disciplines.
• Proven track record in maintaining professional, high-quality communication with stakeholders in support of their operations.

• Implementation experience in Integration Design, inclusive of:
• Integration Technologies(s).
• Modelling Tools (e.g Rational Software Architect, Ms Visio, Rational Rose, etc).
• Integration Styles (Remote Procedure Call [RPC], Non and Managed File Transfers, Databases, API, Messaging, Service) Encoding, Message Exchange formats (XML, Flat Files, EDI) Quality of Service; Communication Protocols: (HTTPS, JDBC, MQ, IDOC, JMS, REST, SOAP, WSDL).
• A basic working knowledge of Tax related matters for Individuals and other entity types and related process flows.
• Ability to investigate and troubleshoot functional behaviour on integration solutions and a good track record of experience in doing this in the last 2 years.
• Technical high-level understanding at Enterprise level application solution built on Service Orientated architecture.
• The ability to author executive level communication on SLA reporting and management to internal and external stakeholders.
• Senior Integration Design experience in working with software development resources that operate across the SDLC.
• A sound understanding of basic project management principles.
• The ability to understand the root cause of system problems and prioritise the highest impact elements to ensure continuous system availability.
• Represent the team in an Enterprise level forums/boards and provide the necessary leaderships and collaboration for the preparation and execution of a successful release.

• A leader with a demonstrated ability to inspire, guide, and motivate team members and ability to work under pressure.
• Passionate about mentoring and developing the skills of others, ensuring the team operates at its best and strong sense of accountability and ownership.
• Sharp analytical thinker with innovative problem-solving skills and proven experience in supporting production environments from the integration design perspective.
• Resilient under pressure and focused on delivering results.
• Exceptional communicator across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Adept at conflict resolution and fostering collaboration.
• Self-driven and resourceful, with a proactive approach to challenges.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Committed to delivering exceptional client service and satisfaction.
• Energetic, self-motivated, and driven to exceed expectations.
• Collaborative team player with a customer-centric approach.