Solutions Delivery Lead

SUMMARY:
Job Purpose:

• Provide technical direction and assist with the coordination of the delivery of solutions development, applications support, and database administration teams as per agreed or established practices and guidelines

POSITION INFO:
Key Performance Areas:

• Team coordination – coordinates tasks and work activities of the developers, database administration, and application support teams including cross-functional teams
• Technical leadership – provides technical direction, guidance, and recommendation on technology selection and design decisions on databases and applications, as well as ensuring alignment with the best practices and appropriate design patterns
• Team collaboration – foster effective communication and collaboration within the development team and cross-functional teams, such as project managers, and QA, and promote knowledge sharing
• Project planning and estimation – develop project plans, break down tasks, estimate timelines, and align the team’s work with the project goals and deadlines
• Troubleshooting – lead and assisting the team with troubleshooting complex technical issues, providing solutions and encouraging a culture of proactive problem-solving
• Task management – assign technical tasks to team members in development, database administration, application support, and projects including reviewing the work of the team
• Codebase Maintenance – overseeing version control, codebase organization, code review, and enforcing standards
• Technical presentation – prepare and deliver technical presentations or training sessions for the team and other divisions
• Technical documentation – create and maintain comprehensive documentation of support procedures, code, designs, and deployment details
• Security and compliance – develop and implement security controls based on the best practices and ensure adherence to relevant regulations and standards

• A relevant university ICT degree or a related NQF 7 ICT equivalent qualification
• MCSD.Net or MCAD or Azure Developer Associate certification compulsory
• Minimum six (6) years of experience in designing software applications including integration solutions
• Minimum six (6) years of experience in developing software applications including integration solutions
• Minimum six (6) years experience in software development project management using agile frameworks
• Minimum six (6) years experience using Microsoft development tools, such as Visual Studio .NET toolset, Power platform, MSSQL
• Minimum six (6) years experience in developing medium-to-large scale web applications solutions
• Minimum six (6) years experience in MSSQL server administration
• Minimum six (6) year experience in application support
• Minimum three (3) years experience in Development Operations (DevOps)
• Minimum two (2) years experience in data security
• ITIL foundation certificate advantageous
• Agile project management certification advantageous
• Experience with cloud technologies will be advantageous