Software Systems Designer L2 - Contract - - Sandton

Our Client a Global Tech firm is seeking a Software Systems Designer L2 to join their team in Sandton on a contract basis. They offer stability, growth, attractive rates and a great working environment.

Conduct system design activities
Review detailed application, software, and system components across a variety of technology stacks
Ensure that architectural solutions meet technical and functional requirements
Review existing system architecture and recommend improvements
Participate in engineering reviews to determine any ambiguities
Investigate and scope change requests to determine the scale of work to be done and estimate the timeframe and input required
Determine system loads and volumes as input into infrastructure requirements
Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures are aligned with the companys goals and strategies
Enable the design and development of new systems and solutions
Ensure that new systems and solutions conform to current system architecture and/or align to strategic system architectural direction
Conduct architectural analysis, evaluation, and design of systems that support and seek to solve complex business and technical problems
Enable and ensure that system architecture is delivered in the form of robust and scalable solutions to business problems and needs
Identify, evaluate, and assess risks in order to mitigate them and eliminate any factor that may interfere or hinder the delivery of the architectural solution and dependent functional requirements
Specify the solutions functional and technical requirements, and implementation phases required in order to deliver on and solve complex business problems
Implement processes for integrating architectural solutions
Implement architectural governance, standards, metrics for measuring, monitoring and improving architecture
Implement and/or maintain the use of fitness functions to ensure architectural success
Proactively identify potential problems that could be remediated by more effective architectural solutions
Ensure team members understand system architectural implications of requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

Strong communication and organisational skills
Sound business acumen
Ability to effectively deal with stakeholders in challenging situations.
Ability to navigate through complexity and ambiguity
Strong understanding of system architecture, design, and delivery
understanding of regulatory requirements and organisational standards including security
Knowledge of the system design life cycle models
Ability to design systems compatible with cloud computing architectures and selection of components
Ability to design and select system components
Planning and decision-making skills
Good verbal and written communication skills
Ability to use a variety of design tools
Ability to problem-solve and apply critical thinking
Knowledge of software development practices, including Agile and CI/CD
Experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker/Kubernetes
Proficiency in data security and privacy best practices.
Knowledge of clean code concepts, design patterns. Test driven (TDD) and behavioural driven development (BDD)

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

Bachelors degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science or related etc.
Net, Angular, Android, Front-End, Integration Technologies(REST, SOAP),iOS, Java, Java (JEE/EJB), Kibana, Service-Oriented Architecture Project demand needs MAUI, .NET, Angular, SQL, JavaScript expertise

Required Experience:

Seasoned experience in similar IT roles, with a focus on system design / architecture engineering
Proven working experience in a large-scale organisation
Seasoned experience, judgment and drive to plan, make decisions and accomplish individual and team goals
Seasoned experience with software development lifecycles
Seasoned experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Seasoned systems and/or software development experience is essential
understanding of cloud-based architectures, preferably in popular cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).
Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable, distributed, and high-performance systems.
Seasoned knowledge of software design and architecture, ideally with experience dealing with large datasets.

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