Enterprise Architect at Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN)

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• We are sourcing for an Enterprise Architect who will be responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team of engineers/developers, working alongside business executives collaborating on the various layers of the infrastructure and contributing at the different stages of the SDLC to develop world-class technology solutions in the FinTech Space.

Principal Responsibilities

• Maintains expertise as SME in one architecture technical disciplines and define architectural standards and best practices within those disciplines.
• Interacts with company senior management to effect solutions for enterprise Business requirements.
• Guide architectural focus group as prime subject-matter Expert in the area of expertise
• Mentors Team members on new technologies in the area of expertise.
• Prepares and Maintains documents that include architecture diagrams, data models, and navigation maps in the area of expertise.
• Analyze and prepare recommendations to address existing and potential trouble areas in systems and procedures across the organization as well as Design and recommendation on new solutions both in relation to hardware and software design.

Qualifications

• First Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or any related Science or Engineering discipline;
• 5+ years as a Solutions Architect or Senior Software Developer
• Java / J2EE development/architecture knowledge
• Service Oriented Architecture knowledge, Microservices Architecture Pattern
• Strong facilitation and technical leadership skills. Must have experience working across organizations to define architecture strategies and solutions.
• Must have experience working with a multidisciplinary software development team.
• Must have a track record of implemented Enterprise projects. 
• JavaEE, MVC
• Hibernate
• CI/CD DevOps Practices
• Familiarity with Apache libraries
• Spring boot - comfortable using bootstrap is a plus
• Knowledge of contemporary UI/UX development frameworks – React, VueJS , JQuery etc
• HTML/CSS.

Added Advantage:

• Good understanding of OOP and good knowledge of the JavaScript framework.
• Excellent Presentation skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent collaborative skill.
• Attention to detail; 
• Comfortable working in a loosely structured organization
• Highly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules.

Additional Information:

• Working Conditions: Flexibility is important. 

Remuneration
Competitive based on experience.