Solutions Architect at Descasio - Nigeria

About the job

• Work with a specialized team of highly skilled individuals to develop technology solutions and map business/technical requirements to systems requirements in order to ensure they are in line with the company’s architectural plan.
• Responsible for Architecting, building, and maintaining cost-efficient, scalable cloud environments for the organization.
• This role requires an Understanding business objectives of the company and creating cloud-based solutions to facilitate those objectives.
• This is an opportunity to transform service delivery to customers by building the best in class technology in Nigeria’s leading technology solutions organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the practice and introduce the overall technical vision for our digital transformation solutions
• Architecting, building, and maintaining cost-efficient, scalable cloud environments for the organization and its customers following best practices.
• Transferring data and internal processes to cloud architecture
• Keeping cloud environments secure and preventing downtime or security breaches.
• Work closely with in-house and customer engineers to ensure requirements for optimal cloud deployment are met.
• Build, integrate and define features, phases, and solution requirements to meet Descasio’s needs
• Identify the best technical solution to solve existing business problems.
• Oversee development stages; refine the process, identify areas for improvement, and support the sprint
• Assess the systems architecture currently in place and recommend solutions on how best to improve
• Resolve technical problems as they arise
• Provide supervision and guidance to development teams
• Keep stakeholders informed on the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software and technical solutions being implemented; also provide updates on product development processes, costs and budgets
• Keep abreast of current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where necessary
• Assess business impact of certain technical choices and documenting your analysis and requirement

Functional Competencies:

• Sound knowledge of IT infrastructure and cloud development
• Previous work experience in similar role
• In depth understanding of GCP, Microsoft Azure & AWS, IaaS (with strong focus on AWS)
• Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases
• Knowledge of DevOps is a plus
• Project and resource management skills would be nice to have
• Proven experience in software engineering/ architecture design is also a big plus
• Understanding of coding languages (Java, Javascript, python, etc)
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving and Analytical skills
• Good communicator with technical and non-technical people
• Creativity, active energy, passion for tech, and entrepreneurship.
• Self-driven and proactive nature
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently and prioritize work.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field
• 3+ years of experience in similar role