Purpose of Role

Work with Architecture and Strategy team on middleware/integration strategy for the OpCo. Responsible for activities relating to the Enterprise middleware platform within Vodafone Ghana as well as Design and development of interfaces to integrate key applications running within Vodafone Ghana

Duties and Responsibilities

• Adherence with Vodafone Group Standards and activities on Integration
• Implementation and maintenance of SOA Governance model within Vodafone Ghana
• Deliver integration component of major projects within Vodafone Ghana
• Continual review and assessment of the efficiency of middleware platform
• Review the performance of Enterprise Middleware platform, identifying performance gaps, developing, and implementing improvement plans.
• Identify business and technical needs to provide the necessary tactical/ strategic steps to evolve the business solutions
• Identify and fix issues in technology and process
• Define policies and standards for solution technologies and reflective of a wide spectrum of maturity in the different OpCos
• Responsible for the lifecycle management and technical evolution of solutions and architecture in the Global Solutions Catalogue (GSC) and IT Application Architecture Standards.
• Performance tuning and monitoring of platform with excellent troubleshooting skills
• Responsible for ensuring the support of Global /OpCo roadmaps, identifying synergy opportunities where possible
• Responsible for monitoring, bug fix and resolving production support incidents
• Provide the required IT & functional capabilities in collaboration with the business/technical teams
• Responsible for alignment and integration of solutions with all other Business Support Systems
• Identify and evaluate new trends within IT business solutions
• Perform product feasibility assessments.
• Responsible for managing third party IT/IP vendors
• Maintain expertise as SME in middleware architecture design and strategy, and define architectural standards and best practices
• Advise and share experience on complex issues by providing technical guidance to project team members (consultancy).
• Support of Vodafone project teams in defining and enhancing Vodafone’s advanced solutions
• Continued monitoring of all middleware interfaces to source systems.
• Provide regular statistical reports for system performance and capacity
• Ensure project delivery processes are fully adhered to.
• Define technical requirement specifications
• Definition of Technical Options, High Level Design and implementation strategy.
• Evaluate and provide recommendations on new technology solutions and integration with legacy systems.

Key Competencies

• Strong technological background, with qualification in Computer Science, Telecommunications or equivalent
• 3 years experience of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and deployment in an IT environment, preferably in the telecommunications sector
• Thorough understanding of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Middleware concepts of integration applications in an Enterprise setting
• Fluent in Web Service standards and supporting technologies (Enterprise Service Bus, SOAP, XSD, WSDL, XML, etc.)
• Experience in deploying Service Oriented Architecture as needed to support business needs.
• Multiple OS and DB platform experience
• Perform administrative tasks including but not limited to configuring SMTP, LDAP integration, and data source configuration
• Experience in delivering application solutions based on agreed user requirements
• Substantial working experience in a business and technology focused IT environment
• Knowledge of business strategies in the Telecommunications industry, trends within the sector and of business implementations of solutions roadmaps
• Experience working with middleware tools for modelling business process
• Knowledge of best-practice architecture frameworks and solutions (ITIL, eTOM, SOA, etc.)
• Have good architecture methodology/ interpersonal/communication/presentation skills
• Expertise in planning and coordination
• Have good architecture methodology/ interpersonal/communication/presentation skills
• Experience working for a Network Operator within Mobile Industry is preferred
• Experience with Oracle Fusion or similar will give you a great advantage