Engineering Lead I

Minimum requirements:

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• Min 6 Years experience in similar roles
• BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems). (ideal)
• Professional Qualification Level 6 (Look at new degree naming conventions) (ideal)
• Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent (ideal)

Technical / Professional Knowledge:

• IT Architecture
• IT Concepts
• Systems Analysis and design

Responsibilities:

• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints
• Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assist software designers with lower level designs.
• Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
• Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset.
• Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
• Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs.
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
• Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.
• Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the company culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.)
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking