Purpose Of Role:     

•   Identify business and technical needs to provide the necessary tactical/ strategic              steps to evolve the  business solutions
•   Build, configure, debug and lead in support BSS applications.
•   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
•   Performance tuning and monitoring of BSS applications with excellent      troubleshooting skills
•   Responsible for monitoring, bug fix and resolving production support incidents
•   Provide  the required IT & functional capabilities in collaboration with the      business/technical  teams
•   Identify and evaluate new trends within IT business solutions
•   Perform product feasibility assessments.
•   Drive implementation of solution lifecycle management and apply VF’s IT framework  methodologies
•   Support of Vodafone project teams in defining and enhancing Vodafone’s advanced  solutions with integration needs
•   Maintain expertise as SME in BSS 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
•   Ensure project delivery processes are fully adhered to.
•   Define technical requirement specifications
•   Definition of Technical Options, High Level Design and implementation strategy.

Qualification Required & Experience
 
Person Specification:   

•   Strong technological background, with qualification in Computer Science, Telecommunications or equivalent
•   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
•   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

Location: Greater Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Click on the link below to apply.

http://careers.vodafone.com.gh/Careers/List/Application-Development-Lead-%281%29.aspx

Closing Date: 25 June, 2013