Purpose Of Role:   

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

Qualification Required & Experience
Person Specification:     

•   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.

Location: Greater Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Click on the link below to apply.

http://careers.vodafone.com.gh/Careers/List/Middleware-Specialist-%281%29.aspx

Closing Date: 25 June, 2013