Job Vacancy for Business Solutions Specialist In Nigeria November, 2012
Employment Nigeria
01-Jan-1970
NIGERIA , NIGERIA ,
MTN NIGERIA JOB VACANCIES
JOB TITLE: BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST
DEPARTMENT: INFORMATION SYSTEM
JOB LOCATION: LAGOS
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Serve as the Architectural lead & visionary for all business solutions and ensure alignment with MTN group standardisation framework covering OSS and BSS (Enterprise application integration), Applications and Infrastructure across the value chain.
- Ensure that all technology solutions delivered are robust, scalable and flexible enough to meet changes in business requirements.
- Ensure changes and enhancements to business functions, processes, financials, people and organizational structure are fully optimized, in line with Information and Technology business strategy i.e. Strategic- IT business Alignment .
- Demonstrate an awareness of emerging capabilities and its impact on the speed of IT’s response to business dynamics
- Evaluate MTNN’s business plan as well as the role of IS Strategy in the business plan and its impact on the technology blueprint
- Define standards and guidelines for governance on SOA/Middleware platform.
- Evaluate enterprise level systems architecture and direct the design and approach to deployment.
- Design scalable applications architecture based on trend analysis of current usage and forecast and benchmark application capabilities based on projected growth.
- Create, maintain, disseminate & validate application development guidelines & standards for all artifacts will facilitate the oversight standardization and future direction of all application development.
- Translate strategy into initiatives identify needed resources, departmental requirements towards initiatives delivery and interrelationship amongst the projects to foster delivery of goals.
- Determine overall modeling standards, guidelines, best practices modeling techniques & approaches for Business & Solutions Architecture
- Design the architectural landscape to accomplish cross system objectives and foster advantageous trade-offs across the Enterprise portfolio
- Ensure the alignment of Enterprise Architecture with the business strategy throughout the cycle of innovation, planning and delivery
- Chart roadmap of Technology Infrastructure, Evolution, Emerging Technologies & trends.
- Evaluate developments in architecture in the local and international business environment and recommend value adding improvements to MTNN’s application, technology and Infrastructure architecture roadmaps.
- Effectively tracks Benefits realization, investments value ratio metrics
- Demonstrate an understanding of developments in technologies and strategies in the local and international business environment and recommend value-adding improvements to MTNN’s IS technology footprint.
- Develop a road map of all portals and determine any implications in the MTN environment
- Develop short -and long-term plans for each existing website, working with the external focus team.
- Assist in guiding definition of the technology environment and the deployment of Portal technology and self-service features, as well as capabilities inherent in the software licensed.
- Collaborates with the other Architects and the external focus team to ensure data definitions, mappings, and changes are properly coordinated with business portals.
- Document weekly reports per functional areas
JOB CONDITIONS: Normal MTNN working conditions. May be required to work extended hours and weekends.
REPORTING TO: SM Enterprise Architecture and Planning
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- A first degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Systems or a related discipline
- Possession of a post graduate degree in related field will be an advantage
- TOGAF certified.
- Minimum of 8 years work experience of which:
- 2 years in a supervisory/managerial capacity
- 5years Enterprise Architecture (Business, Data, Applications, Technology) experience
- 4 years experience integrating applications and technology in a complex environment.
- Good working knowledge of EA frameworks, NGOSS
- Practicable Telco 2.0 experience
- Minimum of 3 years experience in SOA/EAI /Portal implementation. 4 years Business Process Re- engineering and management exposure.
- In-depth experience in Architecture governance and standards, Business Capability & Value Chain Analysis and Application Portfolio Management (APM).
- In-depth experience in timescale and Investment analysis (NPV, IRR, ROI, TCO)
EMPLOYMENT STATUS : Permanent
QUALIFICATION: other
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Closing Date: 27 /11 / 2012
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