About Us

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc is a company supporting Ethiopia’s digital transformation. As a member of the Vodacom family, we have a wealth of experience connecting over 334 million people globally and over 180 million people in Africa across our network. We look forward to partnering with Ethiopians as we build a new network in Ethiopia.

We are setting the groundwork in readiness for the launch of our services next year and are looking to work with purpose-led teams that put the community at the heart of service.

Safaricom Ethiopia is offering a wide range of careers, whether you’re looking to join our technology, commercial or corporate teams. If you would like a challenge and the promise of a digital future for the people of Ethiopia, we are looking for you. 

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy for Enterprise Integration Senior Engineer within Technology and Information Function in Ethiopia. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below. 

Detailed Description 

Reporting to the Head of Customer Systems and Billing, the role holder will be responsible for providing technical and team leadership in planning and evolution for Integration Services including related platforms evolution e.g. TIBCO EAI, Oracle SOA, MuleSoft, Red hat Fuse and API Exchange, application and products integrations. This includes managing the EAI, SOA and ESB layers for connecting to other legacy systems in the company. The integration services are key to the digital evolution since they help in agility in connecting the digital ecosystem.

Job Responsibilities 

• Lead the team in the Integration domain architecture, revamp and re-design for delivery of existing technology systems.
• Lead and coordinate the team in ensuring e2e development and transition of integration services as per defined business needs.
• Testing and Quality management: - Ensure unit testing is done and work hand in hand with the quality team to ensure that delivered developments are working optimally as per expected standards. This includes test plan and schedule development.
• Governance and Standardization: - Document and implement integration service development governance and standards. This include code versioning, API standards, code review process and other related software related processes.
• Reporting: - Maintain reports on team delivery performance, vendor delivery performance, and development resource schedule cycle time, velocity, throughput and other relevant metrics.
• Lead in stakeholder engagement to ensure their services delivery needs are catered for. This will involve close working with the business engagement team.
• Metor team members to ensure optimal performance.
• Lead the team in optimal resource scheduling and allocation for delivery.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Hybrid integration, iPaaS and Cloud solutions and customer pain points
• Work with the Enterprise Automation lead/support to plan accordingly for the Enterprise space
• Lead API, Microservice and cloud roadmap initiatives while aligning the strategy to the business objectives
• Lead the team in domain architecting for future proof solutions.
• Research and development: - Take leadership in research and development including adoption of current ways of managing integration, development and delivery. E.g. agile delivery, scrum methodologies, DevSecOps, and other emerging methodologies.
• 3rd line Support technical and team leadership: - Lead the support team in the defined domain areas in ensuring all related services and products are operationally optimal. This includes supporting 2nd line support when needed, problem resolution and bug fixing for already deployed solutions as per ITIL & ISO guidelines.
• Lead in Supplier engagement for delivery and 3rd line support as need may arise
• Lead redesign of existing services in production having reoccurring issues

Job Requirements

• University Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 8 years’ experience in a networked and dynamic IT environment at least 5 of those should be as a senior software developer or architecture role.
• 5 years Software development with a bias in middleware and application server platforms skills like Tibco, Mulesoft , oracle SOA, Jboss, WebLogic, WebSphere, Glassfish, Java ,Tomcat EE & scripting skills.
• Certification or training in database administration and application development. E.g. oracle, mysql, PL/SQL, or other no-sql databases.
• ITIL or ISO training and certification
• ITIL training and certification
• Knowledge and experience with No-SQL, BigTable/Columnar data systems, parallel data processing, Software as a Service added advantage
• Training and advanced Experience in HTML5, Java, RSS, webserver technologies, scripting and MySQL
• Certification or training in either TIBCO technologies, Oracle SOA, TIBCO FOS (or any order management framework), Oracle or TIBCO BPM
• Certification or training in architecture or business analysis is an added advantage
• Oracle Siebel Certification or training is an added advantage
• Advanced skill in webserver administration and optimization. E.g. Apache, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft IIS or any other commercial
• Proficiency in networking protocols – TCP/IP, professional certification e.g. CCNA/CCNP or equivalent is preferred.
• Working knowledge in Unix systems and Databases – Oracle, MySQL.
• Domain experience in GSM and IT is a must
• Broad technical expertise combined with business acumen and strong consulting skills.
• Excellent systems analytical and communication (written and verbal) skills along with meeting facilitation skills
• Excellent communication skills - must be able to listen to customers, document requirements quickly & accurately, and review written materials for accuracy. Must also be able to communicate specifications to persons at all technical levels.
• Proven track record for delivery of large scale, complex projects delivering IT/Telco customer solutions; demonstrable leadership skills and organizational experience.
• Ability to communicate and influence others.
• Ability to drive initiatives without any formal authority in an ambiguous and startup environment

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on Ethiojobs.net