Software System Designer II

at  Nedbank

REQUISITION DETAILS & TALENT ACQUISITION CONSULTANT

REQ 130194 Thembi Mtshali
Job Family
Information Technology
Career Stream
Application Development
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Technical
FAIS Affected

TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Agile Estimation and Prioritisation (not specific to Agile) (advanced)
• Data Modelling (advanced)
• Design Patterns (advanced)
• Diagramming and Modelling (advanced)
• IT Application (advanced)
• IT Domain Knowledge (advanced)
• IT Knowledge (advanced)
• Software Quality Assurance (advanced)
• Systems Design (advanced)
• Trouble Shooting ability (advanced)
  IT Feature / Product / Business Analysis (Advanced)
  Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (Advanced)

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Managing Work
• Quality Orientation
• Building Partnerships
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificat

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 5 years IT experienc

JOB PURPOSE

To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software team
To translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and provide technical leadership to the software developers and other designers - Contributes to growing/evolving the Design discipline to keep abreast with best practices to enable Nedbank’s technology strategy

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Solution design across multiple technologies / products
• Ensure an understanding of system requirements and end to end design to produce the detail design
• Ensure understanding of system landscape, standards, legislation and governance to provide effective business requirements
• Provide analysis in terms of business and stakeholder requirements
• Understand technology /domain in detail in order to provide effective designs
• Understand the operational environment and impact of design on the specific environment
• Accountable to produce detailed designs as per the requirements received
• Understand the data required in order to support the domain
• Provide input into test plans and cases on a system level
• Provide use cases and sequence diagram
• Realise the strategic direction / architecture of the organisation to the best of their ability, based on the end to end solutions and technology road map
• Collaborate with the key impacted stakeholders
• Evaluate options for risk alternatives and make recommendations to minimise risk to the organisation
• Identify and develop mitigation plans for dependency and system conflicts
• Provide use cases and sequence diagram
• Conduct impact analysis
• Understand, interpret and review Macro design
• Ensure the delivery of quality minded designs including testing
• Develop integration test packs
• Conduct Trouble shooting sessions and assisting developer with queries
• Collaborate effectively with the business analysts
• Update the asset knowledge base (technical documentation, lessons learned, training documentation etc.)
• Ensure work product or design enables fulfilment of the architectural target state
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in fields of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank 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
• Conduct self development both by mentoring developers and designers and being mentored

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Certifications

• Certificate in relevant solution design methodologies where available

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 5 years IT experience