Solutions Architect (Engineer)

  • Full-time

Company Description

AmaliTech Services is a fast-growing software development company. We deliver software solutions to clients ranging from major international brands (such as Here, Nexum) to innovative start-ups across Europe and Africa. We work with cutting-edge technology to deliver outstanding products and offer continuous growth and development opportunities as well as international exposure to all employees. With headquarters in Germany, we are over 120 strong team members based in Ghana (Takoradi and Accra) and Rwanda (Kigali).

AmaliTech Services is a subsidiary of AmaliTech. AmaliTech is a social business empowering the next generation of technology leaders in sub-Saharan Africa that reinvests its surplus in further training, network growth and local community support on the ground.

Job Description

​​​​​​​As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for shaping the business and functional requirements into consistent and scalable software components. You will integrate the vision and approach of the enterprise architecture into your area. You will design and develop the technical landscape and find the best infrastructure for the technical challenge you and your team face.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Create and validate the business requirements on different levels (Initiatives, Epics, User Stories). Clear focus on customer requirements, business value creation and securing that the backlog is understood and development ready from team’s perspective.
  • Decompose business requirements into development ready User Stories with functional requirements focusing on the solution created on the Gigabit project.
  • Able to do high level business analysis and enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline through appropriate User Stories.
  • Describe processes in Epics and User Stories.
  • Experience with high level business analysis and enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline through appropriate User Stories.
  • Collaborate with Product Owner, ART's Product Management, System Engineering to align User Story designs.
  • Evaluate business models or requirements and integrate them into technology solutions as well as technological implementation opportunities (business/technology bridge).
  • Collect software from internal developers and care about quality of manufactured products from a business point of view.
  • Understand business and technical objectives of a project and work closely with Product Owner and system designers and DevOps team.
  • Identify the interface partners (systems and teams), which are involved in the implementation of feature requirements.
  • Create interface agreements between systems to document interface patterns and data in coordination with developers and the other system.
  • Identify critical NFRs (non-functional requirements) for the Features being designed.
  • Analyse and align REST APIs using mappings tables

Qualifications

  • Knowledge and ability to visualize analysis into readable diagrams using UML notation (Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Use Cases).
  • Experience with software development in the Agile methodology - Scrum framework.
  • Confident use of written and spoken English – Gigabit is an international project; English is a common language for both spoken collaboration and written requirements.
  • Experience with tools like Enterprise Architect, Confluence and Jira. 
  • Knowledge of the Structured Query Language – SQL.
  • Knowledge and ability to make designs using BPMN notation.
  • Experience and ability to design business applications and make system analysis and crosssystems analysis.
  • Experience with analysing microservices and basic understanding of microservice architecture.
  • Knowledge of relational databases and PostgreSQL.
  • Knowledge of the telco sector.
  • Knowledge of TMF Open REST API Guidelines
  • At least 10 years of experience as Business Analyst or Solution designer in international projects

Would be nice to have

  • Knowledge of the German language
  • Knowledge about using tools like Postman or Swagger
  • Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • Programming experience for example in Java or JavaScript (Angular) is an advantage

Additional Information

What To Expect:

Working with AmaliTech provides an excellent opportunity for career growth and development in a healthy and diverse work environment. Our talented and welcoming team will ensure you feel part of our family to get you engaged on the job.

Perks:

  • Competitive salary, commensurate with qualification and experience
  • Bonuses and gift vouchers
  • Internet data allocation for remote work
  • Medical insurance (includes eye care and dental)
  • Employee welfare benefits (for weddings, funerals)
  • Interest-free loans for accommodation
  • Employee bonding activities (bi-monthly happy hour, sporting activities)

Recruitment Process:

  1. Application. Click  "I'm Interested" to apply.
  2. Online Interview
  3. Job Offer
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