Technology & Infrastructure Specialist at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.


MTN Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Technology & Infrastructure Specialist
Reporting To: SM Enterprise Architecture and Planning

Location: Lagos

Job Description
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 the forecast and benchmark application capabilities based on projected growth.
Develop technology blueprint covering Infrastructure and Applications in-line with MTN groupIT framework.
Manage systems design and development process to ensure optimal support for product specifications
Direct necessary checks to ensure  development activities conform to the objectives set out at project initiation
Manage relationship with internal and external customers and suppliers to ensure MTNN gets value for money on all technology decisions.
Manage the day to day working relationship between the Solution Delivery, Service Delivery and Infrastructure Services to plan and execute integration strategies necessary for the integration of information or functions between key application services and systems.
Ensure compliance of the solutions with established architecture standards especially capacity and performance.
Requirements
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 eight(8) years work experience of which:
2 years in a supervisory/managerial capacity
5 -6years Enterprise Architecture experience (Business, Data, Applications, Technology) and integration of applications and technology in a complex environment
3 years experience in SOA/EAI /Portal implementation.
In-depth knowledge of EA frameworks, NGOSS & Telco 2.0
In-depth knowledge on Infrastructure technologies covering Servers and Storage solutions and the architecture driving their evolution.
experience in Enterprise Architecture Governance and standards
Application Closing Date
3rd December, 2012

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online