Job Description

Our client in the telecommunication sector is looking for a Senior Technical Lead on a contract duration of 4 months.
Skills required:

• Mobile, Web and USSD Technical Architecture knowledge
• Fintech (Mobile Money, Insurance, Lending, XtraTime) knowledge
• Telco knowledge
• Administrative and IT
• Learning on the job
• Working in a diverse team under agile and dynamic environments
• Keeping project status and feedback up to date
• Managing budgets and forecasting costs with suppliers

General experience required in any of the following areas:

• Experience working directly for or with digital mobile financial services platforms and vendors in the service delivery space
• Experience in IT, Fintech and Telecommunications
• Experience in Mobile, Web and USSD Channels
• VAS and Digital, Fintech systems experience/ interaction
• Basic scripting skills in any/ all of the following: Perl, Python, SQL, Linux/Unix Shells, Office 365
• Good database skills (SQL in particular) - Oracle preferable, but others such as MySQL are fine
• Solid understanding of networking and IP
• OSI layer understanding and drawing parallels to current applications
• Advantageous - SS7, SIGTRAN, SIP
• Systems analysis and design
• Some working knowledge of hardware and concepts such as EOL, EOS
• Virtualisation and cloud experience are advantageous but not essential - on the job training will be available
• Good document writing skills with the ability to map out user stories, use cases in a detailed, yet clear and concise manner in the context of doing Systems Analysis and design
• Good record keeping skills with the ability to clearly map out System Procedures in a detailed, yet clear and concise manner
• Good fintech architecture and planning understanding

For more information please contact:
Matshidiso Moabelo