Principal It Consultant - Johannesburg Verfied

Salary Negotiable Johannesburg, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 30-01-2017 3:00:46 AM
27-02-2017 3:00:46 AM
JOB SUMMARY:
  • Performs consulting projects, ranging from short- to long-term engagements requiring varied interpersonal and technical skills.
  • Technical responsibilities include problem identification, implementation, testing, client training, solution design and deployment.
  • Assists and participate with enterprise architecture definition, hardware/software specification and/or design.
  • Viewed by customers as a product expert and is typically measured by delivery of agreed solutions within budgeted hours.
 
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
  • Act as team lead and provide direction in solution design to other consultants at client site.
  • Lead the preparation of client proposals; participate in RFP process; and participate in the identification and development of sales opportunities.
  • Demonstrate expert working knowledge of SAG/WebMethods products and methodologies.
  • Recommends and participate in the development of Architecture blue prints
  • Recommends and participates in activities related to design, development and maintenance of Enterprise Architecture.
  • Advises and recommends Enterprise Architecture Strategies, processes and methodologies.
  • Train, coach, mentor, and assist others in a team effort.
  • Identify additional product/services opportunities in customer organization.
  • Create and present functional or technical training materials
  • Interprets business situations and uses best practices to improve products, processes and services
  • Analyses and solves complex problems; considers existing solutions from a new perspective
  • Develops new solutions and support others in solving complex problems
  • Implements technical/ functional architecture for complex IT applications
  • Coordinate and lead customer workshops
  • Analyse functional requirements and provide detailed technical specification and effort estimation
  • Knows the relevant competitors and their distinguishing characteristics in the market
  • Technical expert in more than one specialised area/industry and has technical knowledge in other areas
  • Manage technical projects with low complexity or risk, if necessary.
  • Manage colleagues in a professional manner and if required in a disciplinary capacity
  • Presentations to clients and internal management to be conducted in an effective and professional manner.
  • Considers and understands internal/external challenges and recommends best practices
  • Adhere to company policies and procedures

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or a related field
  • Minimum of 10 years work experience with some supervisory
  • A minimum of three Software AG certifications on current version of the relevant product suite.
  • A minimum of one external certification in area of expertise
  • Experience or training with three or more of the following areas:
  • Object oriented programming (Java/C++/.NET)
  • XML
  • RDBMS (Oracle, Informix, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL)
  • Operating Systems (Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows)
  • EAI, middleware, or other integration experience
  • Web servers (Netscape, Microsoft) or web application servers
  • CRM (Siebel, Clarify, Vantive...)
  • ERP (PeopleSoft, SAP, Baan, Oracle Applications, JDE)
  • B2B – RosettaNet, EDI, EBXML or industry-specific standards
  • Web development (JSF, Servlets, Portlets, JSP)
  • webMethods or Software AG products.
  • Tibco, SeeBeyond,Vitria, etc. a plus.

Salary: Highly Negotiable / Market Related

Recruiter: CompuJobs