VAS Software Integration Engineer

Role Purpose & Key Responsibilities

Role purpose

• Accountable for overseeing systems administration, providing technical support and driving software development and systems Integration initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software in line with Vodacom software development life cycle and standards.
• Oversee systems/applications configurations and ensure their security in line with VTL standards, policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
• Manage systems problems, Incidents, and requests as per the SLA and responsible but not limited to Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery Planning of all systems under his/her watch but also oversee systems capacity, Backup & Restore for optimal provision of services
• Collaborate with backend systems' teams to ensure proper implementation and integration of the solutions.

• Attend Projects related to the VAS Applications’ and IT and Billing and Vodacom at large.

Professional Qualification, Competencies, Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/Engineering, Information Technology or its equivalent.

• 2+ years’ experience in programming languages such as visual basic, C#, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, ASP, PHP, Java, Go

• Experience working in cloud-native environments.

• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD would be an added advantage.

• Telecommunications and Project Management knowledge experience would be an added advantage.

• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, including design, integration, and troubleshooting.

• Proven ability to manage incidents effectively, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.

• DevOps culture, processes, and tools.

• Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools.

• Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing.

• Backlog item estimation

• Extensive knowledge and proven experience with core internet and networking protocols, including HTTP, DNS, WebSocket, FTP, SSH, and SMPP.