Software System Designer II at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software team
• To translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and provide technical leadership to the software developers and other designers

Job Responsibilities

• Solution design across multiple technologies / products
• Ensure an understanding of system requirements and end to end design to produce the detail design
• Ensure understanding of system landscape, standards, legislation and governance to provide effective business requirements
• Provide analysis in terms of business and stakeholder requirements
• Understand technology /domain in detail in order to provide effective designs
• Understand the operational environment and impact of design on the specific environment
• Accountable to produce detailed designs as per the requirements received
• Understand the data required in order to support the domain 
• Provide input into test plans and cases on a system level
• Provide use cases and sequence diagram
• Realise the strategic direction / architecture of the organisation  to the best of their ability, based on the end to end solutions and technology road map
• Collaborate with the key impacted stakeholders
• Evaluate options for risk alternatives and make recommendations to minimise risk to the organisation
• Identify and develop mitigation plans for dependency and system conflicts
• Provide use cases and sequence diagram
• Conduct impact analysis
• Understand, interpret and review Macro design
• Ensure the delivery of quality minded designs including testing
• Develop integration test packs
• Conduct Trouble shooting sessions and assisting developer with queries
• Collaborate effectively with  the business analysts
• Update the asset knowledge base (technical documentation, lessons learned, training documentation etc.)
• Ensure work product or design enables fulfilment of the architectural target state
• Support the achievement of the  business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in fields of expertise 
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.)
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking
• Conduct self development both by mentoring developers and designers and being mentored

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

• Diploma / Certificate relevant

Preferred Certifications

• Certificate in relevant solution design methodologies where available

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 5 years IT experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Information Technology (IT) Architecture
• IT Infrastructure Architecture
• IT / Banking knowledge
• Systems design
• Requirements analysis

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Managing Work
• Quality Orientation
• Building Partnerships
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials