Jobs at Accenture

Job Description

• Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building future-focused digital products designed to empower and revolutionize the continent. This is your opportunity to join an innovative team and grow your career at the forefront of technological advancement, as we accelerate towards a brighter, more connected future for Africa.Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building future-focused digital products designed to empower and revolutionize the continent. This is your opportunity to join an innovative team and grow your career at the forefront of technological advancement, as we accelerate towards a brighter, more connected future for Africa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

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Job Description

• We are seeking a Cape Town based Account Director to work on a portfolio of leading financial services clients. The successful candidate must have extensive experience working on corporate Earned Media clients and campaigns, with specific experience in financial services, essential. It is imperative that the successful candidate keeps abreast of all Earned Media, PR and Influencer trends, within industry best practices.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Senior client lead and team lead, interprets, develops, and manages strategy for clients are in line with scope of work.
• Manage client expectations and service delivery by being a focal point for day to day interaction.
• Build and manage client business and relationships, taking ultimate responsibility and be a strategic business partner.
• Understand the client strategy and agency process to deliver efficiently and to the highest quality.
• Ensures all work produced by team is of the highest standard and demonstrates creativity, attention to detail.
• Actively ensures that team members grow and develop into strong Earned Media professionals.
• Responsible for overall health and happiness of client team.
• Expert at delivering content and solutions that speak to full PESO model Paid, Earned, Shared, Owned .
• Expert in at least one communication area e.g. media relations, influencer relations, content.
• Handles all contractual and financial aspects of client relationship including scope of work, client KPIs, team resourcing.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in PR and or Business Communications.
• Minimum 8 years working experience in PR Agency or in a similar environment.
• Proficient in MS Office i.e. Word Excel PowerPoint etc.
• Traditional and Digital Earned Media experience is essential well versed in Digital.
• Strong command of the English language both verbal and written.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills.
• Strong numerical skills financial budget management experience.
• Strong multitasking skills ability to work on more than one client at any given time.
• Personal Attributes
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Ability to remain calm in a fast paced environment.
• Creative out of the box thinker.
• People focused including being approachable, emotionally intelligent, empathetic and compassionate.
• Proactive.
• Resilient.
• Curious and analytical.
• Deadline driven.
• Solution driven.
• Meticulous with attention to detail.
• Able to work on site in office and visit clients.

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Job Description

• The Senior Developer will be responsible for managing both front-end and back-end development processes implementing solutions from conception to final product according to business needs. The senior developer is required to implement and oversee the design, develop and maintenance of fully-fledged and functioning platforms 

Key Responsibilities 

• Work within a Software Development team, following Agile development methodologies. 
• Work with Project management and solution architects to estimate and scope out projects. 
• Work with Creative team during planning, discovery, and production phase. 
• Work with both front-end and back-end development teams to create and optimize solutions. 
• Optimizing code for performance. 
• Comment code and produce documentation to industry standards as needed. 
• Produce code to the highest standards while adhering to industry accepted architecture and design pattern techniques and methodologies (e.g., MVC, SOA, OOP, DI etc.) 
• Defining and developing API’s. 
• Contribute to the analysis and design of software products and tools. 
• Evaluate and advise on the technical feasibility. 
• Create quality prototypes for a clearer understanding of UI designs. 
• Test and confirm software is fit for purpose with intended audiences. 
• Recommend and implement refinements and improvements. 
• Follow formal Software Engineering best-practices. 
• Mentoring and guiding team members 
• Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs  
• Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the management and the customer 

Experience 

• At least 8+ years of experience in building Applications 
• At least 6+ years of experience with React and/or Angular  
• Good understanding of OOPs concepts. 
• Strong hands-on knowledge on HTML5, CSS3, ES6+ 
• Strong understanding of the React Virtual DOM, JSX and API 
• Hands on experience on REST APIs, GraphQL and WebSocket 
• Experience with a State-management framework like Redux (with middleware) or MobX 
• Understanding of cloud-based technologies, Azure, SQL and relational databases, SOAP and REST Web-Services, JSON, XML, MSAL. 
• Comfortable with concepts like Container/Presentation components, Higher Order Components 
• Worked with UI libraries like Material-UI, Semantic UI, Bootstrap or similar 
• Good understanding of CSS in JS, aka scoped-css or Styled Components 
• Unit testing with Karma + Mocha or Jest 
• Experience on working with frontend build systems and automating the same using Grunt / Gulp 
• Experience on MVC frameworks (Backbone.js, or similar) and knowledge of common JavaScript design patterns will be good to have 
• Experience of working with server-side JavaScript frameworks based on Node.js  
• Exposure to Style Guides, Atomic Design 
• Exposure to Scrum and Agile methodologies. 

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Role Summary 

• Creates a testing strategy and participates in the creation of automated testing scenarios. Prepares and coordinates test plans and testing scenarios. Conducts necessary tests according to the testing strategy, registration of defects, control of elimination. 

Key Responsibilities 

•  Develop, implement and maintain the test automation frameworks. 
• Performing API Testing using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, and Rest Assured. 
• Mobile Application automation, including Appium and other mobile supported testing tools 
• Ensuring data quality in the test environments. 
• Monitoring of the test environment status e.g., data quality, scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, performance, and readiness. 
• Provide technical leadership and support the creation of automated tests.  
• Advise on innovative testing products and solutions. 
• Define and administer standard testing architecture, processes, and tools across all engagements and methodologies 
• Ensure quality practices across functional and non-functional testing. 
• Support the strategic direction of our Continuous Testing and Assurance Practice 
• Running of the quality engineering Community of Practice. 
•  Review the scripting from the QA Engineers and ensure our agreed standards are met and maintained. 
• Ensure the infrastructure needed for our technical testing solutions is in good working order, fit for purpose, and used effectively and efficiently. 
• Install applications and databases relevant to automation and manage access to automation infrastructure and code repository. 
• Collaborate with other business units to understand how automation can improve workflow. 
• Gather requirements from clients, customers, or end-users to develop the best automation solutions 
• Lead and mentor junior Automation testers 
•  Provide multi-level reporting across test delivery including senior stakeholders 

Why join us?  

• We are a top employer in South Africa with certified excellence in employee conditions
• We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues 
• You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools 
• Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards 
• You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends 
• You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live 

Qualifications

• Relevant Bachelors Degree/ Masters Degree in Computer Science or IT related field 

Experience 

• 4-7 years relevant work experience 
• Test Automation framework development and maintenance  
• Test script generation and review
• Test prerequisites compilation. 
• Test execution and recording. 
• High quality and accuracy in test automation delivery 
• Test status updates. 
• Test closure activities

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Job Description

• Creates a testing strategy and participates in the creation of automated testing scenarios. Prepares and coordinates test plans and testing scenarios. Conducts necessary tests according to the testing strategy, registration of defects, control of elimination. 

Key Responsibilities 

•  Develop, implement and maintain the test automation frameworks. 
• Performing API Testing using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, and Rest Assured. 
• Mobile Application automation, including Appium and other mobile supported testing tools 
• Ensuring data quality in the test environments. 
• Monitoring of the test environment status e.g., data quality, scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, performance, and readiness. 
• Provide technical leadership and support the creation of automated tests.  
• Advise on innovative testing products and solutions. 
• Define and administer standard testing architecture, processes, and tools across all engagements and methodologies 
• Ensure quality practices across functional and non-functional testing. 
• Support the strategic direction of our Continuous Testing and Assurance Practice 
• Running of the quality engineering Community of Practice. 
•  Review the scripting from the QA Engineers and ensure our agreed standards are met and maintained. 
• Ensure the infrastructure needed for our technical testing solutions is in good working order, fit for purpose, and used effectively and efficiently. 
• Install applications and databases relevant to automation and manage access to automation infrastructure and code repository. 
• Collaborate with other business units to understand how automation can improve workflow. 
• Gather requirements from clients, customers, or end-users to develop the best automation solutions 
• Lead and mentor junior Automation testers 
•  Provide multi-level reporting across test delivery including senior stakeholders 

Qualifications 

• Relevant Bachelors Degree/ Masters Degree in Computer Science or IT related field 

Experience 

• 4-7 years relevant work experience 
• Test Automation framework development and maintenance  
• Test script generation and review
• Test prerequisites compilation. 
• Test execution and recording. 
• High quality and accuracy in test automation delivery 
• Test status updates. 
• Test closure activities

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Job Description
Position Responsibilities:

• Assess maturity of an organization’s data and AI foundation.
• Define building blocks required to convert to an AI-first organization, including technology and AI platform blueprint, data strategy and future-ready operating model.
• Identify, prioritize and conceptualize new industry specific AI solutions and services in line with business growth strategy.
• Create the business case, investment profile and roadmap to deliver on the strategy.
• Build a data/Ai platform reference architecture and solutions blueprint as a canvas for implementation roadmap.
• Infuse Responsible AI in vision and roadmap, develop plan for leveraging ecosystem partners, and define operating model to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation.
• Identify people, processes and technologies to develop and operationalize AI solutions.
• Create strategy for AI-first products and develop commercialization opportunities.

Qualifications
Position Requirements:

• Minimum of “X” years’ experience in AI/Analytics consulting, ideally with a domain/industry specialization

Priority Skills:

• Data & AI Operating Model
• Data & AI Processes
• Data & AI Patterns & Technologies
• Data & AI Platforms Strategy
• Data & AI Solution Architecture
• Data & AI Strategy
• Data Value Articulation
• Responsible AI