The main purpose of the solution architect position is designing software solutions and technical leadership of software delivery teams and accountable for the technical acceptance of the delivered solution by the customer.
- Participates in vendors assessment and selection.
- Participates with presales team in the proposed solution design in the bidding phase.
- Prepares the “team” Scope of Work (SoW) proposal write-up for bidding in software projects.
- Prepares “team” professional services sizing, assumptions, and pre-requisites for bidding in software projects.
- Participates in customer demonstrations and presentations to discuss and convince the customer by our software solutions.
- Attend requirement gathering workshops and prepares business requirements documents.
- Prepares strategy documents of the project (i.e., configuration management strategy, migration strategy document, go-live strategy … etc.)
- Participates and review testing strategy document.
- Prepares high level design documents including end-to-end solution architecture and integration scenarios with the help of the technical architects.
- Review / audit development team and subcontractor technical documentation and make sure of alignment with project scope and architecture guidelines.
- Audit the quality of the output artifacts (source code, scripts, configuration file… etc.) by reviewing randomly selected parts.
- Resolving the technical conflicts between different team members during construction phase by clarifying the scope and architecture and making decisions.
- Accountable of technical acceptance of the solution by the customer.
- Participates in the training activities for the customer.
- Participates in initiatives R & D.
- Coaches project construction teams in learning and practicing new technologies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the Telecoms, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Transportation and other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 800 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam and Abuja, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.
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