Solution Architect

Who we are

eHealth Africa designs and implements data-driven solutions and technologies to improve health systems for local communities. eHA’s technology works in low resource settings, and smartly uses data to drive decision-making by local governments and partner agencies to get optimum results.

We leverage our staff and department expertise across five programmatic areas:

• Health Delivery Systems
• Public Health Emergency Management Systems
• Disease Surveillance Systems
• Laboratory & Diagnostic Systems
• Nutrition & Food Security Systems

In each of these programmatic areas, we partner with governments, communities, nonprofits and other stakeholders to generate holistic solutions, because we believe that every community deserves access to the types of tools that can enable them to lead healthier lives.

Purpose of the position

The Solution Architect will be responsible for the analysis and evaluation of alternatives and arriving at the best technology solution to solve specific business problems. He / She will be responsible for translating requirements into process and technical designs that meet customer expectations and technical standards.

He / She will lead architecture design for specific systems, products or platforms and collaborate with the organization’s leaders to prioritize solution delivery.

Keywords: SDLC, TOGAF, Android, IOS, Scrum, Agile

What you’ll do

• Evaluate alternatives and arrive at the best technology solution to solve specific business problems.
• Provide technical direction, oversight of technical design and architecture and effort estimation and for all software solutions
• Leads the estimation and assessment of the feasibility of solutions and their business impact
• Lead the establishment and enforcement of related architectural governance and ensure alignment with industry frameworks.
• Identifies and manages the organizational impact (on skills, processes, structures, and culture) and financial impact of proposed architectural solutions.
• Continuously assesses the systems' architecture currently in place and works with technical staff to recommend and implement solutions to improve it.
• Provides technical design and architectural leadership for the development of solution prototypes to justify the suitability of recommended solutions
• Analyze and study complex systems requirements and prepare design documentation.
• Provides updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs, and budgets
• Contribute toward the continuous improvement of project management methodology utilized within the Development team
• Continually research the current and emerging technologies and propose changes where needed
• Describes the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders
• Provides mentorship to junior architects and developers
• Performs miscellaneous projects and duties as assigned to support the management team

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field. A postgraduate degree is desirable.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in engineering and software architecture design
• Minimum of 4 year as a solution architect
• Working experience of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)
• Working experience of development frameworks and methodologies (Agile, DevOps, Scrum)
• Development experience in at least one of the following: .Net, Java, SQL, React, Angular, Python, etc.
• Mobile development experience (Android, iOS)
• Fluent in English.
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical mindset
• Project and resource management aptitude
• Excellent collaboration and team working skills

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can become louder at times due to group discussions or activities. eHA is a tobacco-free environment.

Above all

We believe strongly in our mission and values, and our teams are most successful when they do also.

IMPACT & QUALITY:

We push ourselves to maintain high standards ensuring that we produce the most meaningful results in everything we do, no matter how big or small.

INNOVATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING:

We maintain a worldview driven by possibilities, not limitations. We take smart risks and foster an environment where creativity and innovation thrive.

INTEGRITY:

We are honest and truthful in our work. We always do what is right, even when it is not easy. We put our values into practice and hold each other accountable.

Qualified females are strongly encouraged to apply.