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Job Description

The Senior Solution Architect primarily works with the business domain experts and business leadership to craft a solution that is fit for purpose from a business perspective. They focus their attention on a solution package to make sure that it operates effectively as part of the whole as well as independently as a stand-alone solution.
Focusses on the technical and business feasibility of a solution and ensure that it fits within well-established patterns and guidelines laid down by the Enterprise architects and solution practice architects. Takes responsibility for the quality, commercial compliance and technical integrity of the solution being delivered back into the business.
Works actively with a range of stakeholders including senior technology / platform systems analysts from across the operational space (both internal subject matter experts and those of the chosen suppliers) to ensure that patterns incorporated are future fit and ensures scalability and resilience of the solution built. Leads a small team of solution architects under his/her guidance.

Create solution architecture and visible pipeline of target capabilities

• Responsible for defining end-to-end solution architecture strategies and roadmaps that encompass the current and future needs of the business, IT and the product platforms. Consistently align with the technology (including cloud) aspirations of OM and guide the evolution of the solution in line with these.
• Responsible to develop and maintain up to date As-Is and To-Be conceptual, logical and physical architectures of the solution/platform that are easily accessible for usage and guidance.
• Manage dependencies across platforms and systems and keep these well documented, updated and available for decisioning.

Enablement and support

• Responsible for the preservation of technical architectural IP by utilising version control practices.
• Enable management levels by providing appropriate reporting – technical and non-technical reporting that includes team planning, forecasting, milestones, strategic plans and other relevant artifacts.
• Participate in peer reviews (code, solution, testing etc.) system and solution demos, and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutioning with the aim of evolving architectural practices and guiding solution delivery. Facilitate design reviews with team.
• Models, defines and collaborates around designs with business and enterprise stakeholders.

Compliance:

• Provides critical input into the operational readiness and resilience components of the solution.
• Ensures delivery fits within the guidelines published by enterprise / solution practice architects complies with the IT strategy. Works closely and continuously with Enterprise Architecture Chapter Leads and heads to ensure enterprise-wide compliance to architectural standards and guardrails.
• Oversees the implementation of new integration services to ensure they adhere to the signed off solution architecture designs.

Continuous Improvement

• Continuous research and development of solution architecture technologies, patterns and designs for scale, resilience and innovation.
• Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies and translate information into appropriate response within the affected solutions.
• Serve as Old Mutual representative to align solutions from Managed service providers with internal standards and expectations that relate to technical delivery, performance, security.

Financial costing, Risk & Governance

• Apply and maintain all Old Mutual architecture risk governance, compliance & regulatory standards and frameworks within the platform/solution to guide delivery.
• Models and defines the financial implications and considerations of potential solutions. Identify and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Apply FinOps principles as part of the design/architecture process so that the designed solution caters for an optimal operating practice that leverages fit-for-purpose technologies and can be consistently predicted and monitored.
• Fully represents OM’s needs and requirement for optimal costing, reduced risk, adequate governance and adherence to technical and non-technical when dealing with vendors and Managed service providers.

Strategy:

• Operate across both the technical levels within the enterprise architecture and the value chain to develop holistic, sustainable and integrated solutions that are underpinned by designs, standards, patterns and methodology that align to OM best practice guidelines.

• Identify, design and deliver relevant, scalable, testable and reusable architecture artifacts that contribute to the overall enterprise technology solutions.
• Provides options and recommendations to business stakeholders to guide the best business decisions based on the different solution alternatives and patterns.
• Provides thought leadership that aligns current work and designs with future aspirations of the organisation and be leveraging the latest advances in technology while designing solutions with the end customer in mind.

Technical Consultation:

• Analyses business processes and architectural solutions to determine optimised architecture patterns that could deliver value through improved cycle times, lower costs and improved quality.
• Responsible for understanding client requirements, collecting data, analysis and problem resolution.
• Defines a solution and ensure that it:
  • Meets the business requirements.
  • Meets the functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Fits within the guidelines published by the enterprise / solution practice architects.
  • Complies with the overall IT strategy.
  • Can be readily leveraged by other parts of the business.
• Ensure that the usage guidelines relevant artifacts are documented, published and discoverable – including technical guidelines and API consumption details.
• Build and evolve the architectural capability of delivery teams across the business – through active coaching and information / knowledge sharing.

Personal Effectiveness:

• Ability to explain the complex architectural constructs in simple terms to facilitate a common understanding and drive desired technology decisioning.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve targeted results and drive strategic intent of OM.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality for periods of 3 months to 1 year.
• Assist in the demand and workload planning for projects and portfolios that they are part of.
• Align own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.
• Proactively lead the implementation of agile practices, remove barriers to success and ensure seamless delivery in a continuously changing work environment. Incorporate agile ceremonies where possible to improve team velocity.

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Minimum Qualifications/Experience (Required for the job)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
• 5 – 10 years’ experience in in a Software Engineering or Solution Architect capacity.
• Previous experience in a leadership and architect capacity 3-5 years.
• Skilled at aligning disparate agendas for the wider organisation enablement and strategic purpose.
• Experience in working with teams in a complex IT environment and must have a sloid foundation of IT technical skills (previous experience as a programmer, solution designer or equivalent).
• A solid grasp of IT and architecture concepts, patterns, principles and technologies.
• Firm grasp of enterprise integration patterns and experience defining and implementing these.
• Experience in software modelling.
• Knowledge of IT governance, operations and best practices.
• An acute understanding of how to prioritize change and how to manage multiple related change programs.

Additional Qualifications/Experience (preferred, not a requirement)

• Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)
• Certifications like AWS Certified Solution Architect or relevant credentials desired.

Competencies Required:

• Multi-functional team Collaboration (Relating): Creates trust, respect and builds meaningful relationships. Able to handle a wide range of relational challenges to ensure collaboration across boundaries.
• Customer First: Putting the customer at the heart of business decisions and driving to improve value for customers.
• Execution: Displays consistent energy, drive and perseverance to deliver results. Demonstrates a willingness to take calculated risks to achieve stretch performance goals.
• Innovation (Perspective): Generates creative/out of the box solutions. Challenges the status quo and/or demonstrates ability to relate to challenges from a range of diverse but relevant perspectives. Willing to take calculated risks when introducing novel ideas.
• Leading with Influence: Influences and rallies people behind common goals; actively supports growth and inspires others to exceed expectations. Communicates clear strategies and objectives for own function.
• Learning: Embodies the practice of continuous learning, keeping abreast of changes in technology and constantly upskilling to ensure relevance and quality of delivered work.
• Strategic: Generates creative and strategic solutions that align with wider business goals.
• Personal Mastery: Learns and actively works to build self-awareness; develop through experience and feedback from others. Copes effectively with stress and has the resilience to take on stretching and challenging assignments. Adjusts effectively to work within new work structures; processes; requirements and cultures.

Skills

Education

Closing Date

27 March 2024

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

Old Mutual Limited is pro-vaccination and encourages its workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.

Please refer to the Old Mutual’s Covid-19 vaccination policy for further detail. Kindly note that Old Mutual reserves the right to reinstate the requirement to vaccinate at any point if it is of the view that it is imperative to do so.

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More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives.

Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.

This posting is for one position, multiple location options.  Location will be determined at time of offer and based on availability.

Job Description

The Senior Engineer manages work in engineering areas of specialization, with minimal supervision. The Senior Engineer is expected to develop advanced skills and to have the ability to work independently, with guidance limited to unusual or complex projects or issues. Employees in the Senior Engineer position are fully competent in the use of concepts and procedures. The Senior Engineer identifies problems, develops solutions, and takes action to resolve.

The Lead Engineer is at the specialist level of the Engineering classification hierarchy. Employees at this level solve complex problems, manage work, and provide leadership to others in engineering areas of specialization, with minimal supervision and increased latitude for un-reviewed work. The Lead Engineer serves in lead roles providing guidance to others. They are also expected to have advanced skills and have the ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Provides engineering/technical expertise and guidance in the identification, analysis and resolution of problems of increasing scope and complexity in both inside as well as outside the scope of typical responsibility.
• Ensures accomplishment of business goals and objectives through effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling and monitoring of work activities; decisions may affect the operations or results of the work group and may have some impact on major projects or department results.
• Prepares thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations and sketches related to defined problems and analysis of increasing scope and complexity.
• Conducts engineering and related studies; completes non-routine engineering projects with minimal oversight with the ability to independently manage project schedules and interfaces; competent to design, operate and maintain systems with moderate impact on existing systems.
• Possesses and applies the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures; proficient in technical and analytical competencies necessary to handle assignments of increasing complexity.
• Develops positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities.  Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills.  Maintains accurate records and files.
• Supports the company's goals and represents the company positively and professionally.
• Install Power Quality Monitors safely at the Utility level and occasionally at the customer if needed.
• Provide Technical Support to internal Distribution and transmission organization on potential solutions for Power Quality issues.
• Provide engineering recommendation to industrial, commercial, and residential customers.
• Formulate solutions to both Duke Energy and its customers based on data evaluations and information gathered. 
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with local field personnel.

Basic/Required Qualifications

Note: This posting is for one position. Dependent on relevant experience, the level to which a candidate is aligned is outlined below.

Senior Engineer

• Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or state registration as a Professional Engineer. A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B. S. engineering degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience

Lead Engineer

• Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or state registration as a Professional Engineer. A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B. S. engineering degree.
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience
• Registration as a Professional Engineer may be required by some departments. (e.g. Transmission, Distribution, Gas Engg, RRE).

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in engineering theories and principle
• Proficient in practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in principles of project management
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
• Experience in the utility industry
• Certified to hook up instruments to live power equipment.
• Experience with troubleshooting VFD’s (Variable Frequency drives), Motor soft starts, PLC’s and various industrial equipment

Working Conditions

• Hybrid Mobility Classification – Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable daily commute to a Duke Energy facility.

Travel Requirements

25-50%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

No

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No

Posting Expiration Date

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

All job postings expire at 12:01 AM on the posting expiration date.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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Job Purpose

The Quality Assurance Engineer monitors the software development process to ensure design quality and adherence to standards. He/She is involved in tasks that include software design, source code development, review and control, configuration management and integration of software. He/She participates in a wide range of quality assurance testing and analyses to ensure that product meets or exceeds specified quality standards and end-user requirements before release.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop testing frameworks to provide thorough coverage of implemented features, configuration changes and other change requests
• Use Selenium or similar tools for testing UI for various front-end technologies
• Use simulators for mobile and multiple browser testing
• Create re-useable frameworks for testing practice at NUS
• Automate test cases and updating the tracking systems after testing is complete
• Regression test applications prior to release into UAT and production environments
• Identify, isolate, replicate, report and track issues to closure in an issue tracking system
• Review requirements, providing feedback on completeness, testability and other risk areas
• Estimate assigned tasks and provide regular status updates to project team, supervisors and project managers
• Maintenance testing environments including user accounts, configs and deployments
• Participate in identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities within QA and broader project teams
• Work closely with DevOps team to integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Develop Quality Standards
• Continuous efforts to explore best practices and applies knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products and services.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or any related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) fields.
• 10+ years of experience in information technology, specifically in software engineering or testing automation roles and attaining Testing-related certification, such as ISTQB is a plus.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Java, JavaScript (js), and Python will be an added advantage.
• Great team player with self-starter attitude. Possess excellent communication skills and the willingness to learn
• Ability to solve complex problems and approach challenges from a new perspective while utilizing existing solutions.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks, such as Webdriver.io, Selenium, JMeter, and Azure DevOps Test Plan, will be an advantage.
• Previous experience in API testing using available API testing tools in the market or custom scripts.
• Ability to create reusable testing scripts that integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in writing and automating complex SQL queries and test DB code.
• Experience with key web technologies such as HTML/CSS, AJAX, Bootstrap, and REST protocol.
• Experience with Frontend frameworks development, such as Angular and Bootstrap.
• Proficient in collecting, measuring, and monitoring software testing metrics for quality assurance.

Salary: $8000 - $11000

Contract: Permanent role

Working hours: Mon to Fri, 8.30am to 6pm

Location: Kent Ridge Road

Interested applicants are invited to apply directly at the NUS Career Portal.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

About NUS IT

NUS Information Technology is the cornerstone to providing reliable, high-performance and secure IT solutions and effective IT governance for the campus. Here at NUS IT, we aim to transform NUS into a borderless computing community providing knowledge at its fingertips by enhancing the use of effective applications and services for teaching and learning.

We drive a culture that is forward-looking. With a strong passion for IT, our people are always striving to improve, push boundaries and innovate with a "can-do" attitude. We embrace collaboration, open communication and knowledge sharing. If you see yourself thriving in a dynamic environment and breaking new grounds with innovative ideas, you will find yourself at home in NUS IT.

As part of our team, you can look forward an empowered work environment that allows you to take charge of your own career path. We provide competitive remuneration as well as flexible work arrangements to enable your growth and development. We pride ourselves on our diverse workforce and are committed to transforming NUS into a leading global University shaping the future.

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Job Purpose

The Quality Assurance Engineer monitors the software development process to ensure design quality and adherence to standards. He/She is involved in tasks that include software design, source code development, review and control, configuration management and integration of software. He/She participates in a wide range of quality assurance testing and analyses to ensure that product meets or exceeds specified quality standards and end-user requirements before release.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop testing frameworks to provide thorough coverage of implemented features, configuration changes and other change requests
• Use Selenium or similar tools for testing UI for various front-end technologies
• Use simulators for mobile and multiple browser testing
• Create re-useable frameworks for testing practice at NUS
• Automate test cases and updating the tracking systems after testing is complete
• Regression test applications prior to release into UAT and production environments
• Identify, isolate, replicate, report and track issues to closure in an issue tracking system
• Review requirements, providing feedback on completeness, testability and other risk areas
• Estimate assigned tasks and provide regular status updates to project team, supervisors and project managers
• Maintenance testing environments including user accounts, configs and deployments
• Participate in identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities within QA and broader project teams
• Work closely with DevOps team to integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Develop Quality Standards
• Continuous efforts to explore best practices and applies knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products and services.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or any related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) fields.
• 10+ years of experience in information technology, specifically in software engineering or testing automation roles and attaining Testing-related certification, such as ISTQB is a plus.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Java, JavaScript (js), and Python will be an added advantage.
• Great team player with self-starter attitude. Possess excellent communication skills and the willingness to learn
• Ability to solve complex problems and approach challenges from a new perspective while utilizing existing solutions.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks, such as Webdriver.io, Selenium, JMeter, and Azure DevOps Test Plan, will be an advantage.
• Previous experience in API testing using available API testing tools in the market or custom scripts.
• Ability to create reusable testing scripts that integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in writing and automating complex SQL queries and test DB code.
• Experience with key web technologies such as HTML/CSS, AJAX, Bootstrap, and REST protocol.
• Experience with Frontend frameworks development, such as Angular and Bootstrap.
• Proficient in collecting, measuring, and monitoring software testing metrics for quality assurance.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: NUS Information Technology

Department : Applications - Applications Architecture & Technology

Employee Referral Eligible: Yes

Job requisition ID : 22187

What’s on Offer

• Mission: Provide compassionate, excellent and holistic healthcare. Tagline:- Serve all with Love.
• Company: Guided by Catholic values, as a missionary not-for-profit hospital, we reach and serve all our patients and visitors with love, continue to make private healthcare accessible to our community by providing reasonable price points and bill transparency. We continue to be progressive to better serve current and future generations.
• Values: Compassion, Humility, Integrity, Respect and Peace (CHIRP).
• Sustainability: Love for nature and the environment. For instance, BYO food containers at staff canteen.
• Work-Life balance: Attractive leave days to rest and re-charge.
• Work Satisfaction: An impactful role in shaping a high performing & engaging culture.

Who We Need

The Centre of Quality, Informatics & Innovation comprises 5 units, Clinical Informatics, Quality Resource Management, Bed & Surgical Booking Office, Medical Record Office and Innovation.

The team is looking for candidates experienced in Quality Improvement methodologies, training and Project management skillsets build an innovative culture and support the planning and development of innovation projects.

The responsibilities are as stated below.

• Lead the sustainability of the Pathway to Innovation curriculum and content.
• Conduct Quality Innovators training and workshops for intra-hospital staff.
• Guide a nominated Quality Innovators to build an innovative culture within their departments.
• Lead in the re-design of patient and caregiver journeys, solving real problems and pain points.
• Seek insights from patients and caregivers to refine the problem statement.
• Support stakeholder departments in planning for monitoring and evaluation of interventions.
• Translate the insights into tangible implementation which address needs and operational goals.
• Act as a change agent and driver to instil a continuously improving, productive and patient-centric culture.
• Responsible for assuring the service and clinical quality meet regulations as defined from the Ministry of Health’s Private Hospital and Medical Clinics Act as well as fulfilling external Quality audit requirements.
• Promote a culture of service excellence amongst staff to deliver patient satisfaction in our service delivery and a safe reporting culture to facilitate quality empowerment from all staff.
• Identify lapses in the service delivery to ascertain the patient safety risks and appropriateness to achieve high standards of clinical quality targeted at the execution of systemic improvements.
• To plan, drive and execute quality improvement projects at hospital levels.
• To analyze the trend from key unit incident management indicators for management reporting.
• To investigate and identify root causes for specific trends of Quality related Issues.
• To provide secretariat support for Quality Assurance committees, including the case presentation preparations for Mortality & Morbidity rounds, Serious reportable events and other quality platforms.
• To evaluate and triage complaints, incidents service feedback to identify areas for improvements.
• To investigate and coordinate investigations of complaints related to medical management or service lapses.

How to Succeed

• A Degree qualification in any Healthcare related field is preferred.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience with operations or service background. Those with experience working in the healthcare industry will have an advantage.
• Experience using the Design Thinking framework and other human-centered design techniques, including personal development, jobs-to-be-done, crafting of insights, journey mapping, rapid prototyping and building wireframes and clickable/physical prototypes is highly preferred.
• Experience in application of Human Factors, Human Factors Intervention Matrix (HFIX) or Behavioral Insights will be an advantage.
• Experience in facilitating workshops and conducting training.
• Personality traits: highly self-driven and self-motivated, exceptional interpersonal skills, positive attitude, perseverance to overcome obstacles.
• Excellent planning, analytical, problem solving and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Candidates with clinical or healthcare experience preferred.