Systems Integration Architect at Mastercard Foundation

Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. Through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services, and dignified work. Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO.

Mastercard Foundation is searching for a suitably qualified or experienced candidate to fill the position of Systems Integration Architect

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

• Continuous engagement and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs.
• Responsible for documenting current systems integration and create the initial view of the enterprises system integration landscape.
• Develop EA standards, data architecture standards, and EA governance frameworks, for inclusion in the overall system integration standards.
• Develop and maintain the integration technology platform to include cloud based, commercial or open-source integration platforms.
• Provide expert advice to project teams on use of integration technology, data architecture and modeling, system architecture including integration best practices.
• Oversee critical steps within the Software Development Life Cycle components that impact enterprise-wide development / architecture standards.
• Provide oversight in standards adherence through reviews of project work including detailed technical specifications and application code.
• Work with project teams in definition of requirements for integration strategies of their projects into the Enterprise Architecture.
• Manage internal resources as well as augmented or externally sourced team members when assigned.
• Oversee development and support of batch and back-end processes related to the application portfolio in the cloud or on prem.
• Assist with incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
• Communicate project status to various levels of management.
• Oversee the technology and standards for version control.
• Partner with leaders of other IT disciplines to ensure proposed solutions align with information, technology, infrastructure, business, and security architectures.
• Review and discuss all technical solution designs from external vendors considered by the organization to ensure the needs of the Foundation are met.
• Consider risk factors such as cyber hacking, breaches, and business continuity to minimize exposure to the solutions and technologies across the enterprise.
• Occasional regional travel.
• All other projects and duties as required or assigned.
• Applies job knowledge to make disciplined decisions in a timely fashion.
• Focus on solutions that are aligned for efficiency and re-usability across the enterprise.
• Ability to make recommendations and decisions even when all the information is not known.
• Ability to recommend creative and innovative technical solutions with standard and non-standard approaches and technologies.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Systems Engineering, information sciences, and Technology or another related field is required.
• Advance knowledge and application of Cloud based enterprise architecture, systems architecture, integration architecture and data architecture standards, frameworks, and practices.
• Proven capability of end-to-end business processes designing, procedures, and business rules in conjunction with business partners, designing new and mapping existing business processes through research, interviews, and facilitation sessions. 
• Experience driving adoption of new applications, processes, and revised functionality. 
• Expertise in solution design and development, vendor management, enterprise application support, in addition to strong business understanding and project management. 
• Experience with the implementation of Continuous Integration practices and tooling to support automated build, delivery, and regression test of commercial software.
• A passion for all things tech and has a drive to experiment with new technologies to see where they can benefit the business. 
• Experience in a supervisory role on an integration development team. 
• Advanced skill in creating and maintaining technical documentation. 
• Strong knowledge of market, industry and business fundamentals. 
• An interest in staying hands-on technical as well as wearing that team management hat
• Established project leading/management skills 
• Knowledge of common system integration methods and technologies including Web services, SOAP, JSON, XML Schema Definition (XSD), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Business process automation and orchestration tools and software i.e., Microsoft PowerApps, MuleSoft.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in backend DB, and both batch and real-time integration development technologies and practices. 
• Proven capability and experience using API’s from Cloud based and commercial software applications, such ERP systems and Advance Analytical reporting applications 
• Proven ability to synthesize complex information and communicate key issues using presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint) and visual techniques into highly enjoyable and easy to consume formats. 
• Understanding of the different application architectures. 
• In-depth understanding of cloud-based technologies and applications. 
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
• Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.

Deadline for Applications is July 15, 2022.