Solutions Delivery Lead

Tafadzwa; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tafadzwa in Centurion is seeking a Solutions Delivery Lead to provide technical direction and coordinate delivery across solutions development, applications support, and database administration teams. The role focuses on aligning practices with established guidelines and driving effective collaboration across multiple disciplines.

You will guide technology choices, ensure best practices, plan work, estimate timelines, and lead problem-solving efforts while maintaining robust documentation,

Qualifications

• A relevant ICT degree or NQF 7 ICT equivalent qualification.
• MCSD.Net or MCAD or Azure Developer Associate certification is compulsory.
• Six+ years designing software applications including integration solutions.
• Six+ years developing software applications including integration solutions.
• Six+ years in software development project management using agile methods.
• Six+ years using Microsoft development tools such as Visual Studio .NET, Power Platform, MSSQL.
• Six+ years developing medium-to-large scale web applications.
• Six+ years MSSQL server administration.
• Six+ years in application support.
• Three+ years DevOps experience.
• Two+ years data security experience.
• ITIL foundation certification is advantageous.
• Agile PM certification advantageous.
• Cloud technologies experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate developers, database administration and application support teams.
• Provide technical direction and guidance on technology selection and design decisions.
• Foster effective communication within development and cross-functional teams.
• Develop project plans, break tasks and estimate timelines.
• Lead troubleshooting and promote proactive problem solving.
• Assign technical tasks and review team work.
• Oversee codebase maintenance, reviews and standards.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations or training.
• Create and maintain documentation of procedures, designs and deployments.
• Develop security controls and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Create proofs of concept for new technologies before full-scale implementation.
• Report on performance of development, application support, and databases.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to improve release quality and speed.
• Mentor and coach junior resources to grow technical skills.
• Ensure data governance and ICT process compliance.
• Provide project updates and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Technical leadership

Team coordination

Agile PM

Stakeholder mgmt

DevOps practices

Cloud technologies

SQL Server admin

Application support

Code review

CI/CD pipelines

Documentation

Mentoring

Education

ICT degree or NQF7

MCSD.Net / MCAD / Azure Developer Associate

ITIL foundation certificate

Agile PM certification advantageous

Experience with cloud technologies advantageous

Tools

Visual Studio

Power Platform

MS SQL Server

Git / CI tools

Job description

Our client based in Centurion is recruiting for a Solutions Delivery Lead to provide technical direction and assist with the coordination of the delivery of solutions development, applications support, and database administration teams as per agreed or established practices and guidelines.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Team coordination – coordinates tasks and work activities of the developers, database administration and application support teams including cross-functional teams.
• Technical leadership – provides technical direction, guidance and recommendation on technology selection and design decisions on databases and applications, as well ensuring alignment with the best practices and appropriate design patterns.
• Team collaboration – foster effective communication and collaboration within the development team and cross-functional teams, such as project managers, QA, etc. and promote knowledge sharing.
• Project planning and estimation – develop project plans, breakdown tasks, estimate timelines and align the team’s work with the project goals and deadlines.
• Troubleshooting – lead and assisting the team with troubleshooting complex technical issues, providing solutions and encourage the culture of proactive problem solving.
• Task management – assign technical tasks team members in development, database administration, application support and projects including reviewing the work of the team.
• Codebase Maintenance – overseeing version control, codebase organisation, code review and enforcing standards.
• Technical presentation – prepare and deliver technical presentations or training sessions for the team and other divisions.
• Technical documentation – create and maintain comprehensive documentation of support procedures, code, designs and deployment details.
• Security and compliance – develop and implement security controls based on the best practices and ensuring adherence to relevant regulations and standards.
• Technology and solution evaluation – create proof of concepts to validate the feasibility of new technologies, approaches or solution before full-scale implementation.
• Performance Reporting – report on application development, database and application support performance.
• Release Management – implement and maintain continuous integration/ continuous deployment pipelines to automate and enhance the development process and product quality to ensure smooth and reliable releases.
• Mentoring and coaching – provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to junior resources, helping to develop their technical skills and development.
• Data Governance – ensure compliance with ICT processes and standards.
• Stakeholder management – provide updates on projects and operations tasks status and technical decisions as well as communicate progress and challenges to stakeholders.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A relevant university ICT degree or a related NQF 7 ICT equivalent qualification
• MCSD.Net or MCAD or Azure Developer Associate certification compulsory
• Minimum six (6) year experience in designing software applications including integration solutions.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in developing software applications including integration solutions.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in software development project management using agile frameworks.
• Minimum six (6) year experience using Microsoft development tools, such as Visual Studio .NET toolset, Power platform, MSSQL, etc.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in developing medium-to-large scale web applications solutions.
• Minimum six (6) year experience in MSSQL server administration
• Minimum six (6) year experience in application support
• Minimum three (3) year experience on Development Operations (DevOps).
• Minimum two (2) year experience in data security.
• ITIL foundation certificate advantageous.
• Agile project management certification advantageous.
• Experience with cloud technologies will be advantageous