Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer's needs.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Solutions Architect
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience 5 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer
- As one of our Solution Architects, you will work with a specialized team of highly skilled individuals to develop technology solutions and map business/technical requirements to systems requirements in order to ensure they are in line with client’s architectural plan.
- You are in charge of implementation and ensuring the security and performance of our software. This is your opportunity to transform service delivery to customers by building the best in class technology in Nigeria’s leading cloud based organisation. Key Role & Responsibilities
- Leading the practice and introducing the overall technical vision for our solutions.
- Building, integrating and defining features, phases, and solution requirements to meet client’s needs.
- Identifying the best technical solution to solve existing business problems.
- Oversee development stages; refine the process, identify areas for improvement, and support the sprint.
- Assess the systems architecture we currently have in place and recommend solutions on how we can best improve.
- Resolving technical problems as they arise.
- As an accomplished member of a vibrant team, you will be providing supervision and guidance to development teams.
- Keeping stakeholders informed on the structure, characteristics, behaviour and other aspects of software and technical solutions being implemented; also provide updates on product development processes, costs and budgets.
- As a solutions architect, you will need to keep abreast of current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where necessary.
- Assessing business impact of certain technical choices and documenting your analysis and requirements.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- For the level of this role we will consider at least 5 years’ experience working in one or multiple IT areas; the more years the better.
- Proven experience in software engineering/ architecture design is also a big plus.
- Sound knowledge of IT infrastructure and cloud development.
- Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases.
- Project and resource management skills would be nice to have.
- In-depth understanding of coding languages (Java, Javascript, python, etc)
- Good communicator with technical and non-technical people
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience 5 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer
- Job Summary
- As a software developer, you will be in charge of building software by writing code, modifying software to fix errors, adapt it to new hardware, improve its performance, or upgrade interfaces.
- Also involved in directing system testing and validation procedures, and also working with customers or departments on technical issues including software system design and maintenance.
Key Role & Responsibilities- Test and implement new software programs.
- Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues.
- Design and update software database. This includes, but is not limited to: Software Applications, Web Sites, Data Communication Processes and User Interfaces.
- Test, maintain and recommend software improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimization
- Independently install, customize and integrate commercial software packages.
- Facilitate root cause analysis of system issues
- Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing.
- Identify ideas to improve system performance and impact availability.
- Resolve complex technical design issues.
- Development of technical specifications and plans.
- Analyse user requirements and convert requirements to design documents.
- Make good technical decisions that provide solutions to business challenges.
- Provide comprehensive support to internal customers; achieve resolution to outstanding problems or issues.
- Compile timely, comprehensive and accurate documentation and or reports as requested.
- Possess up-to-date knowledge of technological developments in the industry.
- Communicate effectively and professionally in all forms of communication with internal and external customers.
- Possess strong problem solving and decision making skills while using good judgment.
- Multi-task and change from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.
Required Experience & Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years’ experience as a developer or related field
- Knowledge of the software science or related degree
Skills and Competencies:- Ability to develop unit testing of code components or complete applications.
- Creativity is always a plus.
- Must be a full stack developer and understand concepts of software engineering.
- Extensive knowledge of programming languages and the software development life-cycle.
- Experience working on a variety of software development projects.
Salary
Very attractive.go to method of application »Scrum Master
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience 5 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer
Job Summary- As a scrum master, you will be our go-to person for applying scrum to produce high-quality work, coordinate and coach our software development team, helping the team continuously make progress on the project by making sure each person is working on the right tasks, helping to remove any obstacles to the team members’ progress, and protecting the team from distractions.
Key Role & Responsibilities- Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity.
- Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies.
- Communicated with main stakeholders.
- Oversee and manage scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals.
- Monitor schedule and cost performance.
- Identify key KPIs.
- Prepare and present reports on the progress and success.
Required Experience & Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- 5+years of experience as a Scrum Master or similar role in a development team.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
- Passionate about Scrum, Kanban, Lean Thinking, Lean Startup, eXtreme Programming, SAFe, LeSS, etc.
Skills and Competencies:- Demonstrated experience with agile practices, patterns and techniques.
- Demonstrated experience in agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games etc.
- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success.
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
- Team player.
- Good time-management skills.
- Great interpersonal and communication skills.
Salary
Very attractivego to method of application »Devops Specialist
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience 5 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer
Job Summary- As a Devops specialist, you will work collaboratively with software engineering to deploy and operate systems, help automate and streamline operations and processes as well as build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations
- You will be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving issues in dev, test and production environments.
Key Role & Responsibilities- Building independent web based tools, micro services and solutions.
- Utilize various open source technologies to implement integrations requested by customers.
- Building tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience.
- Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems.
- Perform root cause analysis for production errors.
- Investigate and resolve technical issues
- Write scripts and automation using Perl/Python/Groovy/Java/Bash etc; Develop scripts to automate visualization.
- Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance.
- Configure and manage data sources like MySQL, Mongo, Elasticsearch, Redis, Cassandra, Hadoop, etc
- Use various tools to orchestrate solutions.
- Manage source control including SVN and GIT.
- Deploy updates and fixes.
Required Experience & Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree or MS in Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of experience in managing Linux based infrastructure
Skills and Competencies:- Previous work experience as a Devops Engineer or similar software engineering role.
- Sound understanding of how various systems work and how IT operations are managed.
- Hands-on experience at least in one scripting language.
- Proven experience with databases including MySQL, Mongo & Elasticsearch
- Knowledge of Java/JVM based languages.
- Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success.
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
- Team player.
- Good time-management skills.
- Interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good knowledge of Ruby or Python.
- Working knowledge of databases and SQL.
Salary- Very attractive.
go to method of application »Cloud Sales Specialist
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development
Job Summary- As a Cloud Sales specialist in our team, you will be responsible for developing and executing all key growth sales strategies, tactics and action plans required to achieve financial targets.
- You will be the face of the company capabilities to the customer.
- Also responsible for building and growing relationships with your clients,, listening to understand the business problems and requirements, and selling solutions that meets their criteria.
- You will be responsible for presenting configurations and pricing for the solutions, negotiating the terms, conditions and pricing and understanding the steps to come to closure. Following closure of an opportunity, also responsible for maintaining the customer relationship to ensure client satisfaction.
Key Role & Responsibilities- Establish, develop and maintain business relationships with customers in the assigned territory/market segment to generate new business for the organization’s products/services.
- Seek out key stakeholders and work across customer organizations to identify opportunities, upsell, and close deals.
- Understand customer requirements and product capabilities on a business and technical level to effectively communicate the unique benefits of our cloud solutions and appropriately set expectations.
- Expedite the resolution of customer problems and complaints.
- Coordinate sales effort with marketing, sales management, accounting and technical service groups.
- Develop and deliver custom presentations on our Cloud Enterprise solutions.
- Meet and exceed quarterly sales targets.
- Prioritize and qualify incoming leads from different sources: Website, Call sales Number; Chat, Physical and Online Events.
- Participate in trade shows and conventions;
- Reach out to set of leads in specific verticals and qualify them.
- Develop and maintain the relationships with current customers and potential customers as well.
- Follow-up for collection of payments.
- Implement the company’s marketing plans as required.
- Collaboration and help define business approach with Sales Specialists in your team.
Required Experience & Qualifications- Minimum of a B.Sc qualification
- Technical Sales experience is an added advantage.
Skills and Competencies:- Sales experience with very good understanding of Google messaging and collaboration products and/or Microsoft O365/Azure
- Previous experience selling Enterprise Messaging Solutions is required
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Insightful, can suggest and implement changes to improve individual and team processes, sales methodology and user experience.
- Master and maintain strong knowledge of market needs, competition and latest industry news and trends.
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with fluency in English. Be able to articulate when under pressure.
Salary
Very attractive.go to method of application »Data Architect
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience 7 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer
Job Purpose- As a Data Architect, you will work with a specialized team of brilliant minds to build and maintain databases by determining structural requirements.
- You are in charge of developing and installing solutions in line with client’s architectural plan
Key Role & Responsibilities- Build and develop database solutions to store and retrieve information.
- Install and configure information systems to ensure functionality.
- Analyse structural requirements for new software and applications.
- Migrate data from legacy systems to new solutions
- Design conceptual and logical data models and flowcharts.
- Improve system performance by conducting tests, troubleshooting and integrating new elements.
- Optimize new and current database systems.
- Define security and backup procedures.
- Coordinate with the Data Science department to identify future needs and requirements
- Provide operational support for Management Information Systems (MIS)
Required Experience & Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or a related field
- 7+ years’ experience in a data analysis or management role
- Knowledge of C and PHP languages
Skills and Competencies:- Ability to analyse system requirements and implement migration methods for existing data.
- Expertise in SQL and Oracle
- Familiarity with predictive analysis and data visualization techniques using relevant tools (e.g. Tableau, D3.js and R)
- In-depth understanding of database structure principles.
- Knowledge of data mining and segmentation techniques.
- Proficiency in MS Excel is an added advantage.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, D3.js and R)
- Proven analytical skills
- Problem-solving attitude
Salary
Very attractive.
go to method of application »Cloud Systems Administrator
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience 3 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field ICT / Computer
Job Summary- The role is critical to our Partners business success as the individual will be an extension of our Clients support teams.
- You will be required to perform technical and operational roles for the sites management.
- You will have the chance to multitask & utilize various technologies including Networking, VMWare/Hyper-V, Backup & Disaster recovery, Cloud environment, Security, MS Exchange, Active Directory, and Patching etc.
- You will also be exposed to ITSM/PSA tools like Connect Wise, Auto task, Service Now etc.
- Exposure to working with 3rd party vendors will be an add-on to your profile.
Key Role & Responsibilities- Technical/ Operations advisor for our Partners.
- Converse with the Partners and their members on a day to day basis.
- Architecting infrastructure solutions to migrate customer services to Microsoft Azure
- Take clear technology/domain/innovation ownership for hosting architecture on our vendor cloud platforms as needed
- Coordinate with various depts. in the NOC, Managed Services and Partner teams and coordinate/escalate as necessary.
- Utilize tools that would facilitate coordination with NOC - IT Support Portal, PSA Access, Office 365, Skype, Slack G-Suites, IBM Connections or any other tools.
- Day-to-day management of the site, including supervising and monitoring the sites allotted for by the Partner.
- Resolving technical issues and other problems that may arise.
- Work with other partners/tools that the Partner uses for any support/escalations.
- Client interactions.
- Vendor and ISP management.
Required Experience & Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- At-least one of the following industry certifications is required:
- Microsoft Server/ Cloud - MCSA/MCSE
- MCITP
- AWS Architect
- G-Suites Deployment Specialist
- VMWare & Microsoft Hypervisor technologies
- CISCO Certified Network Associate/Professional (CCNA/CCNP)
- 3+ years working as a technical support Engineer or cloud architect
- Understanding of Microsoft Azure & AWS IaaS
- Proven experience with database administration
- Proven experience with database administration
- Skills and Competencies:
- Flexible to work in in 24/7 environment.
- Familiarity with the main data manipulation languages and the principles of database design.
- Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and SQL
- Previous experience with DBA case tools (frontend/backend) and third party tools
- Administration and maintenance of Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
- Administration and maintenance of O365 email service, ADFS and AD-Connect.
- Active Directory maintenance & management, clean-up.
- Administration and maintenance of Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013.
- Administration and maintenance of MS SQL
- Administration and maintenance of DNS, DHCP.
- Administration and maintenance of different Backup Solutions.
- Antivirus and Patch Management on Multiple Networks. Basic Networking.
- Responsible for Business continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.
Salary
Very attractive.
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- Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their tailored CV to: apply@alfred-victoria.com using the "Job title" as subject of the email.
Note: Any application received after this time will be automatically rejected.
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