Requirements Engineer

SUMMARY:
Explore opportunities as a Senior Requirements Engineer with a leading IT solutions provider based in South Africa. We specialize in delivering innovative solutions to the global automotive industry, leveraging expertise in cloud architectures, JAVA, AWS, and more. Join us in driving impactful change and fostering collaborative partnerships worldwide.

POSITION INFO:
ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:
- Very strong conceptual and methodical skills
- Solid knowledge in software engineering with a focus on cloud architectures
- Solid knowledge of JAVA, Linux, AWS, and relational databases
- Solid knowledge of AWS technologies: network & security groups, cross-account communication, ECS, Fargate, RDS, load balancers, Lambda
- In-depth knowledge of X.509 certificates and trust chains OTHER SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues
- Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation
- Strong presentation skills
- Problem-solving capabilities
- Agile mindset and know-how (of agile processes and principles)
- German language skills will be advantageous WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE?
- Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or similar degree
- 10+ years’ experience in the IT industry
- 4+ years’ experience as an IT requirements engineer/business analyst
- Experience in the automotive industry advantageous WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?
- Working closely with the Delivery Manager of the department to steer and support the feature team from a requirements engineering point of view.
- Fulfill the prioritized requirements using agile methodologies.
- Risk management and conflict resolution.
- Collaborate with Business and IT Sub-Product Owners and colleagues across multiple products and countries.
- Understand the product and its processes from a technical and business viewpoint
- Support the Sub-IT Product Owner in the creation and prioritization of Product Backlog with business stakeholders and technical team.
- Ensure quality and timeliness of agreed deliverables
- Quality Assurance of deliverables
- Timely escalation of risks to the IT Product Owner and Delivery Manager
- Coach and mentor junior team members
- Travel as and when business requires
- Provide operational-related support to the team where required
- Will be required to work closely with the Testing team to ensure the quality of the product
- Works hand in hand with Agile Master and Proxy PdO in Planning and Steering Domain Cycles / Sprints