At First Quantum, we free the talent of our people by taking a very different approach which is underpinned by a very different, very definite culture – the “First Quantum Way”.
Working with us is not like working anywhere else, which is why we recruit people who will take a bolder, smarter approach to spot opportunities, solve problems and deliver results.
Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That’s how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations.
Job description:
Overall Job Purpose
- Collaborate with business and IT teams to scope projects and define detailed architectural requirements aligned to region and group standards.
- Assess and analyse business requirements, current state environment and technology choices, to evaluate solution alternatives that meet sponsor needs.
- Participate in the development, maintenance and governance of IT solutions across site, ensuring they meet the current and emerging strategic needs of the business.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Define, develop, and confirm business requirements and solution designs for stakeholders consistent with the business vision, priority and strategy.
- Convert business requirements into solution designs, including systems integration, service-based architecture, and enterprise application architecture.
- Identity architectural risks or non-conformance issues and escalate to resolve them in line with governance procedures.
- Deliver solution design and implementation estimates and lead software product selection, leveraging knowledge from other SME practitioners.
- Perform and supervise solution/tool selection, functional and non-functional requirement gathering, solution design, application configuration, and testing.
- Assess design, applications, and systems alternatives, and provide recommendations to business and IT stakeholders.
- Develop and complete solution design documentation, technical proposals, descriptions, and content to describe system capabilities.
- Create documentation and visual representation of the end-to-end solution architecture for any new IT implementations across site.
- Provide expert guidance on IT solutions and suppliers that meet the business need.
- Manage the relationship with all stakeholders to ensure that the solution is in line with business requirements.
- Identify change requirements and the components involved: hardware, software, applications, processes, and people.
- Supports solution installation, configuration, customization, testing, and deployment, including preparation of test scenarios.
- Participate in and support any procurement-related activities on system implementation, vendor selection and software product selection.
- Ensure adherence to established regional and group strategies, standards, and policies and suggest changes where appropriate.
Key Job Attributes:
- Ability to effectively communicate with personnel at all levels of management
- Critical thinking
- Conflict management
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a pressured and deadline-driven environment
- Detail-orientated with the technical aptitude and ability to perform tasks accurately and comprehensively
- Commercial astuteness and experience in negotiating with vendors
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to balance infrastructure-level systems thing within a solution and business-driven design
Experience & Qualifications:
- Minimum 7 years hands-on experience in systems/solution design and implementation across various platforms, with a strong ability to work with different technologies and propose solutions.
- Background as a Business Analyst / Systems Analyst / Solutions Architect.
- Good understanding of network, data centre and cloud architectures in an IT/OT environment.
- Extensive experience working with the Microsoft Power Platform including; SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate, including application development and support methodologies.
- Working knowledge of the MS development ecosystem including; .NET Frameworks, MS SQL Server.
- Experience working with MS cloud services and data integration patterns.
- Familiar with the principles of databases, operating systems, networking, and software engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure systems that meet the requirements and expectations of the stakeholders.
- Mining industry experience will be advantageous
- Membership of ICTAZ.
- Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
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Skills Required
- Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in systems or solution design and implementation across various platforms
- Background as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Solutions Architect
- Understanding of network, data center, and cloud architectures in an IT/OT environment
- Extensive experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate
- Experience with application development and support methodologies
- Working knowledge of .NET Frameworks and Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience with Microsoft cloud services and data integration patterns
- Familiarity with databases, operating systems, networking, and software engineering principles
- Ability to design and deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure systems
- Membership of ICTAZ
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Mining industry experience
What We Do
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is a global mining company producing copper and nickel, as well as gold and cobalt. Our growing portfolio of operations and projects spans four continents and employs around 20,000 people. We are well-known for our ‘can do’ attitude and specialist technical, project management, engineering, construction and operational skills, which allow us to develop and successfully run complex mines and minerals processing plants. We strive to go beyond the goals set by other companies. After 25 years of operations we are now one of the world’s top 10 copper producers and we focus on providing a tangible benefit from everything we do for employees, investors and the many communities that host our operations. From our initial operation reprocessing tailings facilities in Zambia, to the recently completed giant Cobre Panama operation, we have recorded many significant commercial and technical achievements over the past two decades. By 2021, the combined output of our mines will be more than 800,000 tonnes of copper per year.
