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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australia

Key Responsibilities:● Oversee the overall technical security stance of greenID encompassing all areas of technical security including cloud, end user devices and software development practices.● Responsible for embedding security practices into each step of the SDLC process.● Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, developers and QA/testing teams to ensure security is embedded into each step development process. ● Provide guidance and training on secure development practices ensuring security is owned by each team member.● Identify and prioritise Security risks via review, vulnerability scanning, Security reviews and penetration test.● Ensure ongoing compliance with ISO27001 certification requirements, achieving our last 3 audits with no major non-conformances. ● Participate in security audits and respond to customer security reviews.● Ensure security practices align with best practices, contractual requirements.● Analyse Security requirements for new products and impact on existing systems. Key Skills/Technologies:● OWASP top 10, OWASP Dependency Checking, SonarQube SAST● AWS GaurdDuty, AWS Insights, Anchor Container security testing● WAF, SPLUNK SIEM, OpenVas Vulnerability management

Pretoria, South Africa

Trustlink is a SWIFT service bureau and also provides hosted data exchange B2B integration services.I joined Trustlink as part of the Business 2 Business (B2B) solutions team and quickly moved to join the executive team with an overarching role as IT Architect. Key Responsibilities: ● Work with the hosting and ITC teams to create overall IT Architecture. ● Collaborate with the solutions and hosting teams in the planning of new projects. ● Analyse business requirements for new products and impact on existing systems. ● Create technical designs and technical impact analysis for new projects. ● Collaborate with Sales teams to provide technical pre-sales support. ● Problem analysis – do root cause analysis on system and process failures.Recent projects included: ● Partner with Technology experts to migration of core B2B applications to a VMWare based hyper converged platform. ● Gather Business requirements and create technical design for custom Managed File transfer user interface. ● Lead investigations into replacing core architecture.

Midrand, South Africa

Phillip stepped into the management role in the IT Infrastructure, Business system help desk and Desktop support teams. In this role Phillip and his team have been able to provide solutions to address a number of business challenges. Enhancing his existing Solution Architecture skills with understanding and insight into the operation impact of these decisions.Key Responsibilities: ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Implement new IT infrastructure projects. ● Problem management and analysis across both business and IT processes. ● Manage and mitigate IT infrastructure risks. ● Design validate and test DR, BCP processes. ● Ensure collaboration between infrastructure, development, IT Service and support teams. ● Managing relationships with 3rd Parties / Vendors. ● Manage departmental Costs and Budget. ● Manage Application help desk - allowing insight into of the operational impact of Solution design decisions.Key projects:‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Manage and contain transitional process for staff to ensure sustained productivity and morale. ● Increase total system up time and stability. ● Implemented SQL consolidation from 15 servers to a single HA Cluster solution – Allowing for License cost reduction and increase availability and performance. ● Migrate all services to Hyper V based private cloud. ● Implement High available web farm increasing system up time. ● Complete full HA fail-over tests of both Core network, Telephony and Business applications. ● Implement a number of cost reduction processes. ● Design and build solution to allow for support and data retrieval and regulatory requirements after the company closure.* Continue to fulfil Solution Architect role.

Midrand, South Africa

Altech Autopage is South Africa’s largest independent converged telecommunications service provider with services all 4 Mobile networks (Vodacom, MTN, Cell C & Telkom ) as well as ISP services.Phillip is responsible for overall software architecture and design of the information systems that underpins various business processes. Covering the complete service provider value chain –rating and retail billing, CRM, ERP, workflow and subscriber provisioning to multiple networks, pricing, sales, payment processing and document management.Phillip effectively makes use of Software Design patterns to implement Service oriented Architecture (SOA) creating reusable solutions that allows for easy integration.Key Responsibilities:‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Technical and business process Innovation ● Make use of Software design patterns to implement internal systems. ● Collaborate with the software development teams to implement software solutions ● Analyse new business requirements for new products and impact on existing systems. ● Create technical design and technical impact analysis for new projects. ● Create work breakdown and effort analysis for new projects. ● Collaborate with Business teams, Application support teams and Development teams to identify requirements and problem areas and implement solutions to address these requirements. ● Problem analysis – do root cause analysis on system and process failures.Recent projects included:‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Customer base migration. ● Integration of ISP products and services into GSM billing solution. ● Implementation and integration of debt collection and campaign management system. ● Integration of ERP to external warehousing company ● High volume dispensing solution for PIN and PIN-less prepaid products ● End to end order management implementation. ● CDR Mediation and rating solution ● Debt Collection solution

Midrand, South Africa

Analise, Design, develop large range of CRM solutions and integration projects. Provide assistance and guidance to the development teamKey projects:‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Develop web based CRM solution allowing a single 360 view of a customer combining information from multiple systems, facilitating workflow between various departments and back office. ● Development of pricing system allowing the creation of offers that underpins the sales and retention process. ● Design and develop integration framework to allow provisioning to MNP, Cell C, and Vodacom. ● Design and implement call re-rating and LCR solution ● Design and implement a VoiceXML IVR solution with real-time CRM integration, allowing validation and self-service. ● Development of usage management and Limit services ● Provide integration development between large number diverse systems. ● CTI integration between PBX and Agents desktops (screen pops). ● Provide MS SQL DBA servicesKey Skills/Technologies:‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Business and System analysis. ● Development in C#, VB.NET, C++, K2 workflow. ● Database - Oracle, Microsoft SQL DBA, MySQL, Unix, web service, reporting services.

Midrand,South Africa

Key projects: ● Design and implement integration layer between billing environment and external network providers. ● Create the application frame work still in use and reused for all integration projects from the core billing engine to external networks. ● Develop web based ARPO calculators making extensive use of Oracle PL SQL. ● Provide Data analysis and reporting.Key Skills/Technologies: ● Oracle, MS SQL, Java, C++, Unix, Corba, Reporting services ● C# , .Net, Web services

London, United Kingdom

● Call Rating and analysis solution ● IVR / SMS application development - JSP / MS SQL / XML ● DB administration / development ● System design and analysis ● Data mining analysis and reporting

Cape Town, South Africa

Key projects:‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● The design and development of, interactive voice systems (IVR). ● Develop Phone based services, order capture systems as well as call centre front ends. ● Clients included Old Mutual, BP, Naspers, Foschini Group, Nedbank. ● Software / web development in VB, C++ ASP SQL.Key Skills Technologies used: ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ ● Oracle, MS SQL, C++, Unix, Corba, Reporting services.

Msc, Management Of Technology And Innovation ( Moti ) - Incomplete

● Global Environment for Business ● Self, Other & Social Context ● Professional Writing ● Problem Solving, Creative Thinking & Decision.

Certificate, Managment Of Technology And Innovation, Nqf Level 5

● Problem solving Creative Thinking and Decision Making ● Self Other and Social Context ● Management & Leadership ● Management.

Bsc, Computer Science

● Advance programming ● Database design and implementation ● Fundamentals of databases ● Computer Networks ● Operating Systems

Diploma In Data Metrics

● Programming Practical ● Computer Organisation ● System Analysis ● System Design