ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
IPMC is one of Nigeria oilfield service companies providing innovative solutions, technology and services to the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in Nigeria and has a network of, manufacturing, service, research and development, and training facilities.
It delivers innovative technologies and services designed to meet the world's current and future energy needs in a safe, ethical, and sustainable manner. Grounded by our core values and inspired by our world-class people, we are committed to being a trusted business partner to those we serve.
ROLE SUMMARY
We are looking for the right people - people who want to innovate, achieve, grow and lead. We attract and retain the best talent by investing in our employees and empowering them to develop themselves and their careers. Experience the challenges, rewards and opportunity of working for one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the global energy industry.
Department: Production Enhancement Technical Software
Responsibilities: Under the broad direction from the Software Discipline Lead and the Chief Architect, the Software Architect will design and architect software systems to ensure they are aligned with business requirements. Additional responsibilities include the ability to:
Work within a 100% technically focused role. For this position, 60% is focused on architecting applications and designing components, 20% is for building prototypes with the development team, 10% is participating in design reviews, and 10% is developing standards and best practices for technical solutions.
Conduct forward-looking prototype projects, evaluate and recommend emerging technologies and standards
Work closely with other architects, development team members, and project leads and project stakeholders while using your technical expertise to design software architectures for robust and sustainable products
Help the development team to interpret and implement designs and code that follow your agreed upon architecture
Assist the development team to remove technical impediments when the need arises
Apply your expertise to drive leading-edge software frameworks across projects
Minimum Qualifications:
BS with preferred MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering
Minimum 10 years relevant experience with 5+ years architecting software
Solid experience in either a Software Architect or Principle Software Developer role
Experience in producing architecture and design using Visio
Experience in real-time and data acquisition applications
Solid experience in Scrum and Agile development methodologies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desired Attributes:
Microsoft desktop applications (.NET / C# / WPF)
C++, C#, Java language, JavaScript
Web application development using Angular, Typescript, Node.js
Experience integrating with NoSQL databases (HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB)
Desktop development for scientific domains and business
Hosting applications in Azure and using of Azure DevOps (VSTS)
Developing data driven applications using microservices
Deploying applications using Docker
Experience using data binding / serialization tools such as XML, JSON, Thrift, Protocol Buffers, etc. for cross-language data exchange
Experience evaluating performance and endurance of web services as well as troubleshooting performance bottlenecks
Experience with message queuing and message brokers is a plus
Understanding of Active Directory and SSO concepts
Oilfield science and engineering application experience is a plus
