REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE

Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS)

E-mail: IT_Recruitment@afdb.org

Telephone: (+225) 20 26 22 61/ (+225) 20 26 25 83

1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: “Applications Integration Architect” ;
2. The objective of the consultancy is to perform the necessary leadership, providing expertise in the enterprise integration solutions and all related design decisions and artifacts. The consultant will have to define the principles to guide solution decisions for the enterprise data and applications integration. He/she, will also design and develop strategies for integration management and governance and create Enterprise Web Services interface definition that can be reused across the enterprise.

The assignment will involve the following activities :

• Specify and own the integration-specific aspects of enterprise & solution architectures ;
• Govern the integration process across all phases of delivery ;
• Develop a roadmap of the evolution of the enterprise integration application portfolio from current to future state ;
• Oversee technical teams in the design, build, test & operation of integration solutions ;
• Manage third-party relationships involved in end-to-end integration ;
• Work closely with customer units’ functions to analyze their integration landscape and develop modernization strategies ;
• Actively contribute to the wider AfDB Enterprise architecture  ;
• Facilitate the evaluation and selection of Integration Application Platform and design the appropriate architectural backend services ;
• Participate in the Master Data Management (MDM) Architecture and related artifacts ;
• Develop the AfDB Integration Standard and lead the adoption of these standards to AfDB developers ;
• Review, perform business and technical requirements gathering, use-case discovery, and platform analysis ;
• Assist the test of the applications as per Standards and procedures of the Bank for internal quality assurance ;
• Ensure knowledge transfer to AFDB technical team thru adequate documentation and training ;
• Perform any other related task assigned to the consultant.

3. Essential skills/Competencies :

• At least Master/Engineering degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related area ;
• At least 9 years of experience in at least two IT disciplines in a client/server or service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment, MVC (model view and controller), including technical architecture, application development, Mobile development, middleware, database management or operations, backend services, message brokers protocols – MQTT, DevOps and Cloud Knowledge ;
• Excellent understanding of integration architecture and patterns ;
• Knowledge and experience of multiple integration and API enablement technologies ;
• Sound understanding of contemporary software engineering practice ;
• A structured approach to architectural design ;
• Strong understanding and opinions on how integration has evolved from an on-premise, centralized function towards being a digital, cloud and API-driven capability ;
• Knowledge and experience of hybrid cloud integration approaches, API-led architectures and digital-era integration governance methodology ;
• Exposure to multiple, diverse backend technologies and processing environments ;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation ;
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and influence ;
• Strong skills in Integration Platform Platforms (Talend DI, Talend ESB, SAP Data service, SAP PI/PO, MuleSoft, IBM cast Iron, Biztalk etc.) ;
• Knowledge of all components of an enterprise technical architecture ;
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes ;
• Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies ;
• Strong understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis and design, and/or client/server systems ;
• Ability to understand the long-term (« big picture ») and short-term perspectives of situations ;
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements ;
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies ;
• to be willing to work often on complex architectures as technical lead is an advantage.

4. The Corporate Information Technology Services Department (CHIS) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (CV, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.) ;
5. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedures shall be in conformity with the Bank’s procedures for the acquisition of consulting services funded by the administrative or capital expenditure. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist ;
6. The estimated duration of services is six (06) months and the estimated starting date is 01 July 2019 ;
7. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 hours, Abidjan Local Time ;
8. Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address below no later than Thursday, 06 June, 2019 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Application Integration Architect”.

For the attention of: IT Recruitment Team African Development Bank

Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS) Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d’IVOIRE

Tel: (+225) 20 26 22 61

Email: IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG

9. Establishment of the short list :

A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume.