Technical and System Integration Lead

SUMMARY:
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

Our client, a leading organization within the financial services sector, is looking for an experienced Technical and System Integration Lead to join their Enterprise Finance and P&O Technology team on a 12-month contract opportunity based in Sandton (Onsite). 

The role will provide technical and delivery leadership across the finance integration landscape, with a strong focus on Oracle Fusion Cloud, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and the Microsoft/.NET technology estate.

POSITION INFO:

What you will be doing:

• Own the technical health and lifecycle of Finance integrations from solution design and development through to deployment, monitoring, support and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership across Oracle Fusion Cloud and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) integration patterns, including APIs, file-based interfaces and approved batch processes.
• Lead and manage the Finance integration development team, including work allocation, technical direction, delivery planning, code/design reviews, coaching and technical escalation.
• Define and maintain integration standards covering error handling, logging, retry and reprocessing, observability, security, supportability and non-functional requirements.
• Provide technical leadership across .NET/C#, REST/SOAP APIs, SQL, secure file transfer and enterprise integration services.
• Work closely with system integrators and consulting partners across technical design, build, testing, implementation and knowledge transfer.
• Provide design assurance and technical oversight of integration builds, configurations, code quality, defects, environment readiness and engineering standards.
• Design inbound and outbound Finance integration solutions across Oracle Fusion, Finance data platforms and downstream systems.
• Work with Finance, data and engineering teams on data sourcing, staging, transformation and mapping requirements, including Chart of Accounts and reference-data mappings.
• Coordinate downstream integration impacts across risk, regulatory, data, reporting and operational systems.
• Maintain an inventory of downstream dependencies, technical owners, required changes, testing dependencies and delivery milestones.
• Drive delivery across multiple technology teams, managing dependencies, blockers, resource constraints and delivery risks.
• Coordinate end-to-end integration testing across Finance and downstream systems.
• Ensure integration monitoring, operational visibility, runbooks, recovery procedures and escalation paths are in place.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring integration incidents.
• Establish and maintain appropriate source control, versioning, CI/CD and release-management practices.
• Work with Architecture, Cyber Security and Platform teams to ensure integrations meet enterprise standards.
• Act as a key technical integration point across Finance Technology, system integrators, Oracle teams, data engineering and downstream application owners.
• Translate business and Finance requirements into practical technical solutions and communicate technical risks clearly to stakeholders.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years' relevant technology experience, with strong enterprise integration experience.
• At least 5 years' experience in a Technical Lead, Solution Lead or Senior Engineering role.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and supporting enterprise integrations using APIs, messaging and/or file-based integration patterns.
• Strong experience in at least one Microsoft development stack, preferably .NET/C#, together with solid SQL and database knowledge.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud and/or Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), or comparable experience integrating with large SaaS/ERP platforms.
• Proven experience leading technical teams, reviewing designs and code, and resolving complex production issues.
• Demonstrable experience directly managing a software or integration development team.
• Experience coordinating multiple downstream application teams or technology domains against a common programme plan.
• Strong dependency management, stakeholder management and escalation skills.
• Experience working with major system integrators or consulting partners while retaining internal technical ownership.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, source control, CI/CD, environment management and controlled production deployments.
• Ability to work across business, Finance, data and technology stakeholders within a complex organisation.

Beneficial:

• Strong Oracle Fusion Financials integration experience.
• Experience with OIC, BICC, REST/SOAP APIs, UCM, FBDI and other Oracle-supported integration patterns.
• Finance or banking integration experience, including ledger, subledger, reference data, reconciliation, reporting or regulatory data flows.
• Experience with Azure integration or data services and hybrid Oracle/Microsoft environments.
• Familiarity with AFCS/AHCS, Oracle EDM and ODP/data-product environments.
• Experience managing technical delivery with system integrators or managed service providers in a regulated environment.