Technical Domain Specialist I (FICO Blaze) / Blaze Domain Specialist - Joblink Placement

Contact person for this position:  Amori Prinsloo

amori@joblinkplacement.co.za

Website: www.joblinkplacement.co.za

Our client in the banking sector requires the expertise of a Blaze Domain Specialist to join their team.  This is a 1-year fix-term contract with a strong possibility of extension based on performance and business requirements.

Education

• Grade 12
• Technically related degree, BSC Hons or above or equivalent

Work experience

5+ years Blaze Experience and 3+ years Tech team leadership experience

Key/ critical tasks

The Technical Domain Expert will be responsible for the implementation of decision solutions, primarily using Blaze Advisor/Decision Modeler. The domain expert forms part of a team that will manage multiple implementations from project inception to the point the of going live. Close interaction and collaboration with the banks’ dependency partners are key to ensuring success for both the banks’ clients and BRM.

• Experience in any object-oriented development language.
• Experience in Rules engine-based applications on Java platforms.
• Experience in a support environment.
• Experience in exposing BRE rules to JAVA Web Services.
• Create and maintain documentation of work delivered and knowledge artefacts which will be handy for BAU support of the projects implemented.
• Facilitating discussions to obtain approval on designs based on documented requirements from all stakeholders.
• Design and implementation of Blaze Advisor rule repositories Blaze Advisor rule writing and testing.
• Understanding and communicating both business and technical objectives/requirements from multiple perspectives including business view and internal development view.
• Coordinating effort with offshore development team.
• Building relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders from senior executives to support desk. Leveraging these relationships effectively to validate assumptions, acquire useful information, negotiate among competing objectives, resolve issues, manage change, agree to direction and achieve consensus.
• Delivering sanity-checks on existing Blaze Advisor rule repository implementations.
• Configuring and implementing rule repository testing frameworks.
• Constantly seeking out and improving product and technical knowledge.

Required Technical Knowledge

Proficient in object-oriented development language (Java / .Net / C# developer) (5+ Years Must Have)

• Proficient in FICO Blaze Advisor version 7.x (Advantageous)
• Has exposure to Git (Must Have)
• Has written automated tests and is familiar with Junit (Advantageous)
• Familiarity with Azure (Advantageous)

Exposure

• Banking and Compliance experience – Preferred

Who will the candidate be interacting with

Technical Product Owners, Architects, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers (Level of engagement is consultation and meetings – requirements and refinement sessions)

Technology environment requirements

• Java / .Net / C# developer
• FICO Blaze Advisor version 7.x