Oluwaseun O. Kudoro

+***(*) 803-***-****, 816*******

adjh43@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile Summary

Seun is an Enterprise and Solution Architect with 14 years’ work experience in enterprise applications, Web software development, IT support, business process/optimizations, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture development and solution Delivery.

I have a degree in Computer Engineering, trainings, certifications and hands on experience in the design and architecture of large-scale complex systems and in Software development, Enterprise Architecture practice, Middleware integration and IT Governance among many others.

Strengths

Excellent knowledge of Enterprise Architecture, frameworks, techniques and practice

Technical Documentation & Reporting, cost benefit analysis

Working knowledge of EA frameworks, TOGAF, NGOSS frameworks - eTOM, SID, TAM

Experienced in Systems design, Solution Architecture, Systems Design principles & patterns

Experienced in Architecture strategy & governance; reference architecture, solution blueprints & architecture principles

Creating solution blueprints and technical designs to cover requirements, security, performance, scalability, maintainability and flexibility

Excellent knowledge of solution architecture, design patters, architecture tools – Abacus, Mega EA, Archimate and UML

Deep knowledge and experience with Cloud technology, architecture and implementation

Excellent knowledge of Telecoms billing system, subscriber management & CRM, Self-care solutions and portals

Deep exposure to diverse technologies in a very dynamic and innovative environment

Experience with Agile methodology to drive product development and delivery

Work experience in a multi-national, multi-cultural, and with offshore teams.

About MTN Nigeria https://www.mtnonline.com/

MTN Nigeria Ltd. is a member of the MTN Group Limited, a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in 26 African, European and Asian countries. MTN has transformed into a leading ICT company providing traditional telco service and a rich bouquet of Digital Service - IoT, Cloud, Mobility, digital contents etc. It’s the largest single network operator in Africa with more than 80 million active subscribers; and it contributes about 42% to MTN Group revenue while it holds 46% market share locally.

Professional Experience

1.Senior Specialist Enterprise Architect October 2017 – Till Date

Responsibilities & Achievements

MTN Project BOOST – Back Office Operational Optimization Standardization and Transformation –MTN Group project to migrate on premise back-office ERPnapplications to Oracle Cloud ERP). The Lead Architect and member of MTN Nigeria Project BOOST IT Delivery team, My summary roles and achievement are:

Analysing and developing the business and technical Impact Analysis of replacing the current on premise ERP with Oracle Cloud ERP.

Analysed and documented the AS-IS business architecture, application landscape, application functions and related use cases to determine what would be migrated to Oracle Cloud ERP and what would remain on premise.

Developing the MTN Nigeria target BOOST ERP architecture landscape, detailed in the Conceptual Technology Model, Logical Technology Model, Integration Architecture, Physical technology Model, Application Functions.

Responsible for the planning and definition of the BOOST integration (SOA) infrastructure build specification VMs – CPU and Memory, including network settings, application traffic management (load balancing) specifications, security configurations, grants and rules definition, database and everything related.

Provide information about connectivity between MTN Nigeria SOA infrastructure and Oracle Cloud (PaaS, SaaS) environment, and also define basic security architecture guided by policies that should be employed in the implementation.

Defined the Integration Strategy for MTN Nigeria Project BOOST deployment. What resources will be used during the integration, such as API Gateway, OSB, OMFT, and how to connect to on premise and third party applications?

Responsible for end-2-end Solution Architecture documentation, BOOST Architecture Impact Analysis (AIA), and implementation guidance or manual for project BOOST.

Coordinate resolution of technical infrastructure related issues, ranging from connectivity, access, directory and permission, security, Load balancing issues and all technical infrastructure blockers to project progress.

Led several cut-over planning session to define detailed (pre-cutover, cut-over and post cut-over activities)

MTN Nigeria SOA Development and Integration Services - I oversee Oracle middleware service development and integration activities on Oracle Fusion Middleware for MTN Nigeria. My summary roles and achievement are:

Developed a flexible and robust technical architecture of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 12C and coordinated the build for the implementation, currently supporting 170 active web services, 300 use cases and daily transactions of about 9 million.

Analysis and approval APIs for development, review of HLD & LLD Low Level design as part of design assurance on integration services on the OFMW

Coordinated the build and the deployment of the OFMW Disaster Recovery Site instances for MTN Nigeria

Management of MTN Nigeria SOA planning and development team – Service design, API design, Design assurance functions on service APIs, Middleware infrastructure, and day-to-day change management on the middleware.

Management of technical infrastructure requirements, support, and OFMW infrastructure service deployment to Production OFMW and seamless handover to Production Support Team.

Conduct negotiation with the integrator based on work effort and other criteria for code change to ensure reduced CAPEX and OPEX

Guide the organisation to make the correct technology decisions, by promoting reuse of existing services; sustainability and scalability to achieve value for money

MTN Nigeria Private Cloud Deployment Program.– Program that resulted in the deployment of the DELL EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Machine in our primary and secondary Data Centres. My summary roles and achievement are:

Providing insight to constraints due to application and deployment architecture of legacy applications, due to the architecture impact analysis carried of deploying legacy applications on the new platforms. The positives were the re-architecture and upgrade of some of the legacy applications to maximize the benefits of the HCI and the Exadata.

Participated in several planning and design sessions prior to deployment of these platforms.

Training and workshops on the HCI and Exadata technologies

Coordinated several failover tests of applications and databases on the deployed platforms

Customer Experience Management Project – As the SPOC for MTN Nigeria IT on the Customer Experience Management Project. Analysed data, IT KQI, KPIs and dimensions, defined the formula for CEX.

Analysed the IT KQIs, corresponding KPIs and dimensions for CEX, identified source systems, provide sample data, analysed operational data at each application touchpoints.

Reviewed and defined Customer Experience Measurements matrix tailored to our 12 KQI and 50 KPI

Designed technical integration architecture of the Nokia CEM Tool to MTN Nigeria BSS for capturing KPIs.

Technical logistics for CX infrastructure deployment, engaged the Nokia team on shore and offshore on the deployment of Nokia CEM.

General Responsibilities

Carry out “Architectural Impact Analysis” (AIA) of every proposed business change (Demand or project) requirements to determine the impacted systems, level of impacts across the architectural landscape, optimal architecture that will support the translation of Business Requirements to best fit business solution.

Develop year-in year out IT Execution Plan for strategic and tactical business visions

Lead the evaluation of vendor solution targeted for possible integration into the MTN Nigeria application landscape systems or environment, including strategic applications, tools, and utilities.

Develop the capabilities roadmap for IT execution against the target business architecture and the business strategy, augmented with industry trends.

IT Strategy Creation - Captured the “as-is” or current state architecture; developed transition architecture; defined the “to-be” or target state architecture and developed roadmaps of project execution to reach the target state

Business Planning - Prepared business case, expose benefits and drivers, financial merits, regular presentation to senior management and at ARB

Developed architectural and strategic roadmaps for MTNN BSS Transformation plan, Workforce Digitalization, and Portal Consolidation among many others.

Act as a quality gate for architectural artefacts as well as a consultant for other specification artefacts at the request of the author or reviewer. Effectively communicate architectural vision to all stakeholders, ensuring buy-in and compliance

Provide consulting support to designers and integration engineers, application developers, Business Analysts and Project Manager within projects and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the outcomes are aligned with the overall enterprise architecture standard

Responsible for creating and documenting the technical solution architecture and e-2-e implementation and deployment across impacted domains

Regularly collaborates with the other Domain Architects, Subject Matter Experts, Support Consultants, and other external focus team to ensure that all designs and mappings fulfil the business requirements.

Partner directly with end users to interpret concepts and transform them into technical specifications for new enhancements and functionality.

Contribute to discussions about commercial contracts, procurement and sourcing strategies for domain IT resources

Promote and evangelise IT strategy and Enterprise Architecture across all teams and ensuring there is consensus and understanding across the business and IT

2.Enterprise Architect MTN Nigeria June 2012 – October 2017

Responsibilities & Achievements as Enterprise Architect

Employed best solution architecture practices to develop Solution Architecture for majority of MTN Nigeria ICT & Digital and Cloud solutions from year 2012 to 2015. Also, translated business requirements into Use Cases, designed and documented all artefacts in Mobile, ICT, Digital and Cloud projects

Worked with the MTN Nigeria EBU Product Managers, partners, Developers, database, middleware integration, networks, security team to deliver the complete solution that meets the business and Enterprise customer requirements.

Responsible for creating the technical solution architecture for a great number of MTNN ICT products.

Translated business requirements into detailed supporting architectures and designs

Documented all technical requirements and technical design solutions utilising enterprise architecture standards and tools

Defined and carried out research to determine Architectural Structures of proposed ICT & Digital and Cloud systems. Case in Point – (SAP Afaria Mobile Device Development (MDM), IT Orchestrator)

Experienced in the architecture and solution design of many of MTNN key Business systems that serves as enablers of ICT, Digital and Cloud solutions. like Agility CRM, Industrial Financial Systems (IFS) ERP, Oracle Middleware (ESF), Virtual Top-Up (VTU)), SharePoint, Oracle Web Center (OWC), Consolidated Payment Gateway (CPG) and a host of others.

Worked with Testers, Integrators and developers to ensure that all ICT & Digital. Mobile and Cloud solutions were developed and deployed within MTNN delivery framework, standards and Architecture Principles

Employed architectural overall best practice tools (UML tools), Frameworks (TOGAF) guidelines, modelling techniques & approaches for all ICT & Digital. Mobile and Cloud solutions architecture.

Managed technical progress of ICT & Digital. Mobile and Cloud solutions projects to ensure compliance with MTN Nigeria architectural principles.

Performed oversight function in all middleware (SOA), Customer Relationship Management (Agility) engagement a major enabler of all ICT & Digital Mobile and Cloud solutions for infrastructures and integration (API & Web service) requirements.

Technical Lead and SPOC for MTN Nigeria SharePoint Portals Consolidation project meant to boost future office automation, workforce mobility, staff collaboration and unified communication.

Led the design of over a 150 use cases spanning Customer Self-Service, SIM provisioning, bulk activation, billing, Order management etc. during MTNN Transformational Convergence project.

Developed architectural and strategic roadmaps for Optimizing SharePoint 2016 Portal in MTN Nigeria, Customer Self-Service Channels among many others.

Conducted and executed proofs-of-concept (POC) for critical enterprise capabilities like Customer Self-Servicing via Terminals (Microservices enablement of business services

Defined, documented and translated the following Enterprise Architecture Governance Processes and Practice Guidelines founded on TOGAF methodologies:

oMTN Nigeria Architecture Impact Analysis (AIA) template

oMTN Nigeria Enterprise Architecture Compliance Framework

oMTN Nigeria Enterprise Architecture Change Management Process

oMTN Nigeria Enterprise Architecture Asset Decommissioning Process

oMTN Nigeria Enterprise Architecture Exception Tracking Process

IT Investment Planning & Analysis - Prepare business case to expose benefits and drivers, financial merits – ROI, NPV, TCO and Project Plan of Execution (PPoE)

Regularly collaborates with the other Domain Architects, Subject Matter Experts, Support Consultants, and other external focus team to ensure that all definitions and mappings fulfil the data requirements of every application.

Some Other Reference Projects:

TPP Legacy OSB service migration

MTNN Convergence Phase 1 & 2

MTNN SmartApp

MTN Nigeria Consolidated Payment Gateway

Health Management Solution (HMS)

Intelligent Subscriber Registration

3.Enterprise Architect MTN Nigeria Sept. 2009 – May 2012

Responsibilities & Achievements as Enterprise Architect

Good EA tools experience (Mega, Provisio,) to support the practice of Enterprise Architecture, and decision making to transform the business by aligning organization’s priorities with measurable initiatives and tactical plans.

Developed architectural and strategic roadmaps for Optimizing SharePoint 2016 Portal in MTN Nigeria, Customer Self-Service Channels among many others.

Translated business requirements into systems qualities and repeatable design strategies and patterns, allowing for adaptability, scalability, availability, and reusability.

Conduct and execute proofs-of-concept (POC) for critical enterprise capabilities like Customer Self-Servicing via Terminals (Self-Service Terminal).

IT Investment Planning & Analysis - Prepare business case to expose benefits and drivers, financial merits – ROI, NPV, TCO and Project Plan of Execution (PPoE)

Regularly collaborates with the other Domain Architects, Subject Matter Experts, Support Consultants, and other external focus team to ensure that all definitions and mappings fulfil the data requirements of every application.

Some Other Reference Projects:

Web Self Service (WSS)

Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)

MTN Nigeria VTU Plus

Self Service Terminal (SST)

Operational Data Store (ODS)

Intelligent Subscriber Registration

4.Business Analyst MTN Nigeria Jan 2009 – August 2009.

Projects

MTNN Trade Partner Portal

Identity & Account Management Solution (IAM)

Responsibilities

The role involved analysis and modelling of all business requirements in alignment with MTNN SDLC

Clarified client requirements, business needs and project objectives, via feedback sessions and client meetings, in collaboration with all stakeholders.

Liaised with business and vendors to derive and execute action plans to meeting deadlines and standards.

Interfaced with business users and other stakeholders to prepare Business Process requirements document (BPR), User Requirements Specification document (URS), Functional Specification document (FSD) and Application Support Framework document

Participated in Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with stakeholders throughout SDLC to resolve open issues.

Worked with QA/Test team to design test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Prioritized outstanding defects and system problems, ensuring quality and deadlines were met.

Software Developer @ Eminent Technology. www.eminenttechnology.com Jan. 2008 – Dec.2008

Nigeria Software company that specializes in building web apps and web service backend on the top cloud platforms; also build engaging mobile app experiences for the top 3 mobile platforms - iOS, Android and Windows.

Responsibilities

Developed/User Business Requirement, Functional Specification and Deployment Instruction Documents.

Re-engineered existing applications, resulting in uncomplicated and improved user experience

Analysed requirements, created designs, developed quality web applications and solution

Planned code deployment, and general Change Management

Provided customer support and after delivery services

Notable Projects:

Electronic Proposal Management System (EPMS)

Expense Report

Solution Developer @ xceed365Ltd. https://xceed365.com/ Aug 2006 – Dec 2007

Nigeria Software Company that specializes in HR operations management software being used across the African continent.

Responsibilities

Developed code and application component, re-created application problems and resolve

Conducted testing and quality assurance prior to deployment

Analysed business processes, customize application to reduce costs and improve performance.

Led planning and analysis discussions, JAD sessions, and other project meetings throughout product life cycle.

Requirement elicitation, user training manual and instructional material development.

Notable Projects

Xceed™ Enterprise People Management Solution (EPMS)

NGPayroll & Xceed™ Approval Workflow Portal

Computer Technician – (National Youth Service Corp Secretariat, Birnin Kebbi) Sept. 2003 – Dec 2004

Responsibilities

Computer hardware management and maintenance

Software development and practices

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife, Nigeria 2002

Certifications:

AWS Solutions Architect Associate – in view

TOGAF 9 certified – May 2016

AWS Cloud Practitioner - October 2019

Arcitura Certified Cloud Professional – Sept 2015

COBIT 5 Certified – June 2017

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)

Trainings

Abacus Enterprise Architecture Modelling

Oracle SOA Adoption & Architecture Fundamentals

COBIT 5 Foundation Training

Arcitura Cloud Architect Certification Workshop

Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)

MTN Group Enterprise Architecture Metamodel

SafeNet Hardware Security Modules Training

The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF 9

Digital Service Transformation

Advanced Business Process Modelling Using ProVision 6.1

Mastercard E-Commerce Security

Novell Role Based Identity & Account Management Solution

Fundamentals of Business Analysis

SAP Afaria Mobile Device Management Platform Training

Oracle SOA Governance 11g Lifecycle Management

VCE Vblock Infrastructure Platforms Administration and Management Training

Mega Enterprise architecture training

Summary Technical Skills

Deep understanding and functional experience in the following areas:

EA Frameworks & Standards: Frameworxs: - (eTOM, TAM, SID), ODA, Open API, TOGAF, TROUX, COBIT, ITIL,

Architecture Tools: ABACUS, MEGA EA Tool, ProVision 6.1, MS Visio, UML, Archimate

Integration: SOA, REST API, Micro service, web services, OAG

Programming: C++\C#, .Net, MVC, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, PL\SQL, MS SQL, Linux

Cloud: AWS, Oracle: OCI, PaaS, SaaS), Azure, (Paas, SaaS)

Containerisation platform: Kubernetes, Docker

SDLC Methodologies: DevOps, Waterfall, SAFE(Scaled Agile Framework), Scrum/Agile, CI/CD

ECM – Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle Web Center, Documentum

Security solutions - Firewalls, WAF, PKI, VPN, SSO, MFA, IAM – Novell & Oracle

Server infrastructure - Hyper-converged Infrastructure platforms, Exadata Database Machine, Windows Server

References

References shall be provided upon request.

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