Fractional Senior Integration Architect – SOW

1 week ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Intelpoint Consulting Full time 400,000 - 1,200,000 per year

Type:
Fractional (consulting)


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Commitment:
~8–12 hrs/week for 4–5 weeks


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Start:
ASAP (EAT)

Objective:
Own architecture, security, and production-readiness for Intelpoint's QuickBooks -eTIMS connector; coach junior, gate releases.

Scope of Work

  • Architecture & Security: target architecture, data model, threat model, secrets/TLS, logging/audit strategy.
  • Data & Compliance: finalize eTIMS schemas (Invoice/Credit Note incl. partial), VAT mapping rules, idempotency strategy.
  • Integration: supervise QBO (Zapier/PA or OAuth) and QBD (QWC/QBXML) flows; approve eTIMS sandbox handshake.
  • Reliability & Ops: retries/DLQ, daily reconciliation spec, metrics/alerts, runbooks.
  • Quality Gate: code reviews, test plan, release criteria; sign-off for pilot & production.
  • Handover: documentation, KT session, backlog/priorities.

Milestones, Artifacts & Acceptance Criteria

M1 – Architecture & Security (Week 1)

  • Artifacts: Architecture doc (diagram + components), threat model, data model, interface contracts (JSON Schemas).
  • Acceptance: Intelpoint sign-off; runnable scaffold bootstrapped; security checklist approved.

M2 – QBO MVP E2E (Week 1–2)

  • Artifacts: Mapping spec (QBO→eTIMS), test fixtures (VAT16/Zero/Exempt), ACK write-back design.
  • Acceptance: Demo: QBO→middleware→stub ACK→write-back; unit/E2E tests pass; idempotency keys in place.

M3 – eTIMS Sandbox Integration (Week 2–3)

  • Artifacts: Error catalog, retry matrix, DLQ spec.
  • Acceptance: Live sandbox submission (all scenarios) with recorded ACKs; non-2xx paths handled; reconciliation job plan drafted.

M4 – QBD Desktop E2E (Week 3–4)

  • Artifacts: QWC handler design, QBXML mapping, Desktop write-back plan.
  • Acceptance: Demo: QWC poll → QBXML parse → submit → ACK → write-back; progress "100" returned; tests green.

M5 – Ops Hardening & Handover (Week 4–5)

  • Artifacts: Runbooks (support, incident, rollback), dashboards/logs, go-live checklist, KT deck.
  • Acceptance: 3–5 consecutive green reconciliation runs in sandbox; Intelpoint team can operate without architect.

Ways of Working

  • Weekly 30-min checkpoint (EAT) + async PR reviews (≤1 business day).
  • Collaboration: GitHub, issues/PRs; Slack/Teams; short Looms for walkthroughs.

Commercials & Terms (suggested)

  • Engagement: Time & Materials (weekly invoicing) or fixed per milestone.
  • NDA, IP & Code Ownership: All deliverables "work-for-hire" owned by Intelpoint.
  • Assumptions/Dependencies: KRA sandbox credentials; test QBO/QBD company; client QBO admin access; availability for reviews.

  • Change Control: Any scope outside milestones to be quoted/approved before work.

  • If you are a perfect fit, share your CV and work at github on
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