Absa Bank New Job Available
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
POSITION: Lead Architect
Job Summary
Design & deliver fit for purpose, business strategy-aligned, high-impact, cross-domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions.
Job Description
Architecture
- Firstly, Leverage a solid & deep understanding of the organization’s strategy to identify, design & deliver relevant, scalable, testable, re-usable technology solutions
- Secondly, Work with the broader architecture team to analyse customer requirements & current state business capabilities to support the specification/framing ‘of the business problems we are aiming to solve’ with each solution design or solution evolution
- Thirdly, Leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesize a solution design (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem
- Then, Participate in design thinking processes to successfully deliver solution blueprints & associated roadmaps
- Also, Create components of complex end-to-end solution blueprints / lower complexity solution blueprints & ensure these can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch & commercialization)
- Moreover, Contribue to the design & implementation of detailed feasibilities & business cases
- Furthermore, Work with project/program management teams to design solution roadmaps through which the solution can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch and commercialization)
- Thereafter, Work embedded, as part of a delivery team, to ensure the successful design & implementation of solution blueprints or components thereof
- Besides that, Ensure that the detail of the solution (across all architecture domains) is accurate to the implementation of the initiative, true to the bank’s architectural principles/preferences, implementable by the different teams involved in the solution
- Additionally, Work as part of embedded delivery teams to conduct solution reviews, code reviews, testing and other disciplines associated with solution design & delivery
- Afterward, Ensure a solid understanding of emerging & evolving architectural principles
- Last but not least, Contribute to the architectural body of knowledge
- Finally, Contribute to the design & evolution of architectural principles and preferences
People
- Participate in peer & dev team reviews (code, solution, testing, etc.) and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutions & evolving architectural practices
- Build & evolve the architectural capability of Delivery teams across the business – through active coaching & information/knowledge sharing
- Work as a high-performance contributor as part of agile delivery teams across the organization & continuously improve skills & knowledge in agile/other practices for successful delivery
Financial, Risk & Governance
- Proactively identify solution design & delivery risk & associated mitigating strategies throughout the development/initiative lifecycle
- Apply the organization’s risk & governance frameworks
- Ensure solution designs align with the organisation’s regulatory, compliance & governance frameworks
- Proactively involve/engage chapter & guild leads in solution decision making, applying an enterprise-wide lens to product & service development
- Deliver on time & on budget (always)
Education
Bachelor’s Degree: Information Technology (Required)
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Closing Date: 10th July. 2022
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