Lead, Technical at Standard Bank Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

To scope, plan, design and deliver complex end to end solutions against required standards and timelines in a capital markets and Investment banking Industry. To direct, guide and oversee technical solutions delivery, interpreting business requirements, defining technical tasks, engineer quality software, end to end testing and troubleshooting technical questions, software and database issues. To lead, manage and mentor Software-; Quality Engineers across identified delivery teams to build and improve Engineering capability.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum Qualifications: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology
• Preferred qualification: BSC Information Technology
• Industry related certifications e.g. Cloud certifications. Agile Software development methodologies and associated practices such as Continuous Integration, Software Defined Infrastructure, Evolutionary Architecture, etc

Experience Required

• 10 years plus: Engineering (includes Cloud and Resilience)
• Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions
• More than 10 years: Technology Practice (Domain) Management and Leadership
• Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment. Track record in capability and competency building and coaching of staff is required. Minimum 5-7 years' experience as a manager running a portfolio of 20+ technical experts

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Competencies:

• Exploring Possibilities
• Developing Strategies
• Making Decisions
• Embracing Change
• Team Working

Technical Competencies

Agile Development

• The knowledge and understanding of basic Agile/Lean methodologies and concepts.

IT Applications

• The knowledge and understanding of all relevant IT applications and architecture in order to perform required development and maintenance.

IT Knowledge

• Possesses a deep and broad knowledge base in fundamental IT technical skill sets. Stays informed on emerging trends.

Code Review

• The ability to understand an existing code base in order to analyse its behaviour and make fixes or enhancements to it.

IT Design Driven Development

• The ability to determine what code is necessary to achieve some specified functionality, particularly the higher-level structure or organisation of the code.

Refactoring

• The ability to revise existing code without impacting its functional behaviour.