Senior Technical Consultant at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To be the custodian of technical thought leadership within Group Technology (GT) environment by providing expertise, guidance and advice that relates to the integration of solutions across multiple technologies, and the supporting-processes such that GT is able to deliver sustainable and quality solutions in alignment to the overall strategy of the Bank whilst growing the technical expertise within the organisation.

Job Responsibilities

• Create a competitive advantage by consulting and providing advice on systems, processes, frameworks and products in line with the company strategy.
• Ensure the delivery of the design through consulting, identifying and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Keep GT accountable for all technical deliverables.
• Provide guidance and support regarding technology discussions to executive management in order for them to make quality decisions.
• Upskill stakeholders on technical designs and provide technical mentoring to all technical roles.
• Obtain buy-in on deliverables from sponsors and executives by presenting at Executive meetings.
• Direct, facilitate, participate and contribute to technical forums.
• Ensure test strategy covers full end to end technology stack including non-functional requirements through consulting, identifying and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Position best practice software development methodologies and identify bottlenecks in the application development process.
• Identify possible conflicts across deliverables and technologies and recommend suitable solutions.
• Ensure risks are mitigated by identifying and raising risks on deliverables and strategies and proposing solutions.
• Identify emerging technologies that will give Nedbank a competitive advantage.
• Be part of the journey of proving and productionalising emerging technologies.
• Participate in severities and high impact problem resolution and provide expert guidance and solutions on technical problems.
• Ensure transition to the future mode of operation by participating in shaping the enterprise architecture roadmap through consulting, identifying and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment to Nedbank environment and legislative requirements by reviewing and providing advice on product or technology specific standards.
• Perform independent research on technology best practice.
• Identify individuals that could perform a specialist role and actively participate in their development.
• Participate in industry forums and keep up to date with emerging technologies.
• Manage the technical specialist career stream.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Relevant technical qualification/ certification or equivalent experience
• Matric with Maths

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 15 years experience in an IT environment across infrastructures of which at least 5 years as Multi Discipline Specialist at Nedbank in the IBM Mainframe environment with advanced exposure to COBOL, DB2, CICS program development.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Information Technology concepts
• Advanced IBM Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, DB2 and JCL experience
• Expert at problem solving
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• Strong analysis and design and the ability to do end-to-end designs
• Role relevant related technologies
• Service orientated Architecture (SOA)
• IT Solutions Architecture
• IT Infrastructure Architecture
• Knowledge across multiple technologies
• IT Risk and security principes
• Multiple operating system
• Systems Analysis and design
• GT specific operational knowledge
• ITIL

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Influencing
• Building Partnerships
• Adaptability
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials
• Building Trusting Relationships