Career Opportunities at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• Responsible for providing guidance to different business areas on the Architectural Integration Strategy which includes the collaboration with various business areas regarding their integration related initiatives, understanding those initiatives and then relaying to the Enterprise Architecture team any gaps in the strategy that has been identified. Also works as an advocate and laisse with Information Services, Technology operational teams and Centres of Excellence, identifying technology requirements and researching possible solutions.  Identify operational opportunities and develop Architectures consistent with the enterprise strategy and vision. Serves as POCLAC 1 Architect in relevant Journeys/Asset. Drives Architectural input into the Programme Increment Planning, setting up and maintaining Integration guardrails, reference architectures and roadmaps. 
• Provide leadership and vision for the optimisation and rationalisation of the Integration domain aimed at increasing capability and/or IT cost savings and/or IT Service Levels. Provide mentorship and coaching w.r.t. the Integration domain technologies to Architecture and technical teams within the organisation

Key Responsibilities

• Define Current-state Capability Architectures
• Define Future-state Capability Architectures
• Define Roadmap for transformation from current to future state Capability Architectures
• Organisational understanding and alignment around emerging Domain technologies
• Define and enforce Capability Architecture Principles/ Guardrails/ Roadmaps
• Define and enforce Domain Standards
• Determine Domain Technical Debt Rating
• Participation in Architecture Review Board and Solution Alignment Forum
• Consult to programmes (In time, on budget, great quality)
• Engage user community
• Become Preferred technology advisor by business units

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

•     Degree in Information technology/Engineering in Information Technology - BSc Computer Science, Honours, Engineering or equivalent degree

Preferred Qualification

• Degree or Honours or above degree in Information Technology/Software Engineering/Computer Science
• Cloud certification
• TOGAF Certification/ Zachman Certification
• SAFE certification

Minimum Experience Level

• At least 5 year Architecture related experience – Solutions/Business/Domain/Enterprise: (essential disqualifier – relevant industry experience)
• Integration Architecture experience essential
• Advantageous experience (not a disqualifier):
  • Business Analysis
  • System Analysis
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Cloud architecture
  • Multi Enablement

Skills (Technologies, systems or software knowledge etc.):

• Banking Experience
• Integration Architecture experience including Architectures such as Message Queueing, Enterprise Service Bus, Managed File Transfer, WAS, IIB, Web Services Frameworks products and tools, other IBM Integration Products
• Advanced knowledge and application of a variety of hardware and software platforms and integrated information systems
• Basic Security architecture knowledge 
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Event Frameworks
• API/JSON/REST and SOAP
• TOGAF
• Assertiveness and ability to influence and reason with key stakeholders
• Able to work in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical, Logical, Lateral and Creative Thinking
• Able to integrate disparate concepts into a cohesive whole
• Able to reason at various levels of abstraction

 
Behavioural Competencies

• Collaborating
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials
• Managing Work
• Resolving Conflict
• Technology Savvy

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Job Purpose

• To apply  specialisation Under minimal direction within SAP projects and technical expertise that meets customer business needs by interacting with stakeholders to define requirements and priorities.  Performs systems analysis, solution design, develop, supports and maintains SAP system.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality and  financial goals by operating within agreed budget and by conforming to the Service Level Agreements.
• Plans and prioritise work outputs with a realistic sense of time an resources involved. Ensure  conformance to programming and/or configuration standards and /or documentation in line with best practices.
• Investigate and propose enhancements which will result in improved performance.
• Works under limited supervision of mentor/Senior in supporting the achievement of project/deliverables.
• Highlights potential project or solution risks and issues to project management.
• Act in a technical integration specialist  role across various SAP disciplines.
• Actively support other team members on projects as well as SAP internal tasks.
• Consult on SAP landscape according to agreed standards.
• Provide input and oversight into testing and implementation of SAP programs.
• Takes ownership in insuring that internal customers expectations  are met.
• Prioritise and/or integrate multiple projects /tasks concurrently.
• Provide input  to highlight inter dependencies between projects and support.
• Identify and Mitigate risk.
• Keep up to date on Nedbank strategy and SAP technologies.
• Takes a disciplined approach and works effectively towards clear objectives and prioritises.
• Analyses and appropriately judges the pro's, cons, opportunities and risks of a problem.
• Effectively resolves complex problems using creative approaches outside area of expertise.
• Continually develop core skills, cross-functional expertise and business knowledge.
• Coach and mentor other resources in technical.reparation of SAP Process Procedures, test scenarios, end-user documentation and user manuals.
•  Configured and Implemented GRC Access Control Access control GRC 12.0
•  Develop Sap authorizations strategy, SAP Role Requirement gathering, Design, Development, and Maintenance of SAP applications security. 
•  Interfaced extensively with clients to gain insight and develop solutions to meet customer business needs across the entire SAP landscape.
•  Handling security for various modules/systems: BI / BW, FI, HCM,SF, and GRC
• Produce and analyze reports in SAP using SUIM, and security related tables (AGR*, USR*, etc), and customized Query reports. 
•  LSMW, scripts development for user and authorizations maintenance. SAP security Technical Auditing
• SAP security Process Evaluation and Advisory User Access Provisioning Management, using CUA 
•  Updating transactions via SU24 (managing authorization objects) 
•  Maintain transactions selection and authorization objects in activity groups 
• Designing and building roles using PFCG including complex design restrictions and use of RSECADMIN 
• Assist in security gap analysis and defect Management 
• Troubleshooting (SU53, SM19/20 and ST01) 
• User Administration and Role maintenance
• Creation of monthly audit reporter (SUIM) 

 
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

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

Preferred Qualification

• Bcom/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree  

Preferred Certifications

• Preferred certified in more than one  SAP module /ASAP certification 

Minimum Experience Level

•  5 years plus SAP Functional experience 
• Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Technical Proficiency
• Quality assurance
• Relevant project and process applications
• Troubleshooting

Behavioural Competencies

• Managing Work
• Building Customer Loyalty
• Decision Making
• Quality Orientation
• Continuous Learning
• Innovation