Job Opportunities at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Deliver day-to-day knowledge work, in order to execute predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Job Description

• FAIS Fit and Proper Requirements Applicable to this Role (Advice and Intermediary Service):
• FSCA-Approved Qualification
• Regulatory Exam for Representatives (RE5)
• Experience As Per the FAIS Act
• Product Specific Training once Onboarded
• Class Of Business Training
• Continuous Professional Development
• Attest To Honesty, Integrity, and Good Standing

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
   

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Job Summary

• Deliver day-to-day knowledge work, in order to execute predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Job Description

• FAIS Fit and Proper Requirements Applicable to this Role (Advice and Intermediary Service):
• FSCA-Approved Qualification
• Regulatory Exam for Representatives (RE5)
• Experience As Per the FAIS Act
• Product Specific Training once Onboarded
• Class Of Business Training
• Continuous Professional Development
• Attest To Honesty, Integrity, and Good Standing

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• Work as part of an integrated (run & build) tribe to provide enterprise wide application support across multiple stakeholder groups (in high complexity environments) by maintaining & optimizing enterprise-grade applications (tech products & services) & building capability in others to do the same.

Job Description

Devops & Support

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills to solve technical problems on existing applications & to provide recommendations for the continuous improvement of applications
• Partner with senior Product Engineers to support problem resolution & critical thinking processes when the complexity level goes beyond support (coordinate resolution)
• Lead the implementation of all configuration, optimization (e.g. upgrades) & maintenance activity (e.g. regular maintenance patches) for enterprise wide applications
• Schedule and oversee planned maintenance tasks, such as backups and performance tuning, for products & services in production
• Manage & oversee all application documentation updates, inventories & improvements as well as their distribution to end users & other business stakeholders
• Lead the change & communication planning & implementation processes for all application support processes (Across Tribes & Squads)
• Ensure minimal business operations impact due to upgrades and maintenance activities
• Oversee end to end application implementation and configuration, patches, upgrades and maintenance, and ensuring that application performance meets agreed SLAs and OLAs
• Coordinate and execute unplanned maintenance tasks, such as disaster recovery procedures, tech products & services in production to prevent and to minimize issues
• Manage applications throughout their lifecycle and lead the application-related aspects of designing, testing, operating and improving technology products & services
• Coordinate with centres of enablement including service engineering, information security, infrastructure & architecture teams to define permissions, guidelines etc. & ensure that the impact of system / platform migrations / changes on applications is minimised
• Act as the expert in application functionality, user workflow, and business processes & build the team to do the same
• Develop expertise in application infrastructure (server, network, security) & broader organization architecture to coach & mentor teams in application support such as upgrades, maintenance etc. and complex issue resolution
• Manage the delivery of SLA’s across application support teams for a particular product & service
• Work with business & tribe leads to define & agree SLA’s for various applications
• Lead the governance, risk & control processes across application teams for a particular product / service including e.g. backup systems, business operations files etc.
• Provide advisory & lead software installation and upgrades, troubleshooting problems and providing resolutions.
• Manage application vendors and suppliers and corresponding license and support contracts where applicable
• Review user programming requests for new applications or modifications, and determine appropriate priority and response.
• Lead RFP processes & make recommendations (feasibilities, business case etc.) for applications being considered for purchase, and provide recommendations based on findings.
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and customers, external solution providers, and Tech stakeholders for all application support specific requirements
• Lead the development & implementation of all project & associated integration planning requirements for application support
• Ensure sustainable & consistent efficient and effective application support across application support team including continued development of the application and security, software patches, reliability, disaster recovery and ensure the application meets the business needs
• Drive all capability building through a defined and integrated capability building plan for the application across multiple stakeholder groups (end users, 3rd parties etc.)
• Supervise and maintain the organization's repository of applications
• Lead & manage best practice development practices across the application

Application Monitoring & Performance Management

• Conduct ongoing reviews & performance monitoring (proactive & reactive diagnostics) for applications
• Leverage performance insights to advise, coach & guide application users on optimal application usage & management
• Leverage performance monitoring insights to identify risks & opportunities for continuous improvement
• Drive the consistent and sustainable delivery of SLA’s across the application & enhance SLA’s for the benefit of the business based on the monitoring conducted
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices to continuously improve applications & their associated performance
• Provide performance & trend reporting to improve advisory services across Tech & for improved customer impact

Governance, Risk & Control

• Hold the one stop shop ‘accountability’ for all governance, risk & controls for identified applications
• Contribute to the enhancement of governance, risk & control procedures across the application
• Enhance & author (or contribute to new) IT processes & standards for application support e.g. post configuration transitions to production, user guidelines, support standards, capacity management, event management etc.
• Ensure application resilience and minimal business disruption related to the application
• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post config, optimization / maintenance)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals)
• Participate in & in some cases lead the incident management & DR activity for the application – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

People

• Coach & mentor the support engineering team
• Conduct peer & individual reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization
• Participate as a subject matter expert in the attraction, retention, resourcing development & development planning of the broader support engineering team
• Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
   

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Job Summary

• Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.

Job Description

Purpose of the role

• The Risk and Finance Tech team is looking for a skilled C# Developer to work on code and .Net solutions with Kubernetes development experience who is highly skilled and can work independently. You will be responsible for implementing design patterns for distributed systems, configuring and managing CI/CD pipelines. Designing, writing, and maintaining C# code for our future and existing projects. Participate in design and planning discussions, as well as develop ways for current coding problems.
• Experience with microservices, containers, and Kubernetes is required. The developer will also be responsible 

Key Responsibilities:

• Create actionable C# solutions and services
• Work on creating feature-rich scheduling, tracking, and reporting solutions
• Perform checks to detect technical risks and difficulties connected to projects, then report and propose a solution strategy
• Create, integrate, and test new features in a variety of apps
• Maintain frequent communication with team members and work closely with them throughout the development process
• Write C# code that is clean, efficient, scalable, and dependable Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• Create and nurture highly available systems on Kubernetes

Competencies 

• Ability to research and grasp new concepts at a fast pace
• Excellent English and effective communication skills
• Planning and organizing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations

Knowledge, skills and experience required 

• Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application is evident
• 8+ years’ development experience
• Cross domain knowledge
• Min 3 – 5 years of experience working with Microservices (Kubernetes, Containerization, Rancher, Docker) with C# experience being key critical
• Capability to collaborate with a group of developers
• Experience with full-stack development
• Well-versed in technologies such as C#, JavaScript, and Postgres databases
• Strong expertise in DevOps and CI/CD implementation
• Thorough knowledge of cloud-native development
• Experience with container technologies like Docker
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural patterns
• Familiar with complex event processing and event-driven architecture
• Agile methodology
• Working experience and knowledge of the SQL and C# ecosystem

Basic cloud knowledge

• Business knowledge Finance domain - advantageous

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
   

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Job Summary

• An exciting opportunity exists in the Absa Group Credit Risk function, specifically within the Credit Risk Regulatory Reporting (ARO) team. The main focus of this position is to ensure the consistency and overall accuracy of all credit risk related reporting, information, queries, commentary, and supplementary data, submitted to the Prudential Authority (PA) timeously. The role is critical for overall compliance with the Banks Act and the Regulations.

Job Description

Accountability: Risk Performance Management

• Ensuring the end-to-end integrity of the Credit RWA results including processes and procedures.
• Deliver high quality timeous value adding reports through automated solutions ensuring RDARR compliant credit reporting with the articulation of limitations as required.
• Provide oversight and supervision to the Reporting function, ensuring that activities of the department are consistent and in compliance with policy, governance and regulations.
• Provide insight on performance and results made available by the function.
• Manage the aggregation, consolidation and reporting of results, to ensure it meets the needs of all key stakeholders (Exco, Board Members, Divisional Heads etc.) where deemed appropriate.
• Oversee and/or provide input into all credit related reporting to Executives, Group Credit Risk Committee and External Stakeholders as and when required.
• Ensure that the quality and narrative in credit reports are of a high standard with data accuracy and meaningful interpretation of paramount importance.
• Develop measures to monitor, analyze and aggregate risk performance across products making it possible to pinpoint unexpected trends proactively.
• Automate monthly, daily and repetitive reporting in an efficient manner ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Engage with and build strong working relationships with CROs and their teams across ARO.
• Drive continuous process efficiency, rigor and controls. Pioneer and implement risk best practices, digital solutions and effective change enablement. Contribute to building a scalable, digitally-led business.
• Take the lead on change management on all regulations prescribed by Bank Acts and Directives related to Credit RWA.
• Ensure compliance and embedment of Basel guidelines as per PA requirements.
• Assisting with the direction of the ARO Reg. Reporting Team in respect of Prudential Credit Risk.
• Define Credit RWA data requirements to support ARO Credit RWA Reporting execution processes.
• Support the enhancement and design of ARO Credit Reg. Reporting Team execution processes, including calculation engines.
• Oversight and review responsibility for the monthly BA610 Section E returns, Large Exposure Reporting, and bi-annually BA200 and BA210.
• Bi-annual Pillar 3 disclosures oversight, preparation and review.
• Ensure internal audit trail of the regulatory reporting functions is following local regulatory procedures, standards and policies.
• Develop and support analytics around Data Quality and process efficiency.
• Develop metrics to drive process improvements, process enhancements and enhanced controls.
• Drive, facilitate and track capital optimization initiatives.
• End-to-end regulatory capital process optimization and results accuracy.
• Enforce routine of periodic self-assessments on key controls to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of existing controls.
• Contribute to a stringent controls environment and policy implementation.
• Attend relevant meetings to provide feedback of ARO Credit RWA results.
• Acting as a primary point of engagement on specific regulatory return / process audits (both internal and external) related to ARO Credit Risk.
• Advise senior management and promote understanding of credit risk and counterpart credit risk relating to SARB regulations.
• To provide guidance and advise both internal and external auditors on Credit Risk regulatory issues.
• Assisting other departments on the interpretation and application of the PA rules applicable to Credit Risk.
• Regulatory change management, presentations and tracking.
• Acting as the primary contact for the annual reg. 46 audit, including the tracking, management and closure of audit findings with Group Finance.
• Maintaining a working relationship with Group Finance, including the monthly / quarterly review of Credit RWA numbers prior to PA submission.
• Develop internal team capability together with the leadership team of the function with a focus on regulatory expertise, talent management, development, resourcing and retention.
• Motivate team members through coaching and mentoring them to perform optimally around the vision and values, create a sense of urgency and excitement around the business and ensure that they strive to deliver optimally.

Preferred Education and Experience 

• CA (SA) – preferred
• B Degree in Finance or Risk Management
• Solid knowledge and experience of BASEL III/ BASEL IV / IFRS9/ Pillar 3 / regulatory reporting on standardized and advanced approach
• SAS knowledge and experience – Analysis & reporting, programming, data modelling, data analysis
   

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Job Summary

• To support the Head: Credit Portfolio Management and Regulatory Reporting in establishing and leading a dedicated oversight and control capability to drive continuous improvements in credit risk regulatory reporting. 
• This includes:
• Leading the delivery of second line of defense activities to effectively control the quality of credit risk regulatory reporting across Absa Group (BA200 series, BA340, BA500, BA610 Section E, BA701, Large Exposure Reporting, supplementary reporting and Pillar 3).
• Lead, develop and improve the risk and control environment of credit risk regulatory reporting across change, data, process, systems, operations and governance.
• Drive the formulation, maintenance and embedment of control objectives into substantive actions resulting in effective oversight and control of credit risk regulatory reporting.

Job Description

Accountability:  Risk Control and Governance

• Maintain a full understanding of the end-to-end credit risk regulatory reporting production process (data, process, methodologies, systems, operations and governance) throughout the Group, as well as understanding the underlying operational risk drivers, emerging risks and potential consequences of developing trends.
• Proactively engage with regulatory data production leaders across Business Units and Group functions, providing advice and challenge on data management techniques, the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of controls, and the state of the overall control and operational environment.
• Oversee the design, maintenance and embedment of governance and control activities in credit risk regulatory reporting and provide advice and guidance on improvement projects and initiatives for the team.
• Provide ongoing advice and strategic direction on monitoring and managing the risk and control environment across Absa Group and its legal entities in terms of best practice procedures, policies, legislative and regulatory operations.
• Design and implement an operating model to drive effective engagement with data and process owners as well as other oversight and assurance partners across the full value chain of credit risk regulatory reporting.
• Develop tools, metrics and analytics that will enable senior management to understand and monitor the overall quality and accuracy of data being consumed, produced and reported in credit risk regulatory processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Ensure appropriate early warning mechanisms are in place to flag any deterioration in the risk and control environment for regulatory reporting. Proactively communicate the potential consequences to senior management. Report key control failures and/or risk events to senior management and the operational risk team.
• Drive the resolution of audit findings and remediation of gaps in data quality, processes and controls identified by assurance partners.
• Provide training to production teams on design and implementation of effective controls and data quality validation and monitoring.
• Ensure ongoing compliance of data management practices, operational processes and controls with BCBS239 principles for Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting and the Group’s RDARR Policy.
• Ongoing monitoring of data quality and optimization initiatives to identify and mitigate the build-up of inaccurate and incomplete data, processes, methodology and operational performance.
• Develop metrics to track operational efficiency, drive data quality and process improvements and enhanced controls.
• Drive, facilitate and track credit risk optimization initiatives.
• Contribute to the strong controls environment and policy implementation/reviews.
• Maintain expert level technical knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements and disclosure rules.
• Prepare operational performance updates to internal data management and production oversight forums including Group Regulatory Reporting, ARO FD Forum and the Regulatory Review Committee.
• Maintain Management Control Approach and Critical Process assessments relating to credit risk regulatory reporting.
• Partner and collaborate with assurance partners across Absa Group to ensure control testing for credit risk regulatory reporting is planned and executed effectively, providing guidance on review priorities.
• Develop and implement frameworks for incorporating ESG metrics into credit risk regulatory reporting.
• Ensure compliance with emerging ESG regulations and reporting standards relevant to credit risk and provide insights to senior management on potential impacts.
• Lead regular crisis simulation exercises (e.g. regulatory fire drills) to test the effectiveness of ad-hoc reporting solutions and identify areas for improvement.

Accountability:  Stakeholder and Relationship Management

• Engage with key internal and external partners such as Group Regulatory Reporting, Technical Accounting Group, internal and external audit, and the Prudential Authority. Primary engagement partner for external audit on Reg 46 audits.
• Lead by example in building strong internal and external relationships, displaying excellent abilities to initiate strategic dialogue and listen, advice, influence, negotiate and present at different levels.
• Establish and nurture influential relationships with a wide network across the organization in order to identify synergies and optimally leverage relationships, knowledge, services and resources to provide superior solutions.
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders who are based in geographies outside South Africa through regular engagement and knowledge sharing.
• Participate in key regulatory reporting oversight committees across Absa Group representing Group Credit Risk and provide thought- leadership and direction on regulatory reporting priorities.
• Represent the Bank in industry forums (e.g. BASA) and associations relevant to credit risk in order to keep up to date with the latest developments in credit risk regulatory reporting.

Accountability: People Management 

• Provide clear direction to team members on the strategic plan and key focus areas and ensure their understanding and buy-in.
• Develop a culture of proactive compliance, risk management and innovation within the team and the function as a whole.
• Proactively contribute to a progressive team environment by positively driving teamwork and change.
• Promote knowledge transfer, personal development activities and ongoing learning, and collaboration within the team.
• Determine and analyze development needs for the team and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed. 

Accountability:  Change and programme management 

• Lead implementation of regulatory change for credit risk regulatory reporting.
• Provide leadership and guidance on appropriate change initiatives that will improve the overall quality of credit data and regulatory production processes, such as new controls and analytical reviews.
• Lead the investigation of alternative solutions and assist in making comprehensive recommendations where deficiencies exist.
• Assist in the oversight and execution of regulatory change initiatives (e.g. integration of Basel IV into business-as-usual, regulatory remediation). Advise on the impacts of regulatory change on credit risk regulatory reporting in governance and project forums.
• Monitor, analyze and report on the likely impact of upcoming changes in regulatory requirements on credit risk RWA (e.g. Basel IV framework) and make recommendations to senior management on possible or tactical/strategic responses.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of data infrastructure, including cloud solutions, to support scalable and efficient data management practices.

Preferred Education & Experience

• CA (SA) or equivalent, BSc degree Honors, MBA or a related NQF Level 9 equivalent qualification.
• At least 10 years experience in the Banking or Audit sector (Financial Services).
• At least 10 years risk management experience in a senior governance or audit role with experience of the Banking regulatory reporting process.
• Excellent understanding of banking regulations and regulatory reporting.

Education

• Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)
   

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Job Summary

• Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

Job Description

Infrastructure Delivery

• The implementation of simple and moderately complex changes to NSX ALB (Avi) Load Balancer and Infoblox estate 
• Negotiate timescales with project stakeholders to meet the business objective.
• Lead and drive solutions that meet the requirements and are compliant with Absa Standards
• Prepare documentation that explains the technical solution clearly, to various stakeholders who may have a different level of technical skills.
• Support Junior Team members on advising and recommending complex technical solutions focusing on requirements and planning to meet client needs.
• Accountable for individual results, and the impact of the individual results on the wider LB & DDI team

Infrastructure Maintenance

• Maintain or enhance systems infrastructure components and services to ensure that infrastructure is in a vendor-supported and standards-compliant state.

Service Support

• React quickly and as necessary to systems errors and service problems to minimize downtime and restore service.
• Attend incident resolution calls and be able to articulate basic technical issues as seen on the systems, understand the actions required, and perform the actions and then report back on the outcomes.

Identification of root cause and implementation of a permanent fix.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Analytical ability covering the incident recovery of complex technical issues
• Ability to complete root cause identification and eradication
• Ability to lead pro-active service and process improvement.

Risk and Control Objective

• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework, and internal ABSA Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-starter, able to work unsupervised in addition to being a strong team player.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work and adapt to an increasingly global operating model.
• An understanding of the project lifecycle and Agile Principles with emphasis on validation and live implementation phases.
• Skilled in incident, problem and change management.
• Specific software knowledge desirable for the role: -

A good understanding of:

• Load Balancing (NSX ALB – AVI)
• DNS / DHCP (Infoblox)
• SSH

Infrastructure knowledge/other: -

A basic understanding of:

• LDAP
• Firewalls, routing and switching ad standard network related areas
• Wireshark, Netscout, ThousandEyes and other monitoring tools
• TCP/IP

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
   

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Job Summary

• To provide specialist advice and support in the development and implementation of quantitative analytics, planning and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques; enabling the provision of sound product development expertise.

Job Description

• The Independent Validation Unit within Model Risk is looking to hire a Model Validation Analyst to conduct the validation of models focuses on identifying, mitigating and monitoring of key model risks. The Model Risk function is a group level function that covers all models used across AGL. This role will provide you with the opportunity to engage with various stakeholders across all business units and hence allow you to build an excellent understanding of the bank.
• You will conduct validations on a diverse range of AGL models, produce validation reports, negotiate the findings & actions with internal & external stakeholders and influence the continuous improvement of model quality & use.
• These areas make use of a wide range of models (Regulatory Capital, Economic Capital, impairments, pricing, behavioural, application, stress-testing, valuation, derivatives, insurance risk, etc.) and cover products used across all of AGL’s business units.
• Opportunities to gain experience across validation teams and within the greater Model Risk team are possible and encouraged by management.
• Risk Management: Providing Subject Matter Expertise to Risk types
• Stakeholder Management: Build and Maintain effective Relationships with relevant stakeholders Risk Reporting: Identify, assess and Report key risks arising from significant events, investigations, audit and control issues

Risk and Control: Adherence to Policies, Procedures and Regulations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas in Maths/Stats/Actuarial Science.
• Coding skills in Python, R or C# will be an advantage.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
   

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Job Summary

• Technical Lead Developers required for a new BTB Support team in CIB Market Risk Technology. Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.

Job Description

Key critical skills and experience required:

• Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application is evident.
• ​Min 8 years of development experience in Python, C# 4.5 and up, .Net core, C++, MS SQL, XSLT
• Technical skills: Software Design and Development, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, Release Management
• Financial Markets / Mathematical Finance experience
• Relevant Market Risk Product knowledge
• Ability to identify, solve problems and build solutions
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder’s management skills
• Ability to perform in a challenging and dynamic environment

​Advantageous:

• Experience in Front Arena (or equivalent system) development / consulting projects
• Experience in: Front Arena AEF: ACM, AEL, ADFL, ASQL
• Investment Banking / Capital Markets IT domain experience
• Functional skills: In depth understanding of asset classes such as equity, Fixed Income, Credit, FX, their valuation models and product lifecycle, Financial Risk Management, Regulatory and risk reporting, trading and Position management.
• Knowledge of FA components such as PRIME, ADS, AMB, AMBA, ATS, AMWI, PACE, APS, AFG-AMB, SWIFT adapters, Adaptiv Docs etc.

Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
• Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application. To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin/Jaeger etc.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.)
• Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.
• Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization
• Why might you be interested in this role?
• Learn the domain of Corporate and Investment Banking
• Open international career opportunities by learning an industry-leading trading and risk platform
• Help to build and grow a high-performing development team
• Contribute to improving and modernising software development practices
• Work for one of South Africa's leading Banks and top employers of choice
• Earn highly competitive compensation and benefits
• Enjoy continuous growth and development with opportunities to move within the Bank
• Receive financial support for continued learning (courses, certifications, tertiary, etc.)

We have a culture that values:

• Ownership and autonomy
• Diversity and the unique contribution of individuals
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Continuous improvement
• Innovation
• Agile ways of work
• Experimenting without fear of failure

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
   

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Job Summary

• Drive the design and delivery of complex fit for purpose, business strategy-aligned, high impact, cross domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions & build architectural capability in Dev teams across an estate.

Job Description

The Everyday Banking Integration (EBI Architect) team within Everyday Banking Core Technology is looking for a Lead Solution Architect who meets the following criteria and or requirements:

• Candidate must have previous system development experience, with a preference for Java back end development.
• Experience in Springboot, Cubernetes, Jenkins and AWS is an advantage
• Candidate need to have strong problem solving skills, and need to be able to work with complex system design incorporating multiple systems.
• Well developed communication skills, as architecture need to be negotiated between parties and presented to various approval forums.
• Knowledge of infrastructure and technical ability is required as part of the role may be to trouble shoot problems along with the development teams. Also required to look at toolsets and DB structures as part of design.
• Identify best cloud architecture solution to meet strategic goals (Migration from On-prem to Cloud)
• Ability to implement well architected principal solution by designing on the following principles: secure, cost optimization, scalable and fault tolerance capabilities
• Leverage a solid & deep understanding of the organization strategy to identify, design & deliver relevant, scalable, testable, re-usable technology solutions•
• Work in collaboration with delivery teams to independently analyse customer requirements & varying business capabilities & leverage analysis to identify & accurately spec / frame ‘the complex business problems we are aiming to solve’ with each solution design or solution evolution
• Through the above processes, leverage emotional, social & business / commercial quotient to understand consumers and the broader range of stakeholders, their opinions & perspectives and reconcile these within the solution designs (negotiation skills and dealing with complex and divergent stakeholder opinions are a must)
• Leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise a solution design (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem
• Lead design thinking processes to successfully deliver solution blueprints & associated roadmaps
• Create end to end solution blueprints & ensure these can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch & commercialization)
• Design & or contribute to the design & implementation of detailed feasibilities & business cases
• Leverage a strong engineering background to make the right choices in solution design – this knowledge includes but is not limited to: domain driven design, loosely coupled integration, microservices and other modern software design practices
• The above extends to identifying the best fit tools to be used for a particular solution, understanding those that would not be a good choice and leveraging researching skills to pivot towards something better
• Assume ‘one stop’ shop accountability for solution blueprint design & delivery decisions within an organization based on the above
• Work with project / program management teams to design solution roadmaps aligned to the strategic requirements of an organization and through which the solution can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch and commercialization)
• Work embedded, as part of a delivery team, to ensure the successful design & implementation of solution blueprints
• 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
• Work as part of embedded delivery teams to conduct solution reviews, code reviews, testing and other disciplines associated with solution design & delivery
• Attend various Group & Business specific architectural design forums and present solution designs and detailed business cases for approval
• Leverage synthesis & creative problem skills to identify risk (impending danger & challenges) and work with a cross functional group of stakeholders across the value chain for support & direction
• Conduct solution reviews against defined customer metrics and ensure the ongoing achievement of business results through solution implementation
• Ensure a solid understanding of emerging & evolving architectural principles and hold one stop shop accountability for the evolution of solutions in alignment with these principles (where it makes sense to do so)
• Build architectural capability across delivery teams in a business to ensure ongoing evolution of skills in solution delivery
• Contribute to the architecture body of knowledge
• Contribute to the design & evolution of architectural principles and preferences

People

• Participate in peer reviews (code, solution, testing etc.) and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutioning & evolving architectural practices
• Set & Cascade solution direction across technology delivery teams
• Build & evolve the architectural capability of Delivery teams across the business – through active coaching & information / knowledge sharing
• As an SME, support the proactive attraction, recruitment, development, & retention of strong technology teams across an estate
• Leverage and embed agile practices in delivery teams and work to build strong self-directed, high performance teams through agile working practices (including daily, weekly, etc. sprint routines, regular & honest feedback etc.)

Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance

• Carry the ‘one stop shop’ accountability for all risk associated with solution design (from ideation to deployment)
• Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks
• Ensure solution design alignment to Group guidelines & ensure solutions are sustainable for the enterprise
• Proactively involve / engage chapter & guild leads in solution decision making, applying an enterprise wide lens to product & service development
• Ensure solution design alignment to regulatory requirements and continuously update knowledge on regulatory requirements for the successful design of new & evolution of existing solutions
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology