Cloud Solution Architect

Standard Bank of South Africa Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Standard Bank Group in London seeks an experienced Enterprise Technology & Solutions Architect to develop, design and maintain solution architectures supporting business outcomes. You will participate in defining requirements, analyze trade-offs, and specify interfaces across major components and subsystems.

The role requires deep experience in multiple IT disciplines, strong Agile / Lean / SCRUM skills, and a track record of delivering innovative ESA and architecture across platforms and

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in Enterprise Technology & Solutions Architecture.
• Experience in multiple IT disciplines e.g. Dev Hardware, analysis, design, service management, architecture.
• Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams.
• 8-10 years experience in designing innovative solutions within technology businesses such as ESA, Business Architecture, Information Architecture or Technology Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to Agile methodologies and follow Agile principles through work outputs and behaviours and strive to reach mature levels on the Continuum model by building own competence to work in a continuous delivery environment.
• Design, develop, and maintain solution architectures for specific business functional/technical areas and actively participate in the programme to ensure implementation on the evolving solution of an application.
• Monitor requests for information and requests for proposal (RFI and RFP) and provide input and evaluation criteria applied during these processes.
• Evaluate and score RFI and RFP responses and provide an assessment, review, recommendation and/or opinion of Solution, Domain and Client Segment architectures for alignment to Engineering and Business Strategies.
• Uphold the strategic alignment of technology architecture with the agreed business outcomes.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Agile / SCRUM

Stakeholder mgmt

Solution design

Tools

Authentication systems

Platform architecture

Job description

Business Segment: Personal & Private Banking

To develop, design and maintain the solution architectures for specific business functional/technical areas. To participate in the definition of the higher-level functional and non-functional requirements, analyse technical trade-offs, determine the major components and subsystems, and define the interfaces and collaborations between them, safeguarding the strategic alignment of technology architecture with the agreed business outcomes

Qualifications

Experience Required :

• 5 - 7 years experience in Enterprise Technology & Solutions Architecture
• Experience in multiple IT disciples e.g. Dev Hardware, analysis, design, service management, architecture
• Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams. Experience gained in the management of platforms and operating systems
• 8-10 years experience in designing innovative solutions within technology businesses such as Authentication Systems, System, Platform, and Account Migrations, Enterprise Solution Architecture (ESA), Business Architecture, Information Architecture, Application Architecture or Technology Architecture with a balanced mix of skills covering technologies and industry knowledge

Key Outputs :

• Adhere to Agile methodologies and follow Agile principles through work outputs and behaviours and strive to reach mature levels on the Continuum model by building own competence to work in a continuous delivery environment
• Design, develop, and maintain solution architectures for specific business functional/technical areas and actively participate in the programme to ensure implementation on the evolving solution of an application
• Monitor requests for information and requests for proposal (RFI and RFP) and provide input and evaluation criteria applied during these processes. Evaluate and score RFI and RFP responses.
• Provide an assessment, review, recommendation and or opinion of Solution, Domain and Client Segment architectures for alignment to Engineering and Business Strategies, legislation and regulation and other relevant governance processes
• Uphold the strategic alignment of technology architecture (functional, platform, application, information and data, security, and integration architecture) with the agreed business outcomes
• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Information Technology Architecture
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Applications
• IT Knowledge
• Solutions Assessment
• Stakeholder Management (IT)

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Additional Information

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Standard Bank Group is committed to fair and inclusive employment practices. We aim to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities. We strive to create an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute and grow.