Front Arena Developer

Techrepo.co.za; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Nedbank seeks a senior IT architect to lead and guide complex Front Arena architectures and integration efforts in Johannesburg. You will design solutions, mentor developers, and drive technology roadmaps aligned with governance and standards.

Responsibilities include integrating telemetry data into monitoring platforms and providing expert guidance to engineering leads and stakeholders, while ensuring high-quality code and design across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s level or equivalent professional qualification in IT architecture or related field.
• Minimum 5 years IT experience with architecture and integration responsibilities.
• Experience in large-scale banking technology architectures and governance.

Responsibilities

• Guide architecture and design decisions across Front Arena projects.
• Oversee integration development and telemetry data integrations (ELK/Dynatrace).
• Mentor engineers and drive skills development within the team.
• Define technical roadmaps and ensure alignment with governance and standards.
• Collaborate with domain architects and stakeholders to plan roadmaps.
• Conduct technology reviews and ensure quality of code and design.

Skills

IT Architecture

Systems design

Requirements analysis

Decision Making

Managing Work

Quality Orientation

Building Partnerships

Emotional Intelligence

Technical Knowledge

Education

Honour’s Degree

Job description

Job Description

• Intricate knowledge of the technical architecture of Front Arena
• Experience with Front Arena integration development
• Experience with integration of telemetry data into ELK/Dynatrace or similar monitoring tools
• Design and develop project solutions
• Grow the teams’ skills and knowledge
• Assist developers with how to solve technical solution
• Provide guidance to stakeholders in terms of expertise and experience
• Guide and practice code design, analysis and integration to ensure effective application of technology
• Conduct Technology Reviews of code and design quality assurance
• Drive assets health in the relevant technologies or domains
• Define and review Patterns / practices/standards in application of technology or domain
• Guide Code Branching and Merging
• Play an advisory role to Engineering leads and other stakeholders (Engineering lead and Div execs)
• Collaboration with domain architects and technical consultants ito technology and /or domain roadmaps
• Work within governance and compliance frameworks of the organisation in terms of Technology and domain application
• Provide detailed Technical roadmaps in context of the organisation architecture and interdependent technologies
• Plan and drive implementation of the agreed technical roadmaps
• Conduct research and development experimentation to test thinking regarding technology or domain applicability
• Participate in special interest groups and confrerences relating to these assets
• Ensure an understanding of technology or domain requirements, performance integrations and optimisation as positioned in organisation
• Assist with and apply troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Evaluate and influence technology decisions
• Mitigate risk by evaluating risks and impacts on technology or domain
• Update the asset knowledge base
• Conduct internal knowlege sharing sessions
• 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
• Conduct self development both by mentoring others and being mentored
• Participate in the talent management practise of the Engineering stream

About the Role

Responsibilities

• TA: Luthando Bower
• Information Technology
• Application Development
• Manage Self: Technical
• Technical experience as a Developer
• DevOps experience
• Intricate knowledge of the technical architecture of Front Arena
• Experience with Front Arena integration development
• Experience with integration of telemetry data into ELK/Dynatrace or similar monitoring tools
• Design and develop project solutions
• Grow the teams’ skills and knowledge
• Assist developers with how to solve technical solution
• Provide guidance to stakeholders in terms of expertise and experience
• Guide and practice code design, analysis and integration to ensure effective application of technology
• Conduct Technology Reviews of code and design quality assurance
• Drive assets health in the relevant technologies or domains
• Define and review Patterns / practices/standards in application of technology or domain
• Guide Code Branching and Merging
• Play an advisory role to Engineering leads and other stakeholders (Engineering lead and Div execs)
• Collaboration with domain architects and technical consultants ito technology and /or domain roadmaps
• Work within governance and compliance frameworks of the organisation in terms of Technology and domain application
• Provide detailed Technical roadmaps in context of the organisation architecture and interdependent technologies
• Plan and drive implementation of the agreed technical roadmaps
• Conduct research and development experimentation to test thinking regarding technology or domain applicability
• Participate in special interest groups and confrerences relating to these assets
• Ensure an understanding of technology or domain requirements, performance integrations and optimisation as positioned in organisation
• Assist with and apply troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Evaluate and influence technology decisions
• Mitigate risk by evaluating risks and impacts on technology or domain
• Update the asset knowledge base
• Conduct internal knowlege sharing sessions
• 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
• Conduct self development both by mentoring others and being mentored
• Participate in the talent management practise of the Engineering stream

Requirements

• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree
• Min 5 years IT experience
• Information Technology (IT) Architecture
• IT Infrastructure Architecture
• IT / Banking knowledge
• Systems design
• Requirements analysis
• Decision Making
• Managing Work
• Quality Orientation
• Building Partnerships
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials
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Preferred Qualifications

• Diploma / Certificate relevant
• Certificate in relevant solution design methodologies where available