KCB Bank Enterprise Architecture Department – Technical Architect Jobs in Kenya
Key Responsibilities
Assess and communicate the impacts, trade-offs, risks, costs, benefits and opportunities of IT solutions. Understand the bigger picture and assess all smaller technical components and solutions as a coherent part of the whole infrastructure
Documentation of business requirements and processes for business initiatives and projects.
Build a holistic view of the Bank’s strategy, processes, information and IT assets and ensuring the business and IT requirements are aligned
Liaise with the Business subject matter expert in the development of business architectural framework developing a clear roadmap of Business solutions.
Designs complex systems in the Bank when required at the component level, make strategic technology choices, and directly supervise the quality of designs and implementation inside and between components.
Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications on individual components and projects
Develop and maintain the Bank’s technology service catalogue with continuous assessment of applications fitness to fulfill their purpose to the Enterprise
Lead in technology capacity management assessment and provide guidance on how best to close the identified gaps
Support in developing the framework for IT asset management while providing guidance on how best to close the identified gaps
Provide the leadership in breaking down, planning, and sequencing the business vision & strategy into technology deliverables and mapping to infrastructure needs.
Lead in proactive management and reduction of technical debt (e.g. systems/components, tool proliferation, aging technologies) across all the technology domains.
Stay up dated on the latest trends/ technologies for cloud enablement and Platform as a Service and evaluate the platform capabilities vis -à-vis the trends; plan the roadmaps to incorporate the required functionality into the Bank infrastructure.
Provides knowledge leadership in relevant research areas, technology tools & standards and architectural governance.
Provides guidance to project teams regarding guiding principles, system and application design, standards, best practices, and system performance and availability
Support / participate in acquisition of large projects by providing technical input and guidance on aspects of technology
Minimum Position Qualification Requirements
Academic & Professional
Education
Bachelors Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology
Professional Qualifications
TOGAF / MCSE / MCITP /CCNA/ CISA/ Cloud Architect certifications
OCP, LINUX / UNIX/ Databases
Experience
Experience in at least two IT disciplines such as (Technology architecture, application architecture, security architecture, Integration, micro services and SOA).
Experience in multiple, diverse technologies, cloud computing and containerization.
Experience in a leading formal enterprise architecture framework
Knowledge of IT Banking Systems
Implementation & Capabilities
Knowledge of Hardware systems
Knowledge of WAN & LAN design, implementation and monitoring
Project Management Skills
Customer Service Skills
Knowledge of Network Security
Implementation and Design
Excellent understanding of software delivery processes, (DevOps) and methodologies (i.e. waterfall, agile, hybrid)
Excellent planning and organizational skills with ability to breakdown complex items to actionable elements
Knowledge of application of the organization products, services and policy
Knowledge of relevant industry
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; KCB Bank Enterprise Architecture Department – Technical Architect Jobs in Kenya
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