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Job Summary
Support high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade application design & development in agile teams by producing, testing, documenting & reviewing source code.
Job Description
Drive strategy Time split: 40%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Help drive the company’s solution-based business model and take their designs to the next level
- Design, develop, and test industry-leading solutions
- Build scalable solutions that will make technology work for businesses and individuals
- Develop a deep understanding of products, customers, goals, organization, and business strategies
- Evaluate systems, processes, and identify improvement needs
- Secure and manage engineering service providers, inspectors, and other technical resources that may come in handy to develop the project
- Meet quality standards while maintaining a working knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices
- Manage the execution and timely completion of engineering projects
- Analyze the scope and determine project specifications, establish testing methods for product investigations, test programs, examine samples, and prepare reports
- Formulate plans with detailed calculations, drawings, diagrams, project specifications, and budget estimates
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Manage risk and Compliance Time split: 15%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Together with Risk and Compliance team, review the key risk and compliance challenges identified in the area and the key areas of concern/surveillance.
- Together with the Risk and Compliance team implement measures to address notable risks and regulatory challenges.
- Implement measures to review the risk and compliance performance of the unit/function on a regular basis and take corrective action.
- Complete all relevant Management Assurance or Risk reports and attestations as required.
- Ensure that processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that impact the area are documented and understood by all members of the team.
- Work with Absa Internal Audit and Management Assurance during the scoping of audits to ensure fair coverage.
Drive Service Time split: 25%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Increase revenue potential for the business by effectively managing service levels of critical applications
- Minimize time-to-resolution(TTR) of business service disruptions through fast real-time root cause analysis of solutions deployed.
- Minimize cost of IT infrastructure through optimizing delivery and performance of business services.
- Implement actions resulting from formalised service reviews (including questionnaires, production reporting, loss event reporting, etc).
- Continuously monitor service levels and implement tactical measures to improve customer satisfaction.
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships within the Bank to understand the business needs and changes in customer needs.
- Participate in Bank wide forums and governance structures as required or directed.
- Work of the Head of Solutions to communicate and track the achievement of Service levels (documented in Service Level Agreements) on an on-going basis and take corrective action as required on all solutions deployed.
- Manage the operational teams to ensure they deliver reliable services.
Manage resources Time split: 20%Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Adhere to sound financial and governance controls to support sound resource management and financial control within the unit.
- Ensure adherence to all required compliance requirements, financial policies and supply chain policies within the bank.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong technical understanding of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
- Expert Level in UML ,DevOps and Agile development
- Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
- Solid understanding of web application architecture
Qualification
- Bachelors and Computer Science or related field (System Engineer, IS Engineer, Information Systems Engineer, IT Engineer, Network Systems Engineer)
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in the Telco/Banking industry
- Understanding of Cloud technology
- Minimum 2 years hands on experience in development
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Competencies
- Management and leadership
- Exceptional service and results orientation.
- Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and time constraints
- Excellent self-organization and self-direction in performance of tasks, including time management skills
- Ability to set and manage priorities
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of all technological advances is crucial
Education
Bachelor’s Degree: Information Technology
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