Absa Group Head Technology: Core Big Data Platforms Jobs in South Africa
Absa Group Head Technology: Core Big Data Platforms Jobs in South Africa
Job DescriptionProduct & Service Direction Setting, Solution Design & Performance Management
Work with the CIO & business product owners to define the product & technical strategy for our core big data platforms. (Full Stack – End to End)
Act as the single point of partnership & assume responsibility for managing senior business and vendor relationships
Assume one stop shop accountability for the delivery of the product & solutions (risk cannot be outsourced to vendors)
Apply design thinking practices to deliver architecturally sound technical product & service solutions (and explain / guide / coach others on this architecture holistically and technically)
Lead & facilitate the design of the product & or service solution blueprints aligned to the organization strategy (Short, Medium & Long Term)
Collaborate across the tech value chain (CSO, CTO, etc.) to guide the business on the appropriate technical solution (cost to value) & the range of strategic technical choices to be made
Lead the detailed scoping, prioritisation & integration planning for the design & deployment of products & services with & across multiple stakeholder groups (Front End, Back End & Integration) – (aligned to solution blueprints)
Meaningfully contribute & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture standards, principles, preferences & practices. Short term deployment must align to strategic long term delivery.
Meaningfully contribute & ensure solutions align to the design and direction of the Group Infrastructure standards and practices e.g. OLA’s, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, Containerisation etc.
Strategically & operationally monitor the performance of products and services (all applications) – ensuring ongoing optimization & cost to value for our businesses (think bank wide)
DevOps (with deep knowledge & understanding of context within which we develop architecturally & infrastructurally)
Leverage the required expert level (own) skill & knowledge in architecture & Infrastructure, design and manage all development & development practices & outputs across squads (apply knowledge on virtualization, containerization, automation, storage & serverless technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google, & on prem-Cloud, etc.)
Ensure the most optimal design & deployment of technical products and services in the organization (via pipeline – not manually)
Design & Implement Automation Testing, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery Strategies & frameworks across squads for effective solution development & deployment (understand and apply expert knowledge in e.g. Kubernetes, Jenkins, TeamCity, Arifactory, MS Powershell, Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) Tools, APM Tools (e.g. NewRelic & Splunk) etc.
Ensure solution designs deliver on the key technical principles of: self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Guide code development practices and processes through an understanding of complex concepts and developmental practices such as threading, parallel processing, asynchronous programming, domain driven design, lambdas etc. & coding language expertise (e.g. Spark, Java, C++, Groovy, Python, Bash, Perl, Ruby etc.)
Guide & ensure the delivery of quality development (code) based on own experience in developing across a range of applications including but not limited to: server side, client side, web (SOAP, REST, JSON), socket based programming, batch & real time, building architectural patterns, security / security domains)
Effectively manage the DevOps pipeline & associated releases for maximum customer impact & minimum business risk
Manage the maintenance & optimization of applications, products & services as a ‘way of doing things / culture’ within the development teams. You are fully accountable for the longevity of applications aligned to Group Architectural practices.
Coach & Mentor senior developers across squads on the technical competencies to effectively deliver
on DevOps solutions (see Dev competency model in skills & competencies section). To do this, display proficiency in the Senior level competency requirements.
Delivery Management (where there is a specific product / service you manage)
With fluency in the deployment of agile methodologies, resource & manage the appropriate number and nature (skill & capability) of squad based teams to execute on both Run & Change elements of delivery
Work in collaboration with transformation & change teams for effective resourcing and delivery management of various programmes at all levels (SI, BU etc.)
Ensure agile practices are implemented and sustained for effective delivery to business e.g. RETRO’s etc.
Positively & proactively manage product owner relationships including building product owner technical capability to enable balanced & best fit decision making
Proactively engage with & partner CTO, CSO, SE, Risk and broader enablement functions to drive alignment & leading practice in technology design & deployment
People
Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving tech environment (ahead of demand)
Build a high performance team environment through self-directed teams by driving performance management & measurement that is aligned with agile working practices (including daily, weekly, etc. sprint routines, regular & honest feedback etc.)
Accountable for the right people in the right teams to deliver on our tech strategy (always!)
Leverage coaching techniques in all squad related activity to drive a higher quality design and deployment of technical products and services
Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance
Carry the ‘one stop shop’ accountability for all risk associated with technical decision making (from ideation to deployment)
Manage & Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks
Ensure decisions on infrastructure & product design are aligned to chapter & guild guidelines & are sustainable for the enterprise
Proactively involve / engage chapter & guild leads in product design & infrastructure decision making, applying an enterprise wide lens to product & service development
Manage all vendor selection processes & take full accountability for all related commercial impact
Negotiate best fit contracts for the organization at an enterprise level and align decision making to our key business principles of scalability, resilience, captivity etc.
Deliver on time & on budget (always)
Skills and Experience Required
7+ years experience in a similar environment
Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science OR; equivalent level of industry certification in Technical field , not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application in the following is evident:
5 – 7+ years’ experience with designing and building, BI systems and complex data eco systems
5 – 7+ years’ experience working in Big data environment (advantageous for all, a must for high volume environments) – optimising and building big data pipelines, architectures and data sets with e.g. Java, Scala, Python, Hadoop, Apache Spark and Kafka
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Absa Group Head Technology: Core Big Data Platforms Jobs in South Africa
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