KCB Group Technical Architect Jobs in Kenya

KCB Group Technical Architect Jobs in Kenya

Job Summary

The role holder will be responsible for Developing Technology blueprints (Systems, networks, hardware, and enterprise platforms) and related documentation for IT Systems in use by or to be procured by the Bank in line with Bank policy, system architecture best practice, standards, and methods.

Minimum Qualification: Bachelor

Experience Level: Mid level

Experience Length: 5 years

Job Description/ Requirements

The Position

The role holder will be responsible for Developing Technology blueprints (Systems, networks, hardware, and enterprise platforms) and related documentation for IT Systems in use by or to be procured by the Bank in line with Bank policy, system architecture best practice, standards, and methods.

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 updated 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.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

Bachelor’s degree in in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study from a recognized university.

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Information Technology with experience in at least two IT disciplines such as (Technology architecture, application architecture, security architecture, Integration, micro services, and SOA).

At least 3 years’ experience in multiple, diverse technologies, cloud computing and containerization, and leading formal enterprise architecture framework.

Knowledge of IT Banking Systems implementation & capabilities.

Knowledge of Hardware systems.

Knowledge of WAN & LAN design, implementation and monitoring.

The above position is demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate.

How to Apply

If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

To be considered your application must be received by Friday, 28th October 2022.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For more information and job application details, see: KCB Group Technical Architect Jobs in Kenya

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