Enterprise Architect Job Co-operative Bank of Kenya
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Enterprise Architect Job Co-operative Bank of Kenya
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Duties & Responsibilities
- Recommend and participate in the analysis, evaluation and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that the Enterprise Architecture objectives are consistent with the Banks’ long-term business objectives.
- Gather business and technology requirements through discovery sessions then define, design, and develop blueprints and roadmaps based on customer needs and continuously work with other teams to streamline internal processes to improve service delivery and then deliver new and complex high-quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
- Recommend and participate in activities related to the design, development, and maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture.
- Recommend and participate in the development of architecture blueprints and roadmaps for related systems.
- Share best practices, and lessons learned and constantly update the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current, and upcoming vendor products and solutions.
- Collaborate with all relevant parties to review the objectives and constraints of each technology solution and determine conformance with the Enterprise Architecture. Recommends the most suitable technical architecture and defines the technology solution at a high level.
- Ensure that the overall ICT architecture is maintained coherently and that appropriate considerations are made for its security and quality.
- Utilize in-depth knowledge of leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to influence functional strategy.
- Utilize high-level analytical ability and creativity to analyze complex/new situations, anticipate potential problems and future trends, and assess opportunities, impacts, and risks while developing and implementing plans and solution deliverables to customer problems.
- Guide team members (Project managers, Architects, Sales Specialists, and other IT Specialists, among others) in areas of new and complex implementation and/or management tools and techniques.
- Ensure architectural documentation relating to current implementations, prototyping, performance testing, and providing growth and scalability plans for the system, provide
- production support as well as design and deployment of advanced collaboration platforms within an Enterprise soft skill.
- Ensure knowledge management, this will involve participating in, and/or being responsible for the creation, harvesting, protection, and reuse of Co-operative Bank’s intellectual capital. This will also include actively participating in knowledge-sharing activities like communities of practice, forums, conferences, and/or other knowledge exchanges.
Qualifications, Skills & Attributes:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, engineering, or related discipline.
- Expert and broad knowledge across multiple technology Platforms, Processes, IT Architectures, and the banking industry digitization trends
- At least 5 years’ experience in Technology infrastructure design and planning preferably in the banking or financial services industry.
- At least 5 years experience in the development / architectural design of systems using key development tools and frameworks (java, .net, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, etc.).
- TOGAF certification, ITIL certification, and knowledge of Artificial intelligence (AI) architecture will be an added advantage.
- Demonstrated experience in working with or leading enterprise services bus (ESB) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Microservices architecture (MSA), containerization integration, DevOps, and Agile environments.
- Strong background in understanding organizational technology resources, priorities, needs, and policies, and use of the same in developing IT strategies, technology roadmaps, and custom solutions.
- Analytical with good project management and team leadership skills.
- Excellent Presentation, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of the use of notable industry tools, emerging technologies, and trends.
How To Apply
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number EA/IID/2024 before the close of business 19th January 2024.
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