Lead Architect at Absa Bank

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Absa Bank are seeking for an experienced and self-motivated Lead Architect for employment

Job Summary

Design & deliver fit-for-purpose, business strategy-aligned, high-impact, cross-domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions.

Job Description

Architecture

Leverage a solid & deep understanding of the organization’s strategy to identify, design & deliver relevant, scalable, testable, re-usable technology solutions
Work with the broader architecture team to analyse customer requirements & current state business capabilities to support the specification/framing ‘of the business problems we are aiming to solve’ with each solution design or solution evolution
Leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise a solution design (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem

Participate in design thinking processes to successfully deliver solution blueprints & associated roadmaps
Create components of complex end to end solution blueprints / lower complexity solution blueprints & ensure these can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch & commercialization)
Contribue to the design & implementation of detailed feasibilities & business cases
Leverage a strong engineering background to make the right choices or contribute to the choices to be made in solution design – this knowledge includes but is not limited to: domain driven design, loosely coupled integration, microservices and other modern software design practices
Work with project / program management teams to design solution roadmaps through which the solution can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch and commercialization)
Work embedded, as part of a delivery team, to ensure the successful design & implementation of solution blueprints or components thereof
Ensure that the detail of the solution (across all architecture domains) is accurate to the implementation of the initiative, true to the bank’s architectural principles/preferences, implementable by the different teams involved in the solution
Work as part of embedded delivery teams to conduct solution reviews, code reviews, testing and other disciplines associated with solution design & delivery
Ensure a solid understanding of emerging & evolving architectural principles
Contribute to the architecture body of knowledge
Contribute to the design & evolution of architectural principles and preferences

People

Participate in peer & dev team reviews (code, solution, testing etc.) and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutions & evolving architectural practices
Build & evolve the architectural capability of Delivery teams across the business – through active coaching & information/knowledge sharing
Work as a high-performance contributor as part of agile delivery teams across the organization & continuously improve skills & knowledge in agile/other practices for successful delivery