Standard Bank Group
Job Description
To shape, plan, lead Trade Portfolio delivery providing expert Engineering skill, directing system capabilities, priorities, resources ensuring solutions are developed, maintained to standards, practices.
To synthesize, mature Engineering Practices (Software; Quality, Change & Release, DEVOPS) across Portfolio delivery teams (5-12 teams).Lead, manage resources: software -, quality engineers, technical system team (50-80 resources), building capacity, capability, competencies in Engineering team.
Advise, maintain and implement the Engineering standards, methods and procedures across Portfolio to ensure a consistent and best practice approach in the development of end-to-end solutions.
Collaborate with Platform Owners in ensuring that the platform is engineered to be secure, meet service level objectives in terms of availability, reliability and performance. Set-up appropriate processes to quality assure all code deployed onto the platform.
Conduct quality assurance and approve developed code linked to supplied specifications and ensure that applications are built in line with continuous delivery/ continuous integration standards.
Possess strong knowledge of trade-related products, including Vanilla Trade and Supply Chain Financing.
Possess strong understanding of trade banking concepts, including Trade SWIFT message structures, credit principles such as direct and contingent liabilities, and accounting concepts like accrual and amortization.
Qualifications
Post Graduate Degree: Information Technology
Additional Information
Experience Required: Software Engineering
8-10 years: Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment. Track record in capability and competency building and coaching of staff is required. Minimum 3-5 years’ experience as a senior manager running a portfolio of 10+ technical experts.
More than 10 years: Come from a background of full lifecycle design and development covering solution design, application design, development, testing and maintenance, network software, operating systems, multi-tier environments, desktop and workgroup software, middleware, server technology, fault tolerant environments, development tools. Broad experience of application development methodologies, data base methodology, programming languages, data base concepts and IT infrastructure and operations.
More than 10 years: Proven track record to a broad spectrum of stakeholders including senior executives. Knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks, methods and practices and experience in being a catalyst for organisational change. Experience working with cross-functional teams fostering collaboration and team work. Exposure to broad business and financial management type experience, specifically within the banking sector. Good understanding of the Standard Bank IT environment
Behavioural Competencies:
Articulating Information
Challenging Ideas
Developing Expertise
Developing Strategies
Embracing Change
Technical Competencies:
Agile Engineering
API Engineering
Automation
Cloud Computing
Continuous Delivery (CD)
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