Assistant Manager - Cloud Architecture & Technology Platform at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Job Purpose

The jobholder shall be responsible for defining, maintaining and evolving the emerging solution architecture to enable actualization of business objectives, harmonized with the Authority’s reference architecture and evolution of solutions for modern, efficient and optimal operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assesses the systems architecture currently in place and works with technical subject matter experts to identify and recommend areas of improvement.
• Supervises and leads the design, development, and deployment of best solution architecture practices, standards, and patterns.
• Plans and supports solutions architecture and innovation Tools and coordinates implementation of the work plans for the following corporate initiatives in the unit: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management in the unit.
• Continuously researches current and emerging technologies and proposes changes to the existing architecture where needed and ensure implementation of approved Systems Change Requests (SCRs) and taking lead in resolving complex issues.
• Conducts a system architecture evaluation and collaborates with process leads and IT development teams to implement identified improvements.
• Implementation of the unit’s Annual Work Plan and prepares monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reports for the unit.
• Assesses the business impact that certain technical choices have and advises stakeholders appropriately.
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements.

Person Specifications

For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/ Management Information Systems / Business IT/ Computer Science / Business Administration / Management Course or any other related course.
• Membership of ISACA professional body or any other relevant technical professionally recognized body
• Four (4) years relevant work experience, one (1) of which must be at Supervisory level.
• Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution, will be an added advantage.
• Practicing License where applicable.
• Enterprise Architecture certification is an added advantage
• COBIT
• ITIL
• PRINCE 2 or PMP

Key Competencies

• Innovative thinking
• Organizational skills
• Resilience and Adaptability
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
• Customer-Centrism Approach
• Professionalism, Ethical Judgment and Integrity