Business Architect at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Participate in the elicitation of business requirements using various techniques such interviews, analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.  
• Support the translation of strategic initiatives into delivery-focused change initiatives, while translating business requirement into actionable technical deliverables.
• Work closely with subject matter experts from business and technology in the identification of capability gaps and the development of business capability models.
• Support the identification and analysis of the Bank’s business drivers to deliver enterprise business, information, technical and solution architecture requirements. 
• Perform technical analysis to provide guidance and direction on the best path for solving business problems/opportunities within the existing architecture framework.
• Participate in technology projects to ensure that business requirements are aligned with the organization’s strategies and enterprise architecture roadmap/framework.
• Develop Business Architecture artefacts such as business capability maps, blueprints, and reference architectures, and ensure that they are maintained in an accessible repository.
• Participate in discussions with groups of diverse stakeholders and ‘shape’ the flow of conversation towards meeting business aspirations without violating the approved architectural standards.
• Leverages business capabilities as a platform for illustrating the link between business needs with decisions to their technology, solution, business and information architecture efforts

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Academic & Professional

Particulars    Detail    Specific Field or Qualification    Need Type[4]

• Education     Bachelor’s Degree    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field of study    RQ
• Professional Qualifications    CBAP, TOGAF, ITIL    AA     
• Project Management    PRINCE II    AA     

Experience

• Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required    5

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[5]

• 5+ years progressive experience in Information Technology    5    RQ
• Experience in at least two IT disciplines such as (business architecture, application architecture, application development, business analysis)     5    ES
• Operating systems (windows, Unix)       3    DE
• Database management systems    3    DE
• Prior working experience in formal Business Analysis or Applications Architecture or solution architecture    3    DE
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments    3    DE
• Good understanding of software delivery processes and methodologies (i.e. waterfall, agile, hybrid)    3    DE
• Good interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation    3    DE
• Good planning and organizational skills with ability to break down complex items to actionable elements    3    DE
• Familiarity with graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories (UML knowledge)    3    DE
• Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications on individual components and projects    3    DE
• Ability to liaise with all levels of management and subject matter experts across the industry and within the organization to drive adoption of Business Architecture    3    DE
• Highly developed soft skills, such as listening, empathy, and the ability to adjust communication style based on the audience.    3    DE