Senior Cloud Architect at NCBA Group

Job Purpose Statement

• Sr. Cloud Architect is responsible for evaluating an organization’s business needs and determining how IT can support those needs leveraging software, hardware, or infrastructure. The role bridges the gap between business requirements and the implementation of technology solutions.
• The role closely looks at how the different elements of business, information, and technology can be applied to solve a specific problem while maximizing the return on technology investment. The architect Identifies and reviews the various building blocks, propose those that provides the best possible fix and actively lead the technical vision to success.
• Manage the review of deviations from specifications as well as ensure that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices are applied correctly.
• The architect participates in stewardship of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microservices Architecture (MSA), Application Programming Interface (APIs) artifacts and definitions, including enterprise services and API management.

Ideal Job Specifications

•  Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering/Business related degree from reputable education institution. A master’s degree in Information Technology or an MBA will be an added advantage.
• Training and certification in IT Service Management e.g., ITIL, COBIT, ISO  IT Architecture Training and Certification e.g., TOGAF
•  Infrastructure and Cloud related certification and training
• Business Continuity training
• 4+ years’ professional experience in IT solution architecture, deployment of APIs, cloud, Docker and Kubernetes experience is desirable
• Solid grasp of design patterns and principles, particularly Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microservice Architecture (MSA) and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Experience on systems Core Banking Systems and integrations to Mobile money transfer, USSD / SMS, Omni Channel, Internet Banking, BPM, ERP, CRM and other systems in a financial services ecosystem a MUST.
• Possesses a strong customer service attitude, excellent communication skills, exhibits a passion for learning and continuous improvement.