Senior Solutions Architect at Equity Bank Kenya

Description

• Building and integrating information systems to meet the company’s needs.
• Building solution architectures based on business requirements
• Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it.
• Resolving technical problems as they arise.
• Providing supervision and guidance to development teams.
• Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.
• Informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented.
• Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have.
• Providing updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs, and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5 years’ experience in a solution architecture role designing complex solutions.
• Good understanding of DevOps and CI/CD practices. Experience on these items is mandatory
• Experience in designing solutions for hybrid environments (on-premise and cloud). Cloud certification is an added advantage
• In-depth understanding of coding languages (Java, python, c#).
• Sound knowledge of various operating systems (Linux, AIX, Solaris, Windows) and databases (Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres and NoSQL DBs)
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.