Technical Architect at KCB Bank Kenya

The Position:

The role holder will be responsible for the Enterprise Architecture (technical, systems, business & information architecture) of Technology systems used by or to be procured by the Bank. He/ She will ensure that all IT Systems are aligned to the Enterprise Architecture Framework, Bank Policy and Best Practice. In addition, he/ she will be responsible for IT Governance which reviews all IT systems used by or to be procured to ensure they are aligned to the Bank and IT strategy, plans, policies and standards.

The Technical Architect will also be responsible for developing Technical blueprints (Systems, interfaces, networks, hardware requirements and standards) and related documentation for IT Systems in use by or to be procured in line with Bank policy, system architecture best practice, standards, and methods.

In addition, he /she will transform complex requirements into functional architecture by working in a team to deliver cost-efficient and effective IT solutions to the organization. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess and communicate the impacts, trade-offs, risks, costs, benefits and opportunities of IT solutions. Understand the bigger picture and assess all smaller technical components and solutions as a coherent part of the whole infrastructure.
• Build a holistic view of the Bank’s strategy, processes, information and IT assets and ensuring the business and IT requirements are aligned.
• Designs complex systems in the Bank when required at the component level, make strategic technology choices, and directly supervise the quality of designs and implementation inside and between components.
• Technical assessment (e.g. platforms, tool proliferation, age of underlying technologies,
• uptime/availability, business processes).
• Knowledge of strategic IT solutions// technologies for cloud enablement and Platform as a Service and evaluate the platform capabilities vis -à-vis the trends; plan the roadmap to incorporate the required functionality into the Bank infrastructure.
• Responsible for right design and development of multi-tiered, distributed architecture, scalable applications in a client -server / web environment.
• Provides knowledge leadership in relevant research areas, technology tools & standards and architectural governance.
• Provides guidance to project teams regarding guiding principles, system and application design, coding and design standards, best practices, and system performance and availability.
• Support and create a standard Framework for development projects and Common Library of re-usable
• Work with application development teams in the Bank, understand the functional requirements of the end applications and arrive at the functionality requirement for the platform.
• Be involved in research, architecture, design, development, testing, benchmarking and coordination with associated group(s).
• Participate in critical analysis of existing solutions with the aim of designing an improvement roadmap.
• Explore alternative approaches, preparing documents and explaining architectures to stakeholders, non-technical staff, architects, and developers.

The Person:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• At least one professional qualifications in the following list:- CBAP,/TOGAF/ ITIL/MCSE/MCITP/CCNA/CISA/OCP-CONTAINER PLATFORM/MCDBA/ ORACLE /LINUX
• 5 years technology experience in at least two IT disciplines such as (Technology architecture, application architecture, security architecture, Integration, micro services, and SOA).
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, cloud, and processing environments.
• Prior working experience in a leading formal enterprise architecture framework.
• Experience working with diverse Hardware and Software Platforms.
• Experience of WAN & LAN design, implementation, and monitoring.
• Experience of Network Security Implementation and Design
• Exceptional project management, problem solving, interpersonal skills including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications on individual components and projects
• Ability to liaise with all levels of management and subject matter experts across the industry and within the organization to drive adoption of Technical Architecture.