Latest Recruitment at KCB Bank Kenya

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 
• Documentation of business requirements and processes for business initiatives and projects.
• Build a holistic view of the Bank’s strategy, processes, information and IT assets and ensuring the business and IT requirements are aligned 
• Liaise with the Business subject matter expert in the development of business architectural framework developing a clear roadmap of Business solutions.
• 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. 
• Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications on individual components and projects 
• Develop and maintain the Bank’s technology service catalogue with continuous assessment of applications fitness to fulfill their purpose to the Enterprise
• Lead in technology capacity management assessment and provide guidance on how best to close the identified gaps
• Support in developing the framework for IT asset management while providing guidance on how best to close the identified gaps
• Provide the leadership in breaking down, planning, and sequencing the business vision & strategy into technology deliverables and mapping to infrastructure needs. 
• Lead in proactive management and reduction of technical debt (e.g. systems/components, tool proliferation, aging technologies) across all the technology domains.
•  Stay up dated on the latest trends/ technologies for cloud enablement and Platform as a Service and evaluate the platform capabilities vis -à-vis the trends; plan the roadmaps to incorporate the required functionality into the Bank infrastructure. 
• 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, standards, best practices, and system performance and availability 
• Support / participate in  acquisition of large projects by providing technical input and guidance on aspects of technology 

Academic & Professional 

Education   

•  Bachelors Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology  RQ  

Professional Qualifications 

• TOGAF / MCSE / MCITP /CCNA/ CISA/ Cloud Architect certifications
• OCP, LINUX / UNIX/ Databases  AA  

Experience 

Total Minimum No of Years Technical Experience Required

•  5 years

Detail  Minimum No of Years 

• Experience in at least two IT disciplines such as (Technology architecture, application architecture, security architecture, Integration, micro services and SOA).5 RQ  
• Experience in multiple, diverse technologies, cloud computing and containerization. 3  ES  
• Experience in a leading formal enterprise architecture framework  3 ES  
• Knowledge of IT Banking Systems 
• Implementation & Capabilities 3  DE  
• Knowledge of Hardware systems  4  ES  
• Knowledge of WAN & LAN design, implementation and monitoring  4  ES  
• Project Management Skills  3 DE  
• Customer Service Skills     3  ES  
• Knowledge of Network Security 
• Implementation and Design  3 DE  
• Excellent understanding of software delivery processes, (DevOps) and methodologies (i.e. waterfall, agile, hybrid)  3 ES
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with ability to breakdown complex items to actionable elements   3 ES
• Knowledge of application of the organization products, services and policy 3  ES  
• Knowledge of relevant industry  3  ES  

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide guidance to product design teams as assigned to meet timely deliveries.
• Coordinate on daily basis in product design and development activities as assigned.
• Provide design solutions to meet cost-effectiveness and on-time deliveries.
• Validate product designs, identify constraints and provide corrective actions.
• Implement process improvements to ensure product quality and productivity.
• Evaluate the design of new and existing products by conducting thorough analysis and assessment of product specifications.
• Assess business processes and system inefficiencies.
• Support and align efforts to meet customer and business needs.
• Understand and negotiate the needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders.
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.

The successful candidate should have the following:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology or Engineering related field experience from a recognized university.
• Professional qualification in business analysis certification will be an added advantage
• At least three years experience in the financial services sector, including in the following areas:
  • Computer systems and functions knowledge
  • Business analysis
  • Stakeholder management
  • Project Management 
  • Technology and System architecture related profession
  • Experience with relational various technologies and operating platforms.
  • Conversant with emerging technologies and new digital business models.
  • Basic understanding of system architecture, networking, data transmission through networks and data security.

The preferred candidate will possess the following attributes:

• Passionate about and solid experience in the development & integration of digital technology platforms
• Commercially minded and experienced in interpreting business requirements into meaningful technical functionalities.
• Proven ability to collaborate with other team members across boundaries and contribute productively to the team’s work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view. 
• Skilled in reporting, and presentation to stakeholders
• Self-motivated and results-focused