Head Technology: Core Big Data Platforms - Johannesburg, South Africa - Absa Bank Limited

Absa Bank Limited

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Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Bring your possibility to life Define your career with us

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Lead the agile solution design, deployment & ongoing optimization & evolution of enterprise wide technology products and services (full stack engineering & ownership / control) across multiple squads in complex & high impact business areas Business complexity is determined by: 1.

Customer Impact 2.

Number of integration points:

Data
Teams to talk to
Systems
Enabling function
3rd party vs. internal 3. Complexity of business rules & Processes 4. Level of operational readiness 5. Introduction of new or changing old Tech (e.g. redo platforms)

Job Description:

Product & Service Direction Setting, Solution Design & Performance Management

Work with the CIO & business product owners to define the product & technical strategy for our core big data platforms. (Full Stack
End to End)
Act as the single point of partnership & assume responsibility for managing senior business and vendor relationships
Assume one stop shop accountability for the delivery of the product & solutions (risk cannot be outsourced to vendors)
Lead & facilitate the design of the product & or service solution blueprints aligned to the organization strategy (Short, Medium & Long Term)
Collaborate across the tech value chain (CSO, CTO, etc.) to guide the business on the appropriate technical solution (cost to value) & the range of strategic technical choices to be made
Lead the detailed scoping, prioritisation & integration planning for the design & deployment of products & services with & across multiple stakeholder groups (Front End, Back End & Integration) (aligned to solution blueprints)
Meaningfully contribute & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture standards, principles, preferences & practices. Short term deployment must align to strategic long term delivery.
Meaningfully contribute & ensure solutions align to the design and direction of the Group Infrastructure standards and practices e.g. OLA's, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, Containerisation etc.

DevOps (with deep knowledge & understanding of context within which we develop architecturally & infrastructurally)

Ensure the most optimal design & deployment of technical products and services in the organization (via pipeline not manually)
Ensure solution designs deliver on the key technical principles of: selfservice, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Guide code development practices and processes through an understanding of complex concepts and developmental practices such as threading, parallel processing, asynchronous programming, domain driven design, lambdas etc. & coding language expertise (e.g. Spark, Java, C++, Groovy, Python, Bash, Perl, Ruby etc.)
Effectively manage the DevOps pipeline & associated releases for maximum customer impact & minimum business risk
Coach & Mentor senior developers across squads on the technical competencies to effectively deliver on DevOps solutions (see Dev competency model in skills & competencies section). To do this, display proficiency in the Senior level competency requirements.

Delivery Management (where there is a specific product / service you manage)

With fluency in the deployment of agile methodologies, resource & manage the appropriate number and nature (skill & capability) of squad based teams to execute on both Run & Change elements of delivery
Work in collaboration with transformation & change teams for effective resourcing and delivery management of various programmes at all levels (SI, BU etc.)
Ensure agile practices are implemented and sustained for effective delivery to business e.g. RETRO's etc.
Positively & proactively manage product owner relationships including building product owner technical capability to enable balanced & best fit decision making
Proactively engage with & partner CTO, CSO, SE, Risk and broader enablement functions to drive alignment & leading practice in technology design & deployment

People

Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving tech environment (ahead of demand)
Build a high performance team environment through selfdirected teams by driving performance management & measurement that is aligned with agile working practices (including daily, weekly, etc. sprint routines, regular & honest feedback etc.)
Accountable for the right people in the right teams to deliver on our tech strategy (always)
Leverage coaching techniques in all squad related activity to drive a higher quality design and deployment of technical products and services

Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governa