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Infrastructure Solution Architect

2 months ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Absa Bank Limited Full time

Key Accountabilities
Architecture design - 65%

  • Apply relevant research methodologies, tools, and techniques to gather information effectively and purposefully
  • Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective.
  • Deliver IT architecture and Solution analysis services as per agreed performance contract
  • Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards.
  • Identify and recommend new innovative ways of achieving quality results
  • Optimize the availability of the IT infrastructure to deliver cost effective improvements that deliver tangible benefits to business units and customers
  • Provide a range of IT availability reporting to ensure that agreed levels of availability, reliability and maintainability are measured and monitored on an ongoing basis
  • Take actions to achieve reductions in frequency and duration of incidents that impact Infrastructure Services availability
  • Ensure shortfalls in Infrastructure Services availability are recognized and appropriate corrective actions are identified and progressed
  • Create and maintain a forward-looking availability plan aimed at improving the overall availability of IT services and infrastructure components to ensure that existing and future availability requirements can be met
  • Organize and maintain a regular availability review process with both key business and IT representatives
  • Initiate and coordinate actions required to maintain or improve availability of IT infrastructure.
  • Act as a coordination point for changes to availability levels of IT infrastructure when needed.
  • Establish measures and reporting that reflect business, user and IT support requirements with regards to IT Infrastructure availability
  • Participate in Change Control meetings to assess and authorize changes from an availability perspective
  • Assist in SLA negotiation efforts from an availability capability standpoint
  • Define the key targets of availability required for the applications and their components that underpin a new or enhanced IT application as the basis for an SLA agreement
  • Analyse and review actual availability levels achieved against SLAs and OLAs
  • Maintain an awareness of technology advancements and best practices that support application availability

Solution Analysis - 20%

  • Translate documented business requirements into functional and non-functional technical requirements for development/implementation.
  • Support project management and provide technical oversight on projects to ensure that requirements are in alignment with business strategies and business architecture roadmap/framework
  • Translate strategic initiatives into delivery-focused change initiatives, while translating business processes and issues into effective conceptual and logical models.
  • Reviewing development to ensure what is delivered is in line with technical requirements and business intent
  • Set baseline through introduction of standards and working practices such as coding standards, design principles and tools.
  • Experimenting by building prototypes, frameworks and foundations to be consumed by the technical team.
  • Propose and keep a repository of solutions and architectural improvements.
  • Participating in technology selection and identifying fit for purpose technology solutions.

Business Liaison - 10%

  • Identify service needs for the Business Units represented to IT
  • Escalate Business unit service issues to the Service Manager
  • Communicate service status on service issues to the Business Unit
  • Assist in SLA negotiation efforts with Business Units
  • Report on quality of services rendered to Business Units

Risk Management - 5%

  • Build relationship with country Technology Risk and Compliance team and provide support wherever required.
  • Contribute and deliver to the improvement of the risk profile by delivering improved governance, risk management, controls and compliance requirements.
  • Devise and implement an effective plan to deliver a satisfactory risk and audit profile for Operations & IT and achieve audit and assurance targets.
  • Proactively identify solution design & delivery risk & associated mitigating strategies throughout the development / initiative lifecycle
  • Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks
  • Ensure solution designs align to the organizations regulatory, compliance & governance frameworks
  • Proactively involve / engage chapter & guild leads in solution decision making, applying an enterprise-wide lens to product & service development
  • Deliver on time & on budget always.

People 10%

  • Participate in peer & dev team reviews code, solution, testing etc. and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutioning & evolving architectural practices
  • Work as a high-performance contributor as part of agile delivery teams across the organization & continuously improve skills & knowledge in agile / other practices for successful delivery.
  • Build & evolve the architectural capability of Delivery teams across the business through active coaching & information / knowledge sharing

Education And Experience Required

  • Undergraduate or higher in Computer Science or any other Technology related field.
  • IT infrastructure planning and operations experience
  • 7 years minimum IT experience
  • Experience in digital financial services from either Telco or Financial Institution companies.
  • Experience in solutions development lifecycle management using waterfall, agile & hybrid methodologies.