Lead Domain Architect SASE WAN
Apply remote type: Hybrid
Location: Randburg
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Time left to apply: End Date: November 11, 2024 (4 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: R-15968896
Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.
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
Drive the design and delivery of complex fit for purpose, business strategy-aligned, high impact, cross domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions & build architectural capability in Dev teams across an estate.
Job Description
Architecture
Leverage a solid & deep understanding of the organization strategy to identify, design & deliver relevant, scalable, testable, re-usable technology solutions.
Work in collaboration with delivery teams to independently analyse customer requirements & varying business capabilities & leverage analysis to identify & accurately spec/frame ‘the complex business problems we are aiming to solve’ with each solution design or solution evolution.
Through the above processes, leverage emotional, social & business/commercial quotient to understand consumers and the broader range of stakeholders, their opinions & perspectives and reconcile these within the solution designs.
Leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise a solution design beyond the analysis of the problem.
Lead design thinking processes to successfully deliver solution blueprints & associated roadmaps.
Create end to end solution blueprints & ensure these can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch & commercialization).
Design & or contribute to the design & implementation of detailed feasibilities & business cases.
Leverage a strong engineering background to make the right choices in solution design.
Assume ‘one stop’ shop accountability for solution blueprint design & delivery decisions within an organization.
Work with project/program management teams to design solution roadmaps aligned to the strategic requirements of an organization.
Ensure that the detail of the solution (across all architecture domains) is accurate to the implementation of the initiative, true to the bank’s architectural principles/preferences.
Work as part of embedded delivery teams to conduct solution reviews, code reviews, testing and other disciplines associated with solution design & delivery.
Attend various Group & Business specific architectural design forums and present solution designs and detailed business cases for approval.
Leverage synthesis & creative problem skills to identify risk and work with a cross functional group of stakeholders across the value chain for support & direction.
Conduct solution reviews against defined customer metrics and ensure the ongoing achievement of business results through solution implementation.
Ensure a solid understanding of emerging & evolving architectural principles and hold one stop shop accountability for the evolution of solutions in alignment with these principles.
Build architectural capability across delivery teams in a business to ensure ongoing evolution of skills in solution delivery.
Contribute to the architecture body of knowledge.
Contribute to the design & evolution of architectural principles and preferences.
People
Participate in peer reviews (code, solution, testing etc.) and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutioning & evolving architectural practices.
Set & Cascade solution direction across technology delivery teams.
Build & evolve the architectural capability of Delivery teams across the business.
As an SME, support the proactive attraction, recruitment, development, & retention of strong technology teams across an estate.
Leverage and embed agile practices in delivery teams and work to build strong self-directed, high performance teams through agile working practices.
Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance
Carry the ‘one stop shop’ accountability for all risk associated with solution design (from ideation to deployment).
Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks.
Ensure solution design alignment to Group guidelines & ensure solutions are sustainable for the enterprise.
Proactively involve/engage chapter & guild leads in solution decision making.
Ensure solution design alignment to regulatory requirements and continuously update knowledge on regulatory requirements.
Deliver on time & on budget.
Experience Required
An SSE Architect should have a deep understanding of network security, including proficiency in technologies such as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).
Extensive experience in network architecture and security is essential.
The ability to analyse security threats and vulnerabilities and devise effective mitigation strategies is critical.
Strong leadership skills are necessary to guide security teams.
An SSE Architect should be innovative and open to new ideas.
A solid educational background in computer science, network security, or a related field is typically required.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.
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