Lead Engineer - Java Platforms at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To provide guidance and advice related to the integration of solutions across technologies; ensuing all outputs are in compliance with current governance and legislation and provide IT leadership based on IT and business acumen

Job Responsibilities

• Consult and provide advice on the use of the multiple technologies. Address the needs of the bank by deploying, supporting and configuring multiple technologies.
• Develop solutions using knowledge of the technologies.
• Ensure ongoing availability within the SLA requirements.
• Ensure maximum exploitation of the multiple technology features across multiple business initiatives.
• Identify further opportunities for use of the technologies.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems.
• Participate in Research and Development related to specific.
• Ensure alignment with emerging technologies, and impact on Nedbank technologies and legislative requirements.
• Provide problem solving in high impact incidents.
• Present to stakeholders on any impact or change to multiple technologies.
• Engage with vendors related to multiple technologies.
• Meet bank's needs by presenting on the exploitation of the technologies.
• Become a trusted consultant by providing trustworthy information and acknowledge if advice cannot be provided.
• Expand IP beyond own technology speciality.
• Break down components of end to end design and defined logical units of work.
• Raise unallocated or missing components of design with project lead. Validate the individual design components and integrate these into end to end design.
• Ensure test strategy covers full end to end design.
• Provide integration solutions and validate the technical component design.
• Review and approve component designs.
• Consult on the resolution of high impact problem solving across. Participate in Severities (Sev's) and provide expert guidance and solutions on technical problems.
• Provide the application flow.
• Document and maintain the end to end design.
• Build end to end design and release to stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment to IT strategy to architecture roadmaps.
• Upskill all stakeholders. Lead end to end design on project.
• Ensure awareness of Group Technology initiatives and standards. Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
• Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes to improve stakeholders' businesses.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Essential Certifications

• Accredited where formal expert certification on technology is available JMP or MMP or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

10- 15 years experience in an IT environment across infrastructures of which at least 2 years in a senior role from feeder areas

• Java
• Database (JPA, Hibernate, SQLMI)
• API consumption and publication “IBM API Connect”
• MQRabbit, Kafka
• Under Rest APIs, SOAP
• Exception Handling, Logging
• Authentication SSLTS Awareness, JWT
• JSON +XML

Additional experience to be considered:

• Microservices
• Event-driven systems
• Containerization
• Automation (understanding of IAC)
• Knowledge of integration technologies:
• REST / JSON
• Messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, JMS)
• API documentation standards (OpenAPI / Swagger

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Banking knowledge
• Business Acumen
• Business writing
• Principles of financial management
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Risk management process and frameworks
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Mentoring
• Information Technology concepts
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• Role relevant related technologies
• Service orientated Architecture (SOA)
• IT Solutions Architecture
• IT Infrastructure Architecture
• Knowledge across multiple technologies
• IT Risk and security principes
• Usability and GUI techniques
• Multiple operating system
• Systems Analysis and design

Behavioural Competencies

• Earning Trust
• Communication
• Collaborating
• Decision Making
• Initiating Action
• Innovation
• Work Standards
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

Closing date: 31 March 2026