Multi - Discipline Specialist 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

Preferred Qualification

•  B-Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

• 10+ years Java application programming / development experience

• 5 years + experience in system design.

• 8+ years JEE / Spring 

• 5+ years Application Server experience 

• 5+ years relational database experience (DB2 preferred)

Essential Certifications

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

Type of Exposure

• Completed Reports and Achieved Budgets

• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions

• Developed and Implemented Communications Strategy

• Manage internal process

• Managed Transformation & Innovation

• Managed Process Results

• Managed Relationships

• Managed Self

• Supported Transformation, Change and continued Improvement

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

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