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

Software Stack Skills Required

OpenShift:

• OpenShift Container Platform: For container orchestration and management.
• Streams for Apache Kafka: Use the Streams for Apache Kafka operator to deploy and manage Kafka clusters on OpenShift.

Kafka:

• Apache Kafka: For distributed messaging and real-time data streaming.
• Kafka Connect: To integrate Kafka with various data sources and sinks. (confirm)
• Kafka Streams: For stream processing within Kafka. (confirm)

Java:

• JDK (Java Development Kit): Preferably JDK 17 or later for development.
• Spring Boot: For building microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Kafka Clients: Java clients for producing and consuming messages from Kafka.

C#: (Optional)

• .NET Core/ASP.NET Core: For building cross-platform applications and services.

SQL Database:

• PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server: A powerful, open-source relational database system.
• DB2: The system will still use DB2. Any popular open or closed source relational database will be suitable as a skill. 

Observability Framework:

• Prometheus: For monitoring and alerting, especially in Kubernetes environments.
• Grafana: For visualizing metrics collected by Prometheus.
• OpenTelemetry: For collecting logs, metrics, and traces from your applications.
• Jaeger: For distributed tracing to monitor and troubleshoot transactions in complex microservices environments.
• Fluentd: For log collection and aggregation.

DevOps and CI/CD:

• Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD: For continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Helm: For managing Kubernetes applications.
• Prometheus and Grafana: For monitoring and observability.

This comprehensive stack ensures seamless integration of container orchestration, real-time data streaming, application development, robust data management, and observability

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