Technical Team Leader at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• To provide expert advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvements
• Responsible for leading and developing a team of technical resources that provide operational project and technical support
• Deliver a service which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
• Maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders ensuring appropriate IT solutions are developed.
• Implement processes, which build customer service delivery excellence and encourage others to provide exceptional service.
• Create and maintain working relationships with a variety of stakeholders for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
• Translate business IT requirements into implementable solutions and continuously monitor to ensure operational continuity and effectiveness.
• Oversee and manage all technical support request escalated and ensure effective resolution within the Service Level Agreement.
• Ensure adequate unit, system integration and post implementation unit tests are performed for all configuration and development tasks.
• Ensure testing yields an acceptable level of performance for the changes being delivered.
• Analyse and/or identify problems/requirements to determine impact, patterns and trends, best fit alternatives, and best practice solutions.
• Determine the estimated resources and timelines required to deliver the required functionality.
• Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT function by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.
• Design relevant IT Solution and produce specification and architecture in accordance with agreed standards against the requirements and approved by the appropriate governance forums.
• Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement.
• Support effective teamwork within the function.
• Participate and collaborate across teams.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, employment equity, talent, and culture of team in order to improve innovation and achieve efficiencies.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more
• A team player - you believe in the power of teams so you're always part of one, building and leveraging your networks.
• Emotionally intelligent - you have a high EQ that enables you to truly lead and connect with people, no matter how technical or specialist your role is.

You’ll be an ideal candidate if you have the following experience and qualifications:

• Completed IT Degree or Diploma
• 5 years plus Java / C# development experience predominantly in complex back-end applications, and currently coding
• 2 years plus experience leading technical teams preferably in Financial Services
• Good knowledge of Architecture and Design Principles, Application Performance Management, Infrastructure and ITSM
• Strong MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and other DB technologies
• Strong RESTful Api, Web services and Containerisation knowledge
• .Net Core, Spring-Boot, Linux, Windows experience hihly beneficial
• Knowledge of IT Security, AI, Intelligent Automation and Cloud and advantage
• Knowledge and experience of Commercial Lending, Credit Risk and Collateral Management an advantage

End Date: August 1, 2025