Technology/Domain Specialist II at Nedbank

Job Purpose

To actively own and be accountable for the overall evolution of multiple Technology or Domain assets while influencing and maintaining the health of the asset. Play a leadership role on the associated COE’s

Job Responsibilities

• For mutiple Technology or Domain assets within sphere of influence including external components that impact these assets : 
• Provide guidance to stakeholders in terms of expertise and experience
• Guide and practice code design, analysis and integration to ensure effective application of technology
• Conduct Technology Reviews of code and design quality assurance
• Drive assets health in the relevant technologies or domains
• Define and review Patterns / practices/standards in application of technology or domain
• Guide Code Branching and Merging
• Play an advisory role to Engineering leads and other stakeholders (Engineering lead and Div execs)
• Collaboration with domain architects and technical consultants ito technology and /or domain roadmaps
• Work within governance and compliance frameworks of the organisation in terms of Technology and domain application
• Provide detailed Technical roadmaps in context of the organisation architecture and interdependent technologies
• Plan and drive implementation of the agreed technical roadmaps
• Conduct research and development experimentation to test thinking regarding technology or domain applicability
• Participate in special interest groups and confrerences relating to these assets
• Ensure an understanding of technology or domain requirements, performance integrations and optimisation as positioned in organisation
• Assist with and apply troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Evaluate and influence technology decisions
• Mitigate risk by evaluating risks and impacts on  technology or domain
• Update the asset knowledge base
• Conduct internal knowlege sharing sessions
• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
• Support the achievement of the  business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise 
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.
• Conduct self development both by mentoring others and being mentored
• Participate in the talent management practise of the Engineering stream

Job Responsibilities Summarised

• Developing solutions in Dynamics 365 including configuration, workflow and plug-in development are required. 
• Experience with Power BI or SSRS, OData and FetchXML is a plus. 
• Solid experience designing, architecting and building effective solutions according to industry best practices is a must, as is experience with the full systems development      life cycle as it pertains to business application development projects. 
• Experience in estimating your application design/development work and that of others, and in the creation of application technical standards and documentation. 
• You will be expected to be self-motivated in researching alternative technologies, tools and techniques to solve business problems with application solutions. 
• Experience migrating data from legacy CRM implementations to Dynamics 365 is preferred. 
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with an ability to translate technical concepts as appropriate to the level of the audience 

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

• Degree or Diploma in IT

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 years+ working with C# and the .Net Framework, web development experience with JavaScript and web services is required. 
• 2 years+ developing solutions in Dynamics 365 including configuration, workflow and plug-in development are required. 

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Asset management
• IT Assets management processes
• Data Warehousing
• Information Technology (IT) Architecture

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Courage
• Stress Tolerance
• Quality Orientation
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials
• Resolving Conflict