Enterprise Architect

Description : 2. Job Purpose

Senior Manager - Enterprise Architect is responsible to setup the vision for the future state technology supporting business growth capabilities. It includes defining Digital architecture framework that supports the most efficient and secure technology environment meeting both technology and business needs. The role demands defining, implementing and ensuring compliance to laid out digital architecture principles of Open banking API, Microservices, Cloud enablement)

This job also recommends most optimized architecture for all new and existing applications to maximize stable performance at right cost.

4. Key Result Areas

Accountable for the appropriateness of technology architecture solutions delivered to the technology teams of the bank

Develop and present to Technology management on Innovations and influence decision making

Provide a consensus based enterprise architecture roadmap that is scalable, adaptable and fit for Mashreq architecture landscape

Provide recommendations to the projects and applications on technical architecture and any deviations to be highlight

To link business requirements and technology strategy, architecture future models to be developed in an efficient, sustainable, agile and adaptable manner

Provide application consolidation approach based on strategy, architecture and business requirements

Share best practices, lessons learned and constantly update the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and up-coming vendor products and solutions

Establish and implement architecture guidelines framework for all change deliverables in Technology

Focus on regulatory, control & audit requirements while developing architecture frameworks

Architecture decisions have major impact on the application stability which in turn reflects revenue of the bank

Promotion of shared infrastructure and applications to improve information inflows.

Provide recommendations to the projects and applications technical architecture and approve only if senior management approvals are obtained by application owners for any deviations

Develop architecture designs and get approval from EADA forum

5. Operating Environment, Framework and Boundaries and Relationships

Member of the IT strategy, policies, projects and change control board for architectural delivery and IT initiatives.

Interacts with project stakeholders, subject matter experts, 3rd party representatives and senior management.

Build bridge between teams and technology solutions for common goal and delivery

Adhere information controls and security frameworks / procedures, including change and incident management process.

Ability to provide innovative solutions and influence senior management to take critical decisions by providing recommendations.

Manage and deliver all technology Initiatives by following all technology standards and procedures and also deliver business value with minimum cost and time lines

Build bridge between teams and technology solutions for common goal and delivery

Adhere information controls and security frameworks / procedures

6. Problem Solving

Recommend architectural solutions and changes to meeting IT and business requirements.

Recommend solutions to systems or process obstacles.

7. Decision Making Authority and Responsibility

Review and approval of technical architecture for new projects

Review, verification and provide approval for new projects before start of user testing / production movement

Technical inputs and recommendations for RFP and product selections

Provide recommendation / alternatives and verification for projects / changes to align with current organization IT architecture

Provide application consolidation recommendations

Provide architectural review for BAU changes and releases

Provide approval for changes tabled in the change control board

8. Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Excellent information systems understanding with ability to lead root cause analysis and closure.

Excellent knowledge in latest Digital technologies

Excellent knowledge in Cloud native technologies, DevOps, Microservices

Knowledge in ReactNative, ReactJS, Spring Boot, PL / SQL, Java technologies

Knowledge in the Business process management, Document management

Excellent knowledge in Open API, RESTful services and SOAP Services

Knowledge in the database management, Open source and Kafka

Knowledge in Data Lake, AI / ML and security

TOGAF certification is added advantage

Knowledge in Cloud / Multi Cloud adoption Azure Cloud

Ability to manage diverse teams drawing on different skills.

Knowledge of IT strategy and operations.

Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application and systems engineering.

Business and technical experience in the financial services domain.

Excellent project management experience.

10+ years experience in the IT field and financial services.

Strong organisational and presentation capability.

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