Solutions Architect

4 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

Hello Future Solutions Architect (Cellphone Banking)

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Overview of the role:

- Needs to focus on maximizing business value
- Will be working with a range of stakeholders in analysing business processes, policies, and information systems to find solutions to complex problems
- You will be responsible for designing, recommending and governing implementation of solutions across the bank to address business needs and solve business problems. Manage change process and establish overall solutions architecture and frameworks
- As a solutions architect for Cellphone Banking, you will need to have a fair understanding of other key systems within the bank that contribute to the successful implementation of solutions on the front end.
- The Solutions Architect will be facilitating JAD sessions, in order to solution for problems
- The Solutions Architect must have strong technical knowledge as well people leadership skills

You will be responsible for:

- Cellphone banking system
- Unpacking at Business Requirements Specifications
- Must have design standards understanding
- Implementing solutions onto Cellphone Banking
- Assisting Business Analyst with any their day to day deliverables
- Devise and implement IT innovations or methodologies that achieve efficiencies and reduce cost based on time, risk and process.
- Reduce cost by identifying inappropriate technologies for the organisation.
- Provide guidance in Business/Systems Analysis solutions that yield the highest return on investments.
- 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.
- Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME’s, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements. Collaborate with and transfer knowledge with internal and external teams.
- Provide functional expertise to troubleshoot highly complex problems, or present/market new technology or solutions for business.
- Establish architectural standards and frameworks and assess functional and process risks on projects by collaborating with other architects to translate the customer’s requirements.
- Identify, justify and design a specific solution that meets business requirements.
- Provide guidance to operations teams and other architects on the design, development, and testing of a new solution, and work with assigned project teams to ensure a smooth implementation of changes to existing systems.
- Implement all technical support request escalated and ensure effective resolution within the Service Level Agreement.
- Analyze, estimate and execute all approved development and configuration items through delivery of the best technical solutions to deliver the required functionality.
- Provide input and assist business to achieve efficiencies through optimized processes.
- Assess process and business risks relating to systems to ensure mínimal risk to the organisation.
- Comply, understand and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements for IT Solutions.
- Analyse and/or identify problems/requirements to determine impact, patterns and trends, best fit alternatives and best practice IT solutions.
- Determine the estimated resources and timelines required to deliver the required functionality.
- Review proposed solutions and provides quality assurance on IT solutions. Provides expertise and guidance on the best method to ensure quality and cost effectiveness.
- Keep up to date with own area of expertise to develop and maintain own professional knowledge base in order to provide effective support and advice.
- Supervises the work of other Business Analyst
- Provides technical assistance to Business Analysts and Information Technology (IT) team members.

What you will need:

- 3 to 5 years experience in a similar role or Senior Business/Systems Analyst role
- Min 5 years experience in a Business/Systems Analyst role
- Team Lead experience in a requirements space

We can be a match if you can:

- Strong communication, decision making and interpersonal skills.
- Good stakeholder engagement and management
- Able to work under pressure
- Exceptional knowledge of Cellphone Banking and eWallet within the bank.

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Job Details

Application Closing Date

17/09/24


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