Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To lead and direct the platform team to deliver cost-effective end-to-end design, architecture and performance of the platform, ensuring availability of the platform and its associated services are stable, secure, compliant to standards, consistently within agreed service levels and resulting in customer satisfaction

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required
Technology Operations / Infrastructure Production
Technology
5-7 years

Experience in network planning, engineering and architecture, managing the inventory of all networking components.

8-10 years

Comprehensive understanding of IT Infrastructure including cloud and development integration.Experience in Service Support and Management, Information Technology, Operations Support Change and Project Management, Strategy Implementation.Experience in leading engineers to evolve and implement a cohesive platform strategy, with teams operating across the entire networking stack.Experience in leading a diverse team to design, architect and deliver various platform services.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

Adopting Practical ApproachesArticulating InformationChecking DetailsDeveloping StrategiesDirecting PeopleEmbracing ChangeExploring PossibilitiesInviting FeedbackMaking DecisionsPursuing GoalsTeam WorkingUpholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

Application Knowledge for SupportCapacity ManagementIncident and Problem ManagementInfrastructure and Platforms SupportIT Strategy & PlanningRisk AwarenessService Management ProcessesStakeholder Management