bayt.com
Job Description
- Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the smooth functioning of the department and maintain the reputation of the organization as a viable and responsible business organization.
- Recommend programmatic and technical directions and operate with a high degree of independence in matters relating to the investigation, impact, and analysis of security incidents, decisions regarding risk, and measures for computer and network security.
- Operate with a high degree of independence regarding management activities, including development of project plans and budget/resource estimates.
- Lead and manage selection of outsource partners whose products and services implement our applications through RFP and RFI processes.
- Manage day to day activities needed to enhance, maintain and support our business applications, minimising downtime and increasing quality.
- Initially and with the support of the CITO, be responsible for the development and maintenance of the overall strategic architecture.
- Build internal teams to deliver channel, business and infrastructure through a defined tool supported SDLC where the need arises.
Skills
- 7-10 years of advanced IT skills with high level of service/application delivery experience.
- Knowledge and experience of best practices and tooling used in the SDLC (agile and waterfall)
- Experienced in vendor management and working with outsource partners for deliver of software and resource provisioning.
- Ability to drive strategic architecture and service creation based on best practices, correct processes and industry standards (e.g., TOGAF, ITIL, Kanban etc.)
- Coming from a financial services background is more than highly desirable.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, including formal report writing experience
- Understanding of common security standards and regulations relating to financial services (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO2700x, etc.)
- Skilled in creating documents and presentations using MS Office.
- Knowledge and experience of business platforms used in financial services such as ERP, Wealth Management, Payments, Digital Banking and their corresponding architectures.
- Knowledge and experience of software infrastructure relating to Channels (Internet and otherwise), Security, Application Integration, Business Intelligence/Analytics, Data Management, and their proper architecture and proper usage.
- Knowledge and experience in defining and creating highly available, scalable and performant services through architectures stretched across multiple sites.