The holder of the role will be responsible for entrenching Enterprise Architecture practice, conducting Compliance Reviews against the established Enterprise Architecture Blueprints, publish the state of compliance and gaps as well as create a roadmap in consultation with System owners to remediate weakness and map the journey towards target Architecture State. The holder will need to be adept at analyzing systems, interrelations and initiatives, proposing appropriate best practice frameworks/methodologies to establish the current state of maturity as well as map the most relevant steps towards the desired state and track the progress.
This role involves planning, communication, architecture practice and execution of initiatives aimed at improving the bank's Technology landscape. The ideal candidate will support standardization, collaboration and ensure architecture deliverables support business objectives.
The role is a Technology role interfacing with Business and will report to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand the Bank’s business and technology landscape to evaluate their contribution to strategic success, ensuring correct prioritization and focus of architectural effort.
- Identify and curate technical debt across domains, assess its impact, and develop practical solutions and opportunities to progressively reduce it in line with the Bank’s transformation agenda.
- Strengthen Enterprise Architecture governance by supporting the Architecture Review Board (ARB), ensuring timely submissions, accurate documentation of ARB decisions.
- Develop and maintain reference architectures across business, data, application, and technology domains, aligning with the Bank’s strategic vision, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Track and monitor architectural initiatives and roadmaps, verifying remediation of identified gaps, escalating risks, and ensuring alignment with agreed transition paths.
- Track the design and sequencing of transition architectures that progressively actualize the reference architecture target state, balancing immediate business needs with long-term strategic goals.
- Maintain and continuously enrich the EA repository, covering architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, compliance metrics, and other reusable assets to entrench best practice.
- Ensure Propper tracking of the projects, initiatives put in place to remediate the compliance deficits and agreed roadmap, periodically conducting confirmation/verification checks, and reviewing escalations.
- Progressively assess applications and platforms for fit-for-purpose using industry frameworks such as the TIME model and recommend technology interventions to address identified gaps.
- Contribute to the adoption of emerging technologies and practices that strengthen EA maturity, enhance customer experience, and drive operational excellence and business growth.
The Ideal Candidate: Academic, Professional & Experience:
For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical field of study.
- Master’s degree in technology / business will be an added advantage
- Professional Qualifications i.e TOGAF or Other Architecture Related Certifications, CBAP, Prince II or related project management certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Cloud Solutions Architect (AWS or Azure or GCP)
- 8+ years progressive experience in Information Technology / Engineering is required
- 4 years’ experience in Enterprise Architecture, Software development or related area of specialization is essential.
- 4 years of expertise in any architecture domain such as application / solutions, data, business, technology - security and infrastructure architecture is essential.
In addition, the preferred candidate should demonstrate at least 3 years of proven experience in each of the following competencies:
- Experience with hybrid cloud architectures and migrations from on-premises to the cloud
- In-depth knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks, methodologies, and best practices
- Strong expertise in solution architecture, including experience with cloud technologies, data architecture, application architecture, and integration patterns.
- Excellent understanding of software delivery processes, and methodologies (i.e. waterfall, agile, hybrid) & DevOps.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills with ability to breakdown complex items to actionable elements.
- Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture
- Familiarity with graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories.
- Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications on individual components and projects.
- Ability to liaise with all levels of management and subject matter experts across the industry and within the organization to drive adoption of Enterprise Architecture.
The above position is a demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.
To be considered your application must be received by Friday 5th December 2025.
Qualified candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
