Solution Architect- Trade Lead

Purpose of role:
To shape, plan, lead Trade Portfolio delivery providing expert Engineering skill, directing system capabilities, priorities, resources ensuring solutions are developed, maintained to standards, practices. To synthesize, mature Engineering Practices (Software -; Quality -; Change & Release; DEVOPS) across Portfolio delivery teams (5-12 teams).Lead, manage resources: software -, quality engineers, technical system team (50-80 resources), building capacity, capability, competencies in Engineering team.

Qualification:

• Information Technology studies
• At least 8-10 years hands on experience with:
• Coming from a background of full lifecycle design and development covering solution design, application design, development, testing and maintenance, network software, operating systems, multi-tier environments, desktop and workgroup software, middleware, server technology, fault tolerant environments, development tools.
• Broad experience of application development methodologies, data base methodology, programming languages, data base concepts and IT infrastructure and operations.
• Proven track record to a broad spectrum of stakeholders including senior executives. Knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks, methods and practices and experience in being a catalyst for organisational change. Experience working with cross-functional teams fostering collaboration and team work. Exposure to broad business and financial management type experience, specifically within the banking sector. Good understanding of the IT environment.
• Knowledge of Agile principles including scaling, scrum of scrums, multiple teams and DEVOPS
• The knowledge of release planning, velocity, capacity planning, burndowns, burn up rates and story mapping.
• The ability to implement agile metrics to measure the value delivered to business. These metrics include velocity, sprint burn-down chart and release burn-up chart

Essential Functions:

• Possess strong knowledge of trade-related products, including Vanilla Trade and Supply Chain Financing.
• Possess strong understanding of trade banking concepts, including Trade SWIFT message structures, credit principles such as direct and contingent liabilities, and accounting concepts like accrual and amortization.
• Continuously develop and mature competency of the Engineering team by overseeing the provision of support in the form of training, mentoring, coaching, etc. for practice team mem
  
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