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Job Description
Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Job Summary
Overall Job Purpose
The DevOps engineer has complete ownership of local service delivery and strategic technically planning to support the vision of Banking solutions team.
- To provide advice and support in implementing strategic products contribute across the technology stack, from database and develop operations infrastructure supporting continuous deployment, to native apps and make community contributions.
- Help drive the company’s solution-based business model and take their designs to the next level
- Design, develop, and test industry-leading solutions
- Build scalable solutions that will make technology work for businesses and individuals
- Develop a deep understanding of products, customers, goals, organization, and business strategies
- Evaluate systems, processes, and identify improvement needs
- Conceptualize and develop solutions based on project requirements and company standards
- Develop and implement processes that improve manufacturing production and deliver quality outputs
- Secure and manage engineering service providers, inspectors, and other technical resources that may come in handy to develop the project
- Meet quality standards while maintaining a working knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices
- Manage the execution and timely completion of engineering projects
- Analyze the scope and determine project specifications, establish testing methods for product investigations, test programs, examine samples, and prepare reports
- Formulate plans with detailed calculations, drawings, diagrams, project specifications, and budget estimates
- Must be open-minded, passionate and the way you work energizes others.
- Must be committed to the timely delivery of a job well done.
Job Description
Accountability: Drive strategy Time Split: 40%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Help drive the company’s solution-based business model and take their designs to the next level
- Design, develop, and test industry-leading solutions
- Build scalable solutions that will make technology work for businesses and individuals
- Develop a deep understanding of products, customers, goals, organization, and business strategies
- Evaluate systems, processes, and identify improvement needs
- Secure and manage engineering service providers, inspectors, and other technical resources that may come in handy to develop the project
- Meet quality standards while maintaining a working knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices
- Manage the execution and timely completion of engineering projects
- Analyze the scope and determine project specifications, establish testing methods for product investigations, test programs, examine samples, and prepare reports
- Formulate plans with detailed calculations, drawings, diagrams, project specifications, and budget estimates
Accountability: Manage risk and Compliance Time Split: 15%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Together with Risk and Compliance team, review the key risk and compliance challenges identified in the area and the key areas of concern/surveillance.
- Together with the Risk and Compliance team implement measures to address notable risks and regulatory challenges.
- Implement measures to review the risk and compliance performance of the unit/function on a regular basis and take corrective action.
- Complete all relevant Management Assurance or Risk reports and attestations as required.
- Ensure that processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that impact the area are documented and understood by all members of the team.
- Work with Absa Internal Audit and Management Assurance during the scoping of audits to ensure fair coverage.
Accountability: Drive Service Time Split: 25%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Increase revenue potential for the business by effectively managing service levels of critical applications
- Minimize time-to-resolution(TTR) of business service disruptions through fast real-time root cause analysis of solutions deployed.
- Minimize cost of IT infrastructure through optimizing delivery and performance of business services.
- Implement actions resulting from formalised service reviews (including questionnaires, production reporting, loss event reporting, etc).
- Continuously monitor service levels and implement tactical measures to improve customer satisfaction.
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships within the Bank to understand the business needs and changes in customer needs.
- Participate in Bank wide forums and governance structures as required or directed.
- Work of the Head of Solutions to communicate and track the achievement of Service levels (documented in Service Level Agreements) on an on-going basis and take corrective action as required on all solutions deployed.
- Manage the operational teams to ensure they deliver reliable services.
Accountability: Manage resources Time Split: 20%
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
- Adhere to sound financial and governance controls to support sound resource management and financial control within the unit.
- Ensure adherence to all required compliance requirements, financial policies and supply chain policies within the bank.
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)