Technical Lead

SUMMARY:
Purpose: Capability building, defining, implementing and evolving the set of methods, practices, guidelines and frameworks that are required to continually improve the quality of technical solutions that are delivered and acquiring (hiring), training and developing top class software engineers and technical experts

POSITION INFO:

Outputs and measures

• Hire skilled software engineers and top class technical experts (architects, software engineers, operations engineers, etc.).
• Ensure an appropriate supply of technical experts to fill available positions in the delivery portfolios (SAFe Portfolio, Program and Team levels). 
• Build relationships with the team, partners and the broader industry.
• Continually improves his/her own technical acumen and remains closely connected to changes in industry practices.
• Provide support in the form of training, mentoring, coaching, etc. for practice team members to allow them to attain mastery in their craft.
• Provide opportunities for team members to acquire adjacent skills (“Tshaped employees”) and actively drives cross skilling as a strategic initiative.
• Set measurable goals and objectives and provides explicit guidance w.r.t. performance expectations. 
• Measures performance continually (using feedback from a wide variety of sources) and provides honest and objective feedback to team members on a regular basis.
• Set clear expectations for the achievement of quality goals.
• Encourage autonomy of decision making within clearly defined boundaries.
• Have extreme focus on building capability that produces predictable, reliable and sustainable solutions. “Everything under version control” & “Automate all things”
• Oversee technical solutions delivery and management in line with Group IT Centre of Excellence quality and engineering standards and practices 
• Adhere to Agile methodologies and follows Agile principles through work outputs and behaviours 
• Scope, Plan, Design and Review end to end solutions 
• Co-ordinate and participate in the delivery of application code 

Requirements:

Qualifications

Degree in IT and Computer Sciences 

IT Certifications eg.  SAFe, Scrum Master  

Experience

• 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. Experience using Agile Software development methodologies and associated practices such as Continuous
• Integration, Software Defined Infrastructure, Evolutionary Architecture, etc
• Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment. Track record in capability and competency building and coaching of staff is required.
• 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 Standard Bank IT environment 

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