Enterprise / Solution Architect at Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners Limited

Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners Limited – Our client, a Top Tier (2) Commercial Bank, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Enterprise / Solution Architect

Location: Lagos

Job Description

We require the services a highly skilled enterprise architect / solution architect with Fin-Tech experience.
The successful candidate will be expected to catalogue, develop, coordinate, communicate, maintain and enforce the overall enterprise architectural models to adequately perform the organizations business.

Responsibilities

Assess overall alignment between business and technology roadmaps
Evaluate solutions alignment with the end user experience
Create, own and maintain the Technologies Architectural Artifacts (building blocks, models, governance, architecture and unified roadmaps, etc.).
Collaborate on the creation and maintenance of the enterprise business capability model.
Form cross-functional teams (Network, Operations, Development, Data Warehouse, Quality, etc.) to facilitate the creation of optimal architectures which align to the architecture plan
Provide technical leadership for various business units and technology groups
Apply analytical thought processes to quickly understand technical challenges discovered during the life-cycle of the initiative
Evaluate how security impacts the design & development process of various solutions
Communicate often with the business units and explain the value of technical architectures, solutions, and strategies
Lead the documentation and analysis of the current state of all of the IT environments and technology landscape
Collaborate on defining future state architectures and develop gap plans
Collaborate extensively with IT Leaders , Product Managers and technical delivery teams to ensure alignment of best practices and standards
Mentor and guide other Engineers (software,data,network,etc.)
Presenting architecture and strategy to all layer of the company from executives to individual contributors.

Qualifications &Skills Required

First Degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred
At least 3 years’ experience working as an enterprise or solution architect designing and implementing large-scale systems and databases
At least 5 years’ experience as a developer
Strong communication skills with both technical and business professionals
Teamwork & collaboration skills to work across organizations and lead cross-functional teams
Expert knowledge of enterprise application integration, including SOA, Microservices, ETL environments and an understanding of integration considerations such as process orchestration, custom data integration, and master data management
Thorough knowledge of business function and in-depth knowledge of business operations, objectives, and strategies
Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, EACOE, etc.)
Previous development experience in multiple disciplines (Java, C#, JavaScript, Go, Java, HTML, AJAX, JSON, DDL, SQL, NoSQL, or relevant open source platforms)
Deep understanding of design patterns, principles, and frameworks
Working knowledge of UI / UX design principles
Strong understanding on network architecture, designs, and protocols
Extensive experience integration with 3rd party products (both business and technical)
Experience with mobile applications and how they interact with various back end architectures
A good understanding of the architectural principals of cloud-based platforms including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure, and application servers
Strong knowledge of the security operations, standards & issues involved in multi-tier, multi-tenant web applications
Track record of being proactive, identifying gaps, making constructive suggestions and follow through to resolution
Proven ability to creatively problem-solve for various types of issue in multiple disciplines
Experience presenting to senior leadership.