Senior Technology Architect at Confidential Employer – Harare

An Organisation in the financial sector is seeking a senior technology officer who can define and govern the Organisation's technology standards, architectures, approved technologies and roadmap, while leading legacy modernisation and ensuring a resilient, integrated and cost-effective technology environment.

Principal Accountabilities:
* Develops and maintains the Organisation's technology architecture, standards, reference models, technology roadmap, technical debt programme and technology lifecycle policies.
* Governs enterprise integration architecture, APIs, middleware and interoperability with payment and interbank systems, including ISO 20022, RTGS and ACH standards.
* Drives cloud adoption, legacy system modernisation, platform migration, containerisation, infrastructure automation and operational resilience.
* Provides technical assurance across IT projects, leads architecture reviews, maintains architecture decisions and monitors compliance, waivers and technical debt.
* Provides technical guidance and mentorship to architects, data/AI teams and graduate trainees.
* Works closely with cybersecurity, data science, project portfolio and innovation teams to ensure technology solutions are secure, interoperable, supportable and aligned with the Organization's strategic objectives.
* Represents the Organisation in relevant interbank technical working groups and technology standards forums.

Job Related Attributes:
* Bachelor's degree (Honours) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
* Minimum of four (4) years' relevant experience in technology, solution, infrastructure or integration architecture, including experience in a senior technical or architecture role.
* Demonstrated experience in enterprise technology architecture, including cloud technologies, systems integration, APIs, infrastructure and technology modernisation.
* Practical experience in architecture governance, technology standards, architecture modelling and development of technology roadmaps.
* TOGAF 9/10 Practitioner certification is essential.
* Professional-level cloud architecture certification in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud or other relevant architecture or technology certifications are an added advantage.