The Enterprise Architect leads initiatives using project management best practices and industry architecture frameworks. The Enterprise Architect leads design efforts, defines end-to-end architectures, oversees and performs research studies and presentations that include recommendations, and instructions for proposed implementations; formulating logical descriptions of problems; and recommending optimum solutions.
The job holder building an enterprise architecture management framework (EA): Building an overall architectural framework, technology standards, and design methods for all technology fields.
The job holder ensure oeverall architectural direction: Control designs in projects, BAUs, ensure architectural direction and technology standards are followed
Key Accountabilities (1)
Building general EA framework:
Build general EA framework to meet Bank's business strategy
Build technology standards, design methods in each period to meet Bank's business strategy
Develop technology directions and plans for key technologies such as Cloud, Customer-centric architecture and Digital.
Define reference enterprise architecture patterns for each key technology to support the organisation wide vision and individual business vertical strategies.
Key Accountabilities (2)
Ensuring general architecture orientation:
Develop and maintain a group wide enterprise architecture framework (as is and to be) to ensure that the overall digital strategy and vision is maintained consistently and socialised across business verticals on a regular basis.
Provide architectural guidance to multiple agile teams and across product portfolios and collaborate with relevant IT stakeholders to help drive the transition towards the target picture
Assess and/or approve solution architectures to ensure the consistency with architecture standards and strategy
Support teams across business verticals to execute the roadmaps in projects lifecycle while piloting key technologies (until the delivery).
Review architecture in line with plan, assess level of compliance following standardized architecture
Other duties
Participate in assigned technology projects and communicate with stakeholders across the IT & business to ensure that technology projects and initiatives support roadmap direction for shared platforms
Participates and effectively contributes to the IT portfolio management practice including framework, policies, procedures and processes.
Enable transformation of technology in the Bank through introduction of new technologies or retirement of obsolete technologies and dealing with related risks
Additional and only relevant for Security Architecture specilaity
Develop and maintain the bank's security architecture framework and strategy
Develop and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures for the bank.
Conduct security assessments and audits to ensure compliance with security policies and standards.
Initiative / Project Delivery & Operation
Collaborate with other IT teams to design and implement security solutions across multiple business units and locations.
Being part of the delivery team and ensure compliance with relevant security regulations and standards across the bank.
Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote security awareness and best practices.
Participate in incident response and forensic investigations for large-scale indicdents.
Success Profile - Qualification and Experiences Qualifications
Graduated in Information Technology or Banking
Work Experience
Understand the bank's IT development strategy and roadmap in the next 5 years
Able to propose solution architecture for some main business areas of the bank such as Payment, BPM, DW, Risks, Lending...
Ability to coordinate with other units to carry out the work from ideation, to design and operation.
Having expertise, deep understanding of analysis, design, selection of technical solutions
At least 10 years of experience in practical implementation of many key solutions in end-to-end banking from business to application and deployment layer such as card, core, internet banking, data warehouse
Have experience in working as an Enterprise Architect and possess strong Enterprise Architecture domain knowledge with experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining architecture across complex platforms, applications, and networks
Must have strong knowledge in emerging technologies, and the ability to apply these in the service of the company's key business goals.
Strong verbal and written communication, collaboration, and leadership skills with Technical teams and Business teams
Experience guiding/teaching others in architecture principles, such as roadmaps, technical standards, non-functional requirements, and solution diagramming/documentation
Demonstrated success working with standard software development lifecycle models, deliverables/artifacts and tools, SOA concepts and design patterns
Experience designing scalable/reliable/flexible/secure solutions across heterogeneous hardware platforms , operating systems, middlewares, and infrastructure technologies
Technical experience with architecture, technology stacks, or overall architectural governance
Experience with cloud computing and/or other virtualization technologies
Experience establishing and documenting standards, guidelines, and best practices
For Security Architecture
Minimum of 8 years of experience in the information security field, with at least 5-7 years in a security architecture role.
Proven experience in developing and implementing security architecture frameworks and strategies for large, complex environments.
Experience with leading security architecture teams and managing security architecture projects.
Experience with security technologies such as cloud security, container security, and micro-segmentation, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, vulnerability scanners, and security information and event management (SIEM) systems in large environments.
Proven experience in implementing security solutions across multiple business units and locations.
Language level
English, according to TCB's regulations in each period
