Head Of Enterprise Architecture

DFCU

About DFCU

For over 60 years, we have been delivering innovative and trusted banking solutions, empowering individuals and businesses with financial services tailored to their needs. A subsidiary of dfcu Limited, dfcu Bank is a leading banking and financial services company domiciled in Uganda. It came into existence in May 2000 following dfcu’s acquisition of Gold Trust Bank to extend universal banking services alongside the pre-existing equity finance; long-term development finance; leasing and working capital finance. dfcu Limited was started by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Subsequent restructuring saw the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the German Development Corporation (DEG) invest resulting in an equal stake of 25% for the shareholders. Its objective was to support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not appeal to the then-existing financial commercial lending institutions. dfcu Limited was incorporated under the Laws of Uganda on the 14th of May 1964, as a Private Limited Liability Company. In 1999, dfcu acquired Uganda Leasing Company which became dfcu Leasing, to provide direct asset-based finance. On 18th March 2004, dfcu Limited went public subsequently being listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange on the 14th of October 2004.

Job Description

Reporting to the Chief- Technology, Digital & Operations Officer, the role holder will be responsible for co-ordinating the development, reviewing, and implementing the IT Enterprise architecture framework that supports the bank to realize its strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

Design thinking and analyzing the current IT environment to identify deficiencies and suggest enhancement solutions based on leading industry Enterprise standards.
Coordinate design and document key system components, interfaces, infrastructure, and communications focusing on standards and technologies that enable systems performance qualities, such as availability, security, scalability & recoverability.
Coordinate design of a coherent long-term IT Enterprise architecture in line with commercial frameworks, standards, and the bank’s IT policy.
Advise on the creation of the Enterprise architecture to be designed & adopted by the Bank.
Continuous review and enhancement of the Enterprise architecture in line with the bank, IT, and business requirement.
Update Business Information Plans, product development plans together with BT department and support the translation of the Business Information Plans and Coordinate the Release and Life cycle management Process for innovations.
Monitor and review agreed targets in relation to costs, quality, and risks.
Optimize the Banks Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and related Systems and infrastructures.
Confirm all delivered solutions comply to the development guidelines with respect to security, regulatory, compliance etc.

Requirements

A University Degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems, Engineering or another numerical biased Degree.
Adept at Financial Technology & Banking products.
Trained in use of the current core Banking system added advantage
Certification in Project Management e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, etc. is an added advantage.
Expert Knowledge of methods and techniques such as Tap Scott, DYA, TOGAF, COBIT.
8 years’ experience and at least 4+ years broad experience in design, development and implementation of information systems and communication systems.
Strong technological skills in Server hardware, Cloud Infrastructure, Storage (NetApp), Operating systems (Windows & LINUX), Security & Network infrastructure.
Excellent planning, organisational and coordination skills.
Strong business and analytical skills including direct interaction with customers.
Knowledge of product design and product lifecycle management.
High proficiency in Information Systems and in research design tools.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, negotiation and communication skills.
Ability to lead, supervise and transfer knowledge to teams.