Head, Cloud & DevOps Architecture
About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.
We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.
The Role Responsibilities Strategy - Lead the Domain Architecture for Cloud & DevOps. This includes the Cloud Service Onboarding Architecture, Cloud Service Security Architecture, and DevOps solutioning architecture to transformation of our DevOps pipelines and Engineering Experience platform.
- Accelerate the Cloud First strategy through architecting strong foundational building blocks and reusable Cloud patterns.
- Provide directions of SaaS based products where it makes technical and commercial sense to migrate from on-prem products.
Business - Define and report metrics for individual engineers, leads and T&I MT as in the scope of Cloud & DevOps. Ensure progressing towards the ultimate target 75% compute workload on Public Cloud by 2025.
- Ensure architecture of one short- and long-term Cloud Transformation pipeline for the Bank.
- Identify technology bottlenecks in Cloud & DevOps and specify optimization/automation to be implemented.
- Architect the Cloud Services Catalogue, Artifactory and Golden Versions directions.
- Ensure that all initiatives and projects joined up to target Cloud & DevOps vision.
- Partners with other technology teams in the Bank including Security, Networks and others to ensure shared deliverables are architect properly.
Processes - Work with Architecture, Security, Compliance, Cloud and Technology Governance to follow appropriate policies, procedures and controls for enablement of Azure Cloud Services for the Bank
People and Talent - Lead through example and build the engineering culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and stakeholders.
- Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development; make sure that the team members are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles, ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
- Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives.
- Scouting, hiring, inspiring and managing the best technology talents in the field of Cloud & DevOps, and emerging technologies both internally and externally.
- Provides mentorship and guidance for our team around software architecture and enterprise platform integrations
- Is open-minded, a team player, and excited by Cloud & DevOps technology challenges in an innovative working environment
Risk Management - Ensure a full understanding of the risk and control environment within the Cloud & DevOps organisation
- Ensure onboarding of technologies are done properly with Legal, Compliance and Security Teams
- Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness becomes apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and, if necessary, escalated through the relevant committees
Governance - Ensure adherence to, bank-wide technology and architecture standards.
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
- Improve and simplify Cloud & DevOps architecture governance and decisioning across the strategic Cloud Technology Themes
Regulatory & Business Conduct - Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
- Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
- Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in the team
- Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
- Responsible for building a culture of good conduct
- Lead the data team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Operation of Financial Markets; Financial Crime Prevention; The Right Environment.
Key Stakeholders - Enterprise/Domain Architecture Teams, Enterprise Technology Team, Technology Standards Team
Our Ideal Candidate - 10 years' experience in enterprise infrastructure or software development with a focus on enabling development teams
- Project Management and Management of Engineering teams
- Strong experience in Cloud Service Onboarding Architecture, Cloud Service Security Architecture, and DevOps solutioning architecture to transformation of our DevOps pipelines, automation and Engineering Experience platform.
- Strong understanding of compliance requirements in a banking regulated organisation
- Delivering of Terraforms
- Passionate about building and delivering APIs
- Experience with Agile software development practice
- Experience with rapid prototyping and testing techniques
- Excellent verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
- Open to working in areas outside of your comfort zone, experimenting with new technologies and techniques
- Able to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment
- Comfortable working in a corporate environment
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Excellent problem-solving skills, open to challenges
Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.
To view information on our benefits including our flexible working please visit our career pages . We welcome conversations on flexible working.
