Head, Application Development, Maintenance & Support

Head, Application Development, Maintenance & Support

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

Application Engineering & Modern Development

· Define and drive application engineering strategy aligned to cloud-native, API-first and microservices principles

· Establish standardized engineering practices (coding standards, design patterns, secure SDLC)

· Drive modularisation and decoupling of legacy systems

· Lead platform engineering capability (shared services, reusable APIs)

DevSecOps & Automation

· Establish and scale DevSecOps practices including CI/CD pipelines

· Drive end-to-end automation across SDLC

· Implement shift-left testing and security practices

· Track KPIs such as deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR

AI & Intelligent Automation

· Drive AI-enabled use cases across application landscape

· Embed AI/ML capabilities into business applications

· Drive intelligent automation combining RPA, AI and workflows

Technical Debt & Lifecycle Management

· Maintain technical debt register and remediation roadmap

· Allocate capacity for debt reduction

· Drive application lifecycle management

Cloud Modernisation

· Lead application modernisation to cloud

· Define country-level cloud roadmap

Engineering Productivity & Talent

· Build high-performing engineering teams

· Drive continuous upskilling

· Foster engineering culture and innovation

Security by Design

· Embed security-by-design principles

· Implement zero-trust architecture

· Drive secure coding practices