Head of Infrastructure & IT Governance
ila BankJob Description
Head of Infrastructure & IT Governance at ila Bank
ila Bank is seeking a highly experienced and enthusiastic Head of Infrastructure & IT Governance to lead our infrastructure and IT governance initiatives. This critical role requires a seasoned IT professional with extensive experience in infrastructure management, both on-cloud and on-premises. As the Head of Infrastructure & IT Governance, you will centralize cloud expertise and decision-making, enabling faster innovation through the adoption of cloud technologies while maintaining proper cloud governance and cost control of cloud investments. This role ultimately leads to improved operational efficiency, reduced technical debt, and enhanced competitive advantage.
The Head of Infrastructure & IT Governance will also oversee development and solutions architecture decision-making, managing and overseeing development teams led by the development lead. Responsibilities include tracking and planning for end-to-end delivery and managing the capacity of different development teams.
Key Responsibilities for Cloud Governance
- Oversight and management of the development process across teams.
- Oversight and management of the cloud and infrastructure team under DevOps.
- Drive cloud strategy, optimize costs, ensure security, and orchestrate successful cloud adoption across the bank.
- Oversee solutions for the mobile app and backend integration and support the architecture team.
- Drive overall architectural design strategies for the bank with the support of the architecture team.
- Ensure alignment among team leads toward common goals, facilitating regular meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and dependencies.
- Provide guidance to development teams to maintain high software quality standards and ensure best practices are followed.
- Drive industry-standard development strategies and promote them across teams within the bank.
IT Governance and Risk Management
The Head of Infrastructure & IT Governance will manage the IT governance framework to define and maintain IT policies and procedures. You will also oversee IT risk assessment from a risk management & compliance perspective and implement risk mitigation strategies. Additionally, you will direct internal IT audits and coordinate with external auditors. Oversight of IT change management, processes, and control mechanisms, coordinating with Release Management, is also a key function.
- Manage IT governance framework to define and maintain IT policies and procedures.
- Oversee IT Risk assessment from a risk management & compliance perspective and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Work directly with internal IT audit and coordinate with external auditors.
- Oversee IT change management, processes, and control mechanisms with release management.
Skills and Qualifications for Effective Cloud Governance
We are looking for someone with a minimum of 10 years of experience in Architecture, Development, and Banking application, particularly in Core Banking Implementation and Integration in a cloud environment. Hands-on experience with programming languages like Java, Maven, Camel, Spring, and Python is essential. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills are a must, along with a proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget in a cloud environment. The ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders is crucial.
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