I.T Engineering Lead

Job title : I.T Engineering Lead

Activities
Solution Architecture:

• Identify, validate, and advocate the adoption of suitable digital technologies and frameworks, ensuring
• they are appropriate for use case development and consistent with COMPANY’s digital strategy.
• Lead the architectural design and delivery of digital solutions for LBUs ensuring that all solutions delivered are scalable, secure, resilient,
• aligned with COMPANY’s business objectives, comply with COMPANY security standards, and support
• operational excellence, compliance, and innovation across our operations.
• Lead the adoption and integration of cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure and the design and
• implementation of on-premises infrastructure and services
• Define and enforce DevOps framework and practices for IaC (Infrastructure as Code) and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous delivery)
• Identify and establish the reliability and security of data sources needed for the realization of COMPANY digital solutions.
• Manage technical/security risks and create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.

Product Engineering:

• Lead and direct software engineering team and third-party software engineers, ensuring that the team meet
• expected delivery timelines, quality benchmarks, and contractual obligations for the full product lifecycle—
• from ideation to deployment and continuous improvement.
• Act as the technical authority, providing decisive architectural guidance, problem-solving leadership, and
• hands-on technical direction when required to unblock technical issues and maintain delivery momentum.
• Accountable for the technical quality and performance of all digital products developed within D&I,
• enforcing engineering standards, design principles, and compliance with Company policies, cybersecurity
• rules, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive engineering excellence by institutionalizing best-in-class practices (Agile, DevOps, Continuous Delivery, automated testing, secure coding, etc.) and ensuring consistent adoption across all development squads.
• Own the engineering capability uplift plan, ensuring continuous development of development squads
• through structured coaching, mentoring, training, and cross-functional knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Maintain strong strategic alignment with stakeholders, proactively engaging product managers, product
• owners, domain experts, and business leaders to anticipate needs, address risks early, and ensure delivery
• of high-value digital products.
• Ensure transparent communication and reporting, providing D&I and Business leadership with clear visibility
• on technical risks, mitigation plans, delivery performance, and progress against the digital roadmap.
• Champion a culture of innovation and operational excellence, ensuring that engineering solutions not only
• meet requirements but continually push for improved efficiency, reduced technical debt, and higher
• business impact.
• Ensure comprehensive post-deployment support is provided to all locally developed digital tools currently in
• operation.
• Help shape the long-term product vision, set digital ambitions, and define the strategy for COMPANY's digital
• transformation program, while also serving as a key advocate for change.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or any other related discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in IT and Product Engineering with demonstrable experience and knowledge of
• Software Engineering, Data
• Engineering and Data Analytics.
• Experience in enterprise integration and microservices architecture
• Extensive knowledge of Agile software development practices (such as Scrum, TDD, CI/CD)
• Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management
• Ability to manage complex technical projects and communicate effectively with project stakeholders is required.
• Should have excellent sense of organization and methods.
• Solution Architecture experience in a large-scale enterprise cloud environment (Azure or AWS) is required.
• Experience should cover computing, networks, security, databases, storage, monitoring and big data analytics.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification is an advantage.
• Expert understanding of various software languages and frameworks: C#, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, NoSQL. An understanding of low-code environments like SharePoint and PowerApps is desirable.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases: Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
• Should have a general understanding of data analytics and machine learning concepts, frameworks, and
• technologies and be familiar with model building and data visualization.
• Experience in Business Process re-engineering / LEAN is desirable.