API Platform and Microservices Architect

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Commercial Bank, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Doha, plays a vital role in Qatar's economic development through offering a range of personal, business, government, international and investment services.
At Commercial Bank of Qatar, we believe in empowering our employees, providing them with opportunities for growth and professional development.
By Joining us, you'll be part of workplace culture that fosters innovation, supports work-life balance, and encourages you to reach your full potential.
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Job Summary

We are looking to hire an API Platform and Microservices Architect to join our Information technology Team.

As a key member of the Enterprise Architecture Team will support a massive technology and business transformation being focused on preserve the sustainability of key shared platforms of Commercial Bank and the related governance in order to create the CBQ API Market Place for Developers on top of Microservices.

Key Accountabilities

Ensure sustainability of platform
Preserve application is developed properly (pattern and standards)
Experience and knowledge in Microservices, Cloud Services, ITIL, TOGAF

Other Accountabilities

1. Kong is a Life Cycle Management Tool (Similar tools: Apigee, Mulesoft,..)
2. Designing APIS & Microservices
3. DDD (Domain Driven Design), for design microservices
4. Being a Key member supporting a massive digital transformation collaborating with Solutions Architects and providing guidance in solutioning as key member of the Enterprise Architecture Team
5. Architectural and Platform ownership of the API Lifecycle Management Tool and supporting Microservices integration patterns as other key uses cases
6. Support guidance in delivery and deployment lifecycle of APIs
7. Design authority member for evaluate APIs, Schemas and functional APIs for Commercial Bank for preserve the sustainability of the environment
8. Divulgate good practices for asses and evaluate Business initiatives approaching best solutioning on top of APIs
9. Application ownership for API Lifecycle Management Tool -KONG or any of the following life cycle management tools such as Apigee or Mulesoft
10. Preparing the capacity Planning for the API Lifecycle Management Tool working closely with Infrastructure Team
11. As a key member of the Enterprise Architecture Team will support in Architecture Board IT Initiatives in Commercial Bank
12. Platform Architect for API Lifecycle Management Tool will partner with strategic planning and engineering teams to take ideas from concepts to fruition as part of digital transformation
13. Interact with external customers and partners in the industry
14. Participate in the design, build and deployment of a new Open Source and Vendor Specific platforms including service request, provisioning process, configuration, monitoring definition, backup and recovery strategy, and security for APIs
15. Ability to develop conceptual and detailed design documentation
16. Articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies a part of APIs with key stakeholders of infrastructure programs via workshop, web conference and Power Point presentation
17. Mentor team members in technology, architecture and delivery of new solutions
18. Participate in POC's with applications and projects interested in using APIs
19. Work closely with our IT Operations Service Delivery
20. Identify, investigate, evaluate and quickly become proficient in new technologies and technical disciplines that are of significance to Commercial Bank
21. Providing technical leadership and setting architectural direction for all the business services in the domain by bringing both technical vision and business objectives together

Requirements

Key Interactions

Functional report will be the all software engineers

Competencies

• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Creativity/Innovation
• Decision Making/Judgment
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Integrity/Ethics
• Problem Solving/Analysis

Skills

• Ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Education

• Master degree in Information Technology

Job ID 6545