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.

The Huawei Cloud & Technology Architect will provide architectural leadership for Huawei Cloud and related Huawei technologies across Standard Bank Group. The role is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving Huawei Cloud platform capabilities, standards, and adoption across the organisation. This includes the development of cloud architecture standards, target-state roadmaps, reference architectures, platform blueprints, and governance frameworks that enable secure, scalable, resilient, and compliant cloud services. A key accountability of the role is the ownership, design, governance, and continuous evolution of the Huawei Cloud Landing Zone, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, regulatory obligations, and strategic business objectives.

The successful candidate will lead the establishment and adoption of cloud foundations, landing zones, operating models, platform guardrails, and cloud-native architecture practices across the Group. As a trusted advisor, they will provide architecture leadership and governance across strategic technology initiatives, drive the evolution of Huawei Cloud capabilities and related Huawei technologies, and define standards that enable consistent cloud adoption at scale. Working closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Engineering, Data, Risk, and Technology teams, the incumbent will ensure that Huawei Cloud services are implemented in a secure, well-governed, and sustainable manner that supports innovation, operational efficiency, and long-term business growth. Applicants with strong AWS or Azure architecture experience are encouraged to apply, as cloud platform, governance, landing zone, and multi-cloud architecture skills are highly transferable to the Huawei Cloud ecosystem.

Type of Qualification

Bachelor's Degree

Field of Study

• Information Technology
• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Engineering or related discipline

Preferred Certifications

• Huawei Certified ICT Expert (HCIE – Cloud Computing)
• Huawei Certified ICT Professional (HCIP – Cloud Computing)
• Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA – Cloud Computing)
• TOGAF Certification
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications advantageous
• Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD) certification advantageous

Experience Required

Enterprise Architecture & Cloud Strategy

10+ years

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Cloud Architecture within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience designing and governing enterprise-wide cloud transformation programmes.
• Proven track record in banking, financial services, or highly regulated industries.
• Strong understanding of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent.
• Experience defining and governing enterprise cloud platforms, landing zones, standards, guardrails, and operating models at scale.
• Ability to align cloud platform roadmaps and governance practices across multiple business units and enterprise domains.

Huawei Cloud Platform & Technology Architecture

5+ years

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions on Huawei Cloud and/or related Huawei technologies.
• Huawei Cloud experience is preferred; however, strong AWS or Azure cloud architecture experience will also be considered where the candidate can demonstrate strong cloud platform, landing zone, and governance expertise.
• Deep knowledge of Huawei Cloud services including:
• Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)
• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Cloud Container Engine (CCE)
• Object Storage Service (OBS)
• Relational Database Service (RDS)
• Data Lake Insight (DLI)
• Cloud Security and IAM services
• Experience establishing Huawei Cloud landing zones, governance frameworks, and operational models.
• Strong understanding of Huawei Cloud platform architecture, cloud foundations, and enterprise-scale landing zone design.
• Experience defining and governing cloud guardrails, security patterns, network architecture, identity management, workload onboarding standards, and platform operating models.
• Experience developing Huawei Cloud platform roadmaps and evolving cloud capabilities in line with enterprise architecture and business requirements.
• Understanding of Huawei technologies and their integration within enterprise ecosystems.
• Knowledge of cloud migration methodologies and modernization approaches.

Cloud Engineering and DevSecOps

5+ years

• Experience implementing CI/CD and DevSecOps practices within large engineering organisations.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation or equivalent).
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, and container orchestration platforms.
• Experience integrating security, testing, and compliance automation into deployment pipelines.

Technology Leadership

3–5 years

• Experience leading architecture, engineering, or platform teams.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive strategic technology decisions.
• Experience establishing architecture governance, standards, and best practices.
• Ability to mentor technical teams on Huawei Cloud, landing zone governance, cloud platform standards, and multi-cloud architecture practices.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interpreting Data
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Pursuing Goals
• Seizing Opportunities
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Concepts
• Business Analysis Environments and Perspectives
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Applications
• IT Business Analysis/ Feature Analysis
• Systems Design