Absa Bank Limited

Banking

LeadApplicationSupportEngineer

Sandton, South Africa FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Lead candidates.

The Brief

“Lead Application Support Engineer at Absa Bank Limited. Skills: Application Ownership, Functional Leadership, Requirements Elicitation, Solution Design. Act as primary functional owner. Understand application capabilities”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure platform optimally configured; Meet business needs; Meet data governance needs; Enhance usability; Enhance data quality; Enhance governance outcomes; Enhance operational efficiency; Reduce reliance on vendors; Accountable for functional effectiveness; Accountable for adoption; Accountable for value realisation

Industry & Context.

Banking

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field, 6–8+ years’ experience working with enterprise applications or data platforms, Prior experience as a senior application specialist, product SME, or functional lead

Nice to Have

Relevant vendor or data management certifications

What You'll Do.

Act as primary functional owner

Understand application capabilities

Ensure application embedding

Drive adoption and value

Lead requirements elicitation

Translate needs into features

Shape scalable solutions

Govern application configuration

Guide new feature rollout

Serve as trusted advisor

Influence platform roadmaps

Provide functional leadership

Validate changes align

Own functional documentation

Provide enablement and guidance

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with business stakeholders; Collaborate with data governance stakeholders; Collaborate with technology stakeholders; Work with platform engineering teams; Work with delivery teams; Work with vendors; Collaborate with support team; Engage platform vendors; Engage system integrators

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills; Facilitation skills; Explain application behaviour

Full Job Description

### **Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.** With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. _**Job Summary**_ The Application Support Engineer – Enterprise Data Management is a senior, application-focused leadership role responsible for the functional ownership, embedment, and continuous evolution of enterprise data management applications. The role acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for the application/product, deeply understanding its capabilities, configuration, and integration into business processes. This position focuses on driving application value, leading requirements elicitation, shaping features and functionality, and ensuring the platform is optimally configured and adopted to meet business and data governance needs. While the role maintains oversight of operational health, day-to-day incident management and root cause analysis are performed by a dedicated support team. **_Job Description_** **1\. Application Ownership & Functional Leadership** * Act as the primary functional owner and subject matter expert for assigned EDM applications and products. * Deeply understand application capabilities, configuration options, limitations, and roadmaps. * Ensure the application is effectively embedded into business processes, data governance operating models, and user workflows. * Drive strong adoption, usability, and realised value from the platform. **2\. Requirements Elicitation & Solution Design** * Lead engagement with business, data governance, and technology stakeholders to elicit, analyse, and refine requirements. * Translate business and data governance needs into clear application features, configurations, workflows, and enhancements. * Work closely with platform engineering, delivery teams, and ve

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