Alex Theys

Solutions Architect @NatWest Group

Edinburgh, GB

Design solutions and lead delivery of key projects bank wide (Content Engagement Rails, Workfront, CMA Tools, amongst others) across multiple franchises and teams involving collaboration with various Architecture functions from other business areasThe designs I work on make use of Google Apigee, DataPower, Kafka, Certificate considerations, AWS, Azure Cloud. These designs are then implemented and I consult and mentor on Code Analysis (SonarQube), Source Versioning (Git), Pipeline builds (Jenkins) and deployments. Part of designing involves identifying the need for Microservices and their interactionsThrough the delivery of my designs I build a strong relationship with the key senior stakeholders associated with the projects, establishing myself as a trusted advisor and enhancing the reputation of the teamI also work on designs that involve external third parties and have established myself as a key stakeholder with them ensuring good collaboration and communicationReview designs produced by other Technical Architects and feedback on feasibility, performance and future proofingLead the engagement with the security team to promote a smoother and faster review processDefine, review and advise on improvements of the platformBuild and publicise the Architecture backlogDefine and lead the implementation of the Agile methodology to be used within the feature teams Troubleshoot, analyse and advise on issue pertaining to AEM, web technologies (APIs, Apache, certificates, Adobe Technologies.)Lead AEM capability enablement within the teamLead the AEM capability awareness with other teams in the bank, ensuring good customer experience and high level of performance for designs of other teams (i.e. Headless)Advise and shape the digital transformation of 3rd party to in-house developmentManage the day-to-day tasks of the technical specialists, assign incoming work and size the epics coming though Front Door