Enterprise Architect

About the position

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for the overall enterprice systems design, balancing requirements against resource utilisation, architectural factors and provisioning cloud-based security architecture solutions for clients that meet regulatory obligations and data protection requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in either Information Systems, Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or any other relevant field.
• Degree in information systems, Informatics, Computer Science or Engineering is preferred
• TOGAF / COBIT / ITIL

Experience and Knowledge:

• 10 years of working experience in the relevant industry and/or discipline.
• Ability to engage at Exco / C-Level.
• Ability to analyse As-Is landscapes.
• Ability to define Target Architectures.
• Ability to define Transition plans and Roadmaps.
• Ability to establish / implement Architecture Governance Standards and Structure.
• Ability to work with Client project teams to guide them through the EA process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architecture methodologies, frameworks and processes.
• Ensure alignment with emerging Technologies and possible recommendation of new technologies based on best practices and industry standards.
• Change Champion.
• Application Architecture and Design.
• Database Platforms and design.
• Practical business solutions implementation.
• Information Security fundamentals and architectures.

Competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Excellent communication skills: Ability to engage with C-level stakeholders, both verbal and non-verbal and communicate a deep understanding of the business and a broad knowledge of technology and applications.
• Technical Literacy: Possess a high level of technical literacy, which helps them determine how a software solution fits into an organization's current structure and assists in the development of specifications and requirements.
• Analytical Assessment: A high level of analysis to examine current systems and determine overall project needs and scope.
• Schedule Management: Extensive time management skills to determine development schedules and milestones and ensure that deliverables are completed on time for oneself and your team.
• Team Leadership: To oversee and direct development teams throughout the project development lifecycle, experience with team leadership and motivation is essential.
• Ability to translate strategy and strategic objectives into measurable and executable projects.
• Experience working on a large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards.

Desired Skills:

• architecture
• TOGAF
• cobit
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Strategy
• ITIL
• Technical Architecture
• Solution Architecture