Enterprise Architect

AFFIN Group; Cyberjaya; On-site; MYR 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Cyberjaya is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to oversee architectural strategies across programs and projects. The successful candidate will have relevant tertiary qualifications and extensive knowledge in various technology sectors. This role is critical for ensuring project compliance with architecture guidelines and advising senior management. Strong familiarity with enterprise architecture tools and cloud platforms is required.

Qualifications

• Broad background in different sectors, ideally within FSI.
• Hands-on architect who has developed large-scale enterprise projects.
• Understanding of IT Architecture non-functional aspects.

Responsibilities

• Cross-program architecture strategies and problem resolution.
• Ensure compliance of projects with Architecture guidelines.
• Advisory to decision makers on business and information engagements.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture tools (SPARX, ArchiMate)

Cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Java/Micro-Services applications

Web and mobile technologies (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript)

Micro-Services/BDD

Agile methodologies

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Job description

Overview

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Job Purpose

The Enterprise Architect combines many different skills and experiences to address and solve business, information, and technology-related opportunities and problems.

Responsibilities

• Cross-program, cross-project architecture strategies, opportunities and problem resolution.
• Complex development projects.
• Project Auditor to ensure conformance and compliance of projects and programs with Architecture guidelines.
• Definition, implementation, and execution of the processes for the definition, maintenance, and conformance management of the Enterprise Architecture.
• Update and maintenance of the key Enterprise Architecture deliverables.
• Architectural leadership in the resolutions of inter-program and inter-project issues.
• Ongoing publicity and communication of the Enterprise Architecture within the information community, and the business units.
• Ongoing research and assessment of new analysis approaches for potential use within Enterprise.
• Auditing compliance within the Enterprise Architecture Standards.
• Advisory to decision makers and senior management on business and information engagements.

Skills And Knowledge

• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• Possess broad background in different sectors, desirable to have knowledge at least in one of these aspects in FSI
• Group session facilitation
• Understand technology product and vendor strategies, products and customer preferences
• Analysis and design
• Modelling and graphical representations and abstractions
• Experience developing and building models based on TOGAF
• Enterprise Architecture tools, (SPARX, ArchiMate)
• Demonstrates ability to derive, define and explicitly represent various artifacts within the Enterprise framework
• Building an effective architecture organization
• Hands-on architect who has developed and deployed large-scale enterprise projects in an end-user environment
• Experience on one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) is a plus
• Experience in SOA based applications in Java/Micro-Services apps with frameworks and libraries such as .NET, Spring, Hibernate, J2EE, JDBC, JMS, JMX, Spring Boot, REST
• Experience in web and mobile technologies such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Angular, Ionic, ReactJs, iOS, Android, Cordova
• Knowledge of non-functional aspects of IT Architecture (Performance, Resilience, Availability, Security, etc.)
• Understanding of principles and techniques such as Micro-Services/BDD; containers/ Docker/Kubernetes; Agile; test driven development; cloud; platforms such as Cloud Foundry, Docker, etc.; Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery
• Understanding and appreciation of industry standards and regulatory compliance (e.g.; RMiT, GDPR, PDPA, PCI-DSS, ISO standards); ensure design is in accordance with guidelines and within boundaries
• Domain knowledge particularly in Core Banking and/or other Core back-end systems, Core Banking or/and other Core back-end systems integration, Customer serving channels (internet banking, mobile banking, sales force automation, customer portal, etc), Enterprises (Business Process Management, eGL, Open API, Human Resource Systems, CRMs) and protocols (ISO8583, ISO20022, SOAP, Socket, REST, JSON)