Domain Architect

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A premier recruitment agency seeks an experienced Architect to lead the Architectural Integration Strategy. Candidates must hold a relevant degree and have at least 5 years of architecture-related experience. Responsibilities include providing guidance on integration initiatives, collaborating with various business areas, and mentoring technical teams. The ideal candidate will possess banking experience and integration architecture skills, along with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills. This role is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Qualifications

• Degree in Information technology/Engineering in Information Technology - BSc Computer Science, Honours, Engineering or equivalent degree.
• At least 5 years of Architecture related experience.
• Preferred qualification: Degree or Honours in IT/Software Engineering/Computer Science.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on the Architectural Integration Strategy.
• Collaborate with various business areas and identify technology requirements.
• Drive architectural input into Programme Increment Planning.
• Provide mentorship on Integration domain technologies.
• Define and enforce Capability Architecture Principles.

Skills

Banking Experience

Integration Architecture experience

Advanced knowledge of hardware and software platforms

Basic Security architecture knowledge

Effective presentation skills

Event Frameworks

API/JSON/REST and SOAP

TOGAF

Assertiveness and influence

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Analytical thinking

Integration of concepts

Reasoning at various abstraction levels

Education

Degree in Information Technology/Engineering

SAFE certification

Job description

Qualifications

• Degree in Information technology/Engineering in Information Technology - BSc Computer Science, Honours, Engineering or equivalent degree
• At least 5 year Architecture related experience Solutions/Business/Domain/Enterprise: (essential disqualifier relevant industry experience)
• Preferred Qualification:

• Degree or Honours or above degree in Information Technology/Software Engineering/Computer Science
• SAFE certification

• Advantageous experience (not a disqualifier):

• Business Analysis
• System Analysis
• Software Engineering
• Software Development
• Multi Enablement

• Skills:

• Banking Experience
• Integration Architecture experience including Architectures such as Message Queueing, Enterprise Service Bus, Managed File Transfer, WAS, IIB, Web Services Frameworks products and tools, other IBM Integration Products
• Advanced knowledge and application of a variety of hardware and software platforms and integrated information systems
• Basic Security architecture knowledge
• Able to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Event Frameworks
• API/JSON/REST and SOAP
• TOGAF
• Assertiveness and ability to influence and reason with key stakeholders
• Able to work in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical, Logical, Lateral and Creative Thinking
• Able to integrate disparate concepts into a cohesive whole
• Able to reason at various levels of abstraction

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing guidance to different business areas on the Architectural Integration Strategy which includes the collaboration with various business areas regarding their integration related initiatives, understanding those initiatives and then relaying to the Enterprise Architecture team any gaps in the strategy that has been identified.
• Also works as an advocate and laisse with Information Services, Technology operational teams and Centres of Excellence, identifying technology requirements and researching possible solutions.
• Identify operational opportunities and develop Architectures consistent with the enterprise strategy and vision. Serves as POCLAC 1 Architect in relevant Journeys/Asset.
• Drives Architectural input into the Programme Increment Planning, setting up and maintaining Integration guardrails, reference architectures and roadmaps.
• Provide leadership and vision for the optimisation and rationalisation of the Integration domain aimed at increasing capability and/or IT cost savings and/or IT Service Levels.
• Provide mentorship and coaching w.r.t. the Integration domain technologies to Architecture and technical teams within the organisation
• Define Current-state Capability Architectures
• Define Future-state Capability Architectures
• Define Roadmap for transformation from current to future state Capability Architectures
• Organisational understanding and alignment around emerging Domain technologies
• Define and enforce Capability Architecture Principles/ Guardrails/ Roadmaps
• Define and enforce Domain Standards
• Determine Domain Technical Debt Rating
• Participation in Architecture Review Board and Solution Alignment Forum
• Consult to programmes (In time, on budget, great quality)
• Become Preferred technology advisor by business units