EA Architect Lead

Boardroom Appointments; Durban North; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Durban North is seeking an experienced technology architect to lead architectural analysis, governance, and prototyping, shaping backlogs and evaluating new technologies across software, data, cloud and security domains.

The role demands strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to design scalable architectures. Expect involvement in technical forums, reviews, and due diligence to drive technology adoption and successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Architectural analysis to help define backlogs for technology development/transition/implementation.
• Lead and oversee construction of projects.
• Maintain detailed domain knowledge.
• Write business cases and project charters.
• Evaluate and propose new technologies and drive adoption.
• Present at technical forums at least once per year.
• Participate in architectural governance.
• Develop prototypes to demonstrate concepts.
• Due diligence analysis of potential 3rd party products and development houses.
• Review specifications, designs and architectures.
• Provide specialist services (Software, Database, IT, Cloud, Security, Testing).
• Expert advice on domain architecture, design and development.
• Systems analysis and design.
• High-level investigations and detailed designs for solutions.
• Identify stakeholders and gather input.
• Review specifications, designs and code.
• Design and document software, system and deployment architectures.
• Assist in breaking down the plan to tasks.
• Analyze and document dependencies and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
• Perform architectural analysis and help define backlogs for technology development/transition/implementation.
• Lead and oversee the construction of projects.
• Maintain detailed domain knowledge.
• Write business cases and project charters.
• Evaluate and propose new technologies and drive adoption.
• Present at technical forums (internal or external) at least once per year.
• Participate in architectural governance.
• Develop prototypes to demonstrate concepts.
• Perform due diligence analysis of potential 3rd party products and development houses.
• Perform reviews of specifications, designs and architectures.
• Provide specialist services (Software, Database, IT, Cloud, Security, Testing).
• Provide expert advice on issues pertaining to domain architecture, design and development.
• Systems Analysis and Design.
• Perform high level investigations, detailed analysis and detailed designs for solutions.
• Identify right stakeholders to participate and gather input.
• Perform reviews of specifications, designs and code.
• Design and document software, system and deployment architectures.
• Assist in breaking down the plan to a task level.
• Analyse and document dependencies and priorities.

Skills

Communication

Architectural analysis

Project leadership

Domain knowledge

Business cases

Tech evaluation

Presentations

Governance

Prototyping

Due diligence

Code reviews

Software architecture

System design

Job description

• Communicates effectively in both written and verbal form.
• Performs architectural analysis and helps define backlogs for technology development / transition / implementation.
• Lead & oversee the construction of projects.
• Detailed domain knowledge
• Write business cases and project charters.
• Evaluate and propose new technologies and drive them through the technology adoption process.
• Presents at a technical forum (internal or external) at least once per year e.g. Architecture Ask, Software Society, Dev Days, Brown Bag etc.
• Participates in architectural governance.
• Develop prototypes to demonstrate concepts.
• Perform due diligence analysis of potential 3rd party products and development houses
• Perform reviews of specifications, designs and architectures
• Provide Specialist Services (Software, Database, IT, Cloud, Security, Testing)
• Provide expert advice on issues pertaining to your domain's architecture, design and development
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Perform high level investigations, detailed analysis and detailed designs for solutions to meet challenging business needs.
• Identifies the right stakeholders to participate in the analysis, and getting their input.
• Perform reviews of specifications, designs and code.
• Design and document software, system and deployment architectures.
• Assist in breaking down the plan to a task level.
• Analyse and document dependencies and priorities.