Enterprise Architect

Uyandiswa Project Management Services; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Uyanda is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to shape the technology and organisational strategy underpinning our clients’ digital transformation initiatives. You will design enterprise-wide architecture solutions that align business strategy, processes, data, and technology, ensuring sustainable and scalable outcomes.

Key responsibilities include developing architecture frameworks and roadmaps, guiding governance across projects, and evaluating emerging technologies to support client

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; postgraduate qualification advantageous.
• TOGAF or equivalent certification required.
• 8–10 years’ IT experience, including at least 4 years in an enterprise or solution architecture role.
• Experience designing enterprise architecture within Financial Services, Energy, Manufacturing, or Consumer Goods sectors.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, integration patterns, and enterprise data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, and roadmaps aligned to client business strategy.
• Assess current-state architecture and design future-state solutions across business, data, application, and technology domains.
• Provide architectural governance and guidance across concurrent client projects and programmes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that support client strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with senior client stakeholders to align architecture decisions with business and organisational effectiveness goals.
• Ensure architecture solutions support scalability, security, integration, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder mgmt

Technical breadth

Communication skills

GRC knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

TOGAF or equivalent certification

Job description

Uyanda is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to shape the technology and organisational strategy underpinning our clients’ digital transformation initiatives. You will design enterprise-wide architecture solutions that align business strategy, processes, data, and technology, ensuring sustainable and scalable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, and roadmaps aligned to client business strategy.
• Assess current-state architecture and design future-state solutions across business, data, application, and technology domains.
• Provide architectural governance and guidance across concurrent client projects and programmes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that support client strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with senior client stakeholders to align architecture decisions with business and organisational effectiveness goals.
• Ensure architecture solutions support scalability, security, integration, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; postgraduate qualification advantageous.
• Enterprise architecture certification (TOGAF or equivalent) required.
• Minimum 8-10 years’ IT experience, including at least 4 years in an enterprise or solution architecture role.
• Demonstrated experience designing enterprise architecture within Financial Services, Energy, Manufacturing, or Consumer Goods sectors.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, integration patterns, and enterprise data architecture.
• Experience working within a consulting or advisory environment advantageous.

Skills and Competencies

• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate business vision into actionable architecture roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to engage credibly with senior executives and technical teams.
• Deep technical breadth across application, data, integration, and infrastructure domains.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for articulating complex architecture concepts.
• Sound understanding of governance, risk, and compliance considerations in enterprise design.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capability.

Future opportunities

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