Enterprise Architect

IT Ridge Technologies; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 100 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider in Pretoria seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to ensure the evolution of the application portfolio, develop IT architecture standards, and collaborate with stakeholders on business architecture roadmaps. Candidates should have over 10 years of relevant experience, including 5 years in an architect role, and possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. Approach to IT governance frameworks like TOGAF and COBIT is essential, along with strong stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in IT-related field.
• 5+ years in an Enterprise/Solution Architect role.
• Knowledge of COBIT, ITIL, and SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Ensure application portfolio aligns with business and technology needs.
• Develop and maintain IT architecture and standards.
• Build transition architecture for evolution towards future state.

Skills

TOGAF

IT governance knowledge

Enterprise Architecture standards

Solution Architecture

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience required

Job description

The role of the enterprise architect (ESA) addresses the conceptual/planning level of the application architecture in collaboration with other architects focused on the needs of the technology, business and information architectures.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• The ESA ensures that the application portfolio evolves at an appropriate rate and does
  not become unviable as the other related architectures change.
• The ESA also provides the reusable standards, guidelines, patterns and frameworks to
  application development projects, including those related to application architecture.
• Make sure that all aspects of the application solution architecture are optimized (as much
  as possible given other constraints of time and budget) by working with subject matter
  experts (SMEs) in the areas of technology, information and application architectures and
  disciplines.
• The application architect is the SME focused on designing application interfaces and
  software services to maximize reuse based on the business processes and governance
  rules for sharing.
• Limit choices available during development by choosing a standard way of pursuing
  application development creating, defining, or choosing an application framework for the
  application
• Recognize potential reuse in the organization or in the application by observing and
  understanding the broader system environment creating the component design having
  knowledge of other applications in the organization
• Subdivide a complex application, during the design phase, into smaller, more manageable pieces
• Grasp the functions of each component within the application
• Understand the interactions and dependencies among components
• Communicate these concepts to developers
• Review, develop and maintain the organisation’s IT architecture
• Review and evaluate the current state of the organisation’s architecture (‘as-is) in order
  to identify duplications , what is working, what is not working and measure the health of
  key business processes that are supported by the current architecture.
• Build the transition architecture to connect the current to the future state by creating an
  iterative roadmap to get to the desired state.
• Recommend and provide changes to the business in easily digestible iterative changes
• Work in liaison with business stakeholders to develop Business Architecture Roadmaps
  containing tactical and strategic initiatives to reach target business capabilities. Identify
  and resolve dependencies and impacts across the architecture landscape.
• Design solutions based on business requirements that align with Reference Architecture
  policies and standards.
• Provide expertise in designing solutions for custom requirements.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and conduct stakeholder reviews of
  architecture roadmaps and designs.
• Determine Enterprise Architecture policy and standards definition and evolution and
  works with PMO to coordinate project pipeline management.
• Engage relevant peers from other disciplines or domains during implementation of
  Solution Architecture/Design.
• Accountable to build a defined life cycle around reviewing the future state enterprise
  architecture

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems
• Equivalent experience required TOGAF certification

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION

• 10 years’ experience in a related field
• 5 years’ experience in an Enterprise/Solution Architect role
• Knowledge of the relevant Information Technology governance and legislative
  framework (such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, SDLC, ASAP, SOA