Enterprise Architect Ii 132733

findojobs-za; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 80 000 - 150 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the development of future state architecture. This role involves facilitating project selection, ensuring alignment with emerging technologies, and acting as a trusted technology advisor. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in systems design and architecture, with a focus on optimizing architectural strategies across application portfolios. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will drive business strategies and contribute to innovative solutions in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in systems design, development, and architecture.
• Strong modeling skills and understanding of ICT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate priority setting and project selection across architecture disciplines.
• Monitor and evaluate competitive offerings impacting the domain landscape.
• Provide advice across disciplines to support business strategy objectives.

Skills

Assertiveness

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Thinking

Creative Thinking

Teamwork

Negotiation Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems

Honours or Master's Degree

TOGAF Foundation Training and Certification

Information Technology Architect Certification (ITAC)

Cloud Certifications (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Job description

Job Description: Enterprise Architect

Keabetswe Modise

Job Family: Information Technology

Manage: Others

Job Purpose

To facilitate the development of future state architecture and ensure its effective adoption.

Provide and identify operational opportunities, overall direction, guidance, and definition of the enterprise architecture that effectively supports business strategies.

Advocate and support the enterprise's IT strategy by identifying and analyzing enterprise business drivers, analyzing the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, recommending solutions for improvement, and developing strategies for aligning IT to the business.

Act as a trusted technology advisor to the business in realizing the business strategy for the relevant discipline.

Responsible for the end-to-end view across both Capabilities and/or Solution Architecture disciplines ensuring alignment across relevant domains.

Work as an advocate and liaise with Information Services and Technology operational teams and the Enterprise Architects while researching technology trends.

Job Responsibilities

1. Facilitate priority setting, project selection, and integration by providing guiding principles and architecture.
2. Ensure alignment with emerging technologies and recommend new technologies.
3. Deliver business tasks according to expertise to meet financial objectives.
4. Address client needs through leading phases of projects or consulting to projects and business leaders across architecture disciplines.
5. Build professional relationships, lead, and influence in all disciplines of architecture.
6. Build and maintain relationships within the enterprise and the larger field of specialty.
7. Lead the achievement of architecture solutions requiring understanding of all disciplines.
8. Monitor and evaluate competitive offerings that could impact the domain landscape.
9. Identify the business impact of change and risks, and integrate these into strategic planning.
10. Adjust recommendations considering the impact of new initiatives on market perception.
11. Enable enterprise-wide solutions to integrate with existing practices by developing mitigating actions and change strategies.
12. Consider system optimization and long-term viability, building models around future scenarios.
13. Optimize architectural strategy across various application portfolios from an enterprise viewpoint.
14. Develop position papers to influence domain landscape changes.
15. Apply disciplines in various projects across multiple business areas, considering enterprise-wide best practices.
16. Ensure alignment with emerging trends by monitoring and evaluating their potential impact.
17. Move systems toward the desired future state considering future scenarios, macro environment, and operational requirements.
18. Identify patterns in vague information, make judgments based on hypotheses or educated guesses.
19. Provide advice across disciplines, supporting business strategy objectives and values.
20. Stay updated on developments in the field and contribute to the organization’s culture and initiatives.
21. Support corporate responsibility initiatives and seek opportunities for process improvements through agile thinking.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or Computer Science.
• Honours or Master's Degree in the same fields.
• TOGAF Foundation Training and Certification.
• Information Technology Architect Certification (ITAC) (Open Group).
• Preferred: Cloud certifications (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Minimum 10 years experience in systems design, development, and architecture.

Additional Skills

• Assertiveness, influencing skills, and stakeholder management.
• Teamwork, interpersonal skills, analytical and creative thinking.
• Strong modeling skills, understanding of ICT infrastructure, SDLC, and design thinking.
• Customer-centric approach, negotiation skills, and ability to work in diverse teams.