Infrastructure Architect (IT and OT)

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks an Infrastructure Architect (IT and OT) to drive end-to-end technology architecture initiatives across multinational environments. The role focuses on governance, design leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with offshore and supplier resources.

You will guide architecture roadmaps, validate migration plans, and ensure solutions meet business strategy while mentoring staff and influencing stakeholders globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT-related fields.
• 8+ years in a corporate IT environment, in senior leadership roles.
• 8+ years' experience in IT technology architecture.
• Experience in a related technical field (application development, deployment/implementation, and infrastructure).
• Experience in mentoring and developing staff.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the global process to manage new technology ideas and demands, providing research, analysis, design review and recommendations to leadership.
• Provide design support to projects and business groups to ensure efficient and safe technology architectures.
• Proactively managing global leader stakeholder in a matrixed organization; developing a trust advisor and teaming approach.
• Collaborating with the team to identify, select and implement appropriate solutions.
• Monitor and research emerging innovation to determine value for business.
• Validate and prioritize the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan.
• Confirm transition enterprise architecture increments and phases.
• Oversee full technology solutions architecture lifecycle: requirements, vendor selection, design, costing and non-functional options.
• Lead matrixed teams across clients, suppliers, and dispersed virtual teams.
• Operate IT infrastructure and applications services in multinational environments.
• Engage external suppliers and offshore resources where needed.
• Develop technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Create standards and policies governing IT matters.
• Engage diverse stakeholders across cultures and geographies.

Skills

Consulting

End-to-End Testing

Solutions Design

Solutions Development

Technical Solutions

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT related fields

Job description

About the job Infrastructure Architect (IT and OT)

CONTRACT ROLE

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the global process to manage new technology ideas and demands, providing research, analysis, design review and recommendations to leadership
  


• Provide design support to projects and business groups in order to ensure efficient and safe technology architectures are delivered
  


• Proactively managing global leader stakeholder in a matrixed organization; developing a trust advisor and teaming approach
  


• Collaborating with the team to identify, select and implement appropriate solutions
  


• Monitor and research emerging innovation with a view to determining functionality that may provide business value.
  


• Validate and prioritise the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan
  


• Confirm transition enterprise architecture increments and phases
  

Obtain approval of architecture roadmap

• Validate and prioritise the domain architecture implementation and migration plan
  

Confirm transition domain architecture increments and phases

• Full technology solutions architecture lifecycle, including requirements-gathering, vendor selection, design, costing, and non-functional optionality
  


• Formidable team working skills across matrixed client, supplier, and geographically dispersed virtual teams
  


• Experience in the effective and efficient operation of IT infrastructure and applications services in multi-national companies
  


• Experience in delivery that includes the use of external supplier and offshore resources
  


• Experience in the development of technology and system strategies and roadmaps to address business strategy.
  


• Experience in the development of effective standards and policies governing IT matters.
  


• Experience in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across a culturally and geographically diverse organization.
  

Proven business and financial acumen.

Experience in the mentoring and development of staff members

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

Bachelor's Degree in IT related fields

Certifications preferred but not required

Required Experience:

8+ years in a corporate IT environment, in senior leadership roles

8+ years' experience in IT technology architecture

• Experience in a related technical field (application development, deployment/implementation, and infrastructure)

Skills Summary

Consulting, End-to-End Testing, Solutions Design, Solutions Development, Technical Solutions