IT Infrastructure Architect

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks an IT Infrastructure Architect for a 4-month contract based in Gauteng. You will drive enterprise design, lead architecture discussions, and shape technology choices across a global matrix.

A strong background in IT leadership and architecture is essential. The role requires 8+ years in a corporate IT environment, broad architecture experience, and familiarity with related technical fields.

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).
• TOGAF or equivalent Architecture qualification (preferred but not required).
• MDP / MBA or equivalent management qualification (preferred but not required).

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 are delivered.
• Proactively manage global leader stakeholders in a matrixed organization, developing a trusted advisor and teaming approach.
• Collaborate with the team to identify, select, and implement appropriate solutions.
• Monitor and research emerging innovations to determine functionality that may provide business value to the Company.
• Define/maintain the architecture repository.
• Select reference viewpoints.
• Select a modeling approach.
• Identify possible enterprise drivers.
• Consider EA maturity.
• Review and assess gap analysis.
• Evaluate potential solutions.
• Assess Enterprise dependencies.
• Assess Request for EA Work.
• Identify potential enterprise architecture solutions.
• Identify potential domain architecture solutions.
• Formulate high-level implementation and migration strategy.
• Identify EA programmes and projects.
• Validate and prioritize the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan.
• Confirm transition enterprise architecture increments and phases.
• Obtain approval of architecture roadmap.
• Validate and prioritize the domain architecture implementation and migration plan.
• Confirm transition domain architecture increments and phases.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT-related fields

Job description

About the job IT Infrastructure Architect

IT Infrastructure Architect - 4 Month Contract

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT-related fields.

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).

Tools:

• [Specific tools not listedthis section is left open for inclusion of relevant tools].

Certificates:

• TOGAF or equivalent Architecture qualification (preferred but not required).


• MDP / MBA or equivalent management qualification (preferred but not required).

Work Accountabilities:

• 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 are delivered.


• Proactively manage global leader stakeholders in a matrixed organization, developing a trusted advisor and teaming approach.


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


• Monitor and research emerging innovations to determine functionality that may provide business value to the Company.

Define and Maintain Reference Architecture:

• Define/maintain the architecture repository.


• Select reference viewpoints.


• Select a modeling approach.

Select Opportunities and Solutions:

• Identify possible enterprise drivers.


• Consider EA maturity.


• Review and assess gap analysis.


• Evaluate potential solutions.


• Assess Enterprise dependencies.


• Assess Request for EA Work.


• Identify potential enterprise architecture solutions.


• Identify potential domain architecture solutions.


• Formulate high-level implementation and migration strategy.


• Identify EA programmes and projects.


• Validate and prioritize the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan.


• Confirm transition enterprise architecture increments and phases.


• Obtain approval of architecture roadmap.


• Validate and prioritize the domain architecture implementation and migration plan.


• Confirm transition domain architecture increments and phases.