Principal Enterprise Architect

Tower Group South Africa (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in South Africa seeks an experienced enterprise architect to develop and oversee the enterprise architecture framework. The role involves defining architectural principles, leading multi-year roadmaps, and ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives. Candidates should have strong capabilities in technology governance, stakeholder engagement, and architectural delivery. This position offers opportunities to influence the long-term technological direction of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve the enterprise architecture blueprint aligning with business objectives.
• Define and maintain architectural principles and domain strategies.
• Lead roadmap development across technology domains in collaboration with architects.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve the enterprise architecture blueprint, frameworks and target-state architecture, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives and future-state technology vision.
• Define and maintain architectural principles, domain strategies, and standardized reference models that support scalable, interoperable, and secure technology ecosystems.
• Translate corporate strategy, regulatory mandates, and digital transformation goals into clear architectural initiatives and target-state designs.
• Lead multi-year roadmap development across technology domains including applications, data, integration, infrastructure and security in collaboration with domain architects and delivery teams.
• Continuously assess technology trends and emerging innovations to guide modernization and strategic platform selection.
• Governance & Oversight Chair Architecture & Design Review Boards (ARBs) to review, guide, and approve solution designs, ensuring consistency with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.
• Define governance processes for architectural compliance, exception management, and deviation tracking across business portfolios and technical teams.
• Perform architecture assurance and gap assessments to identify technical risk, misalignment, and opportunities for consolidation or optimization.
• Ensure ongoing enforcement and evolution of architecture policies, design standards, and lifecycle documentation for all enterprise assets.
• Support audit readiness and regulatory compliance by embedding architecture governance in change delivery.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement Act as a strategic advisor to Head of Architecture, shaping investment decisions and prioritizing technology initiatives based on architectural insights.
• Work closely with product managers, domain architects, engineers, and business analysts to co-create architectural solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Build alignment across multiple delivery streams and business units to ensure architecture decisions enable reusability, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
• Facilitate cross-functional design workshops, architecture forums, and technical deep-dives to enable shared understanding and decision-making.
• Represent the enterprise architecture function in vendor evaluations, technology partnerships, and RFP / RFI processes.
• Architecture Delivery Lead the design and evolution of enterprise-scale platforms, including cloud-native systems,