Senior AI Architect & Enterprise Strategy Lead

DVT; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

DVT invites an experienced AI Architect to shape AI strategy, architecture, and solution design across client engagements and internal initiatives. This senior role combines enterprise architecture, AI advisory, stakeholder engagement, and technology leadership.

You will guide AI roadmaps, evaluate platforms, and deliver scalable AI solutions while working with executives and delivery teams to align with business objectives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, data, cloud, or related technology disciplines.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale technology solutions.
• Experience leading architecture engagements and providing strategic technology guidance.
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non technical audiences.
• Experience translating business requirements into architectural solutions.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on AI opportunities, capabilities, risks, and implementation approaches.
• Facilitate AI discovery workshops and strategy sessions.
• Translate business challenges into AI solution opportunities.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging AI technologies, platforms, and architectural trends.
• Guide organisations in developing AI roadmaps and adoption strategies.
• Design enterprise AI architectures that align with business and technology strategies.
• Evaluate AI platforms, tools, frameworks, and services to determine the most appropriate implementation approach.
• Define target state architectures, integration patterns, security requirements, and governance models.
• Create architecture blueprints, roadmaps, reference architectures, and implementation plans.
• Identify reusable components, existing capabilities, and gaps that need to be addressed.
• Engage with business leaders, executives, product owners, and technical teams.
• Present architectural recommendations and solution options to stakeholders.
• Facilitate decision making through clear communication of benefits, risks, trade offs, and implementation considerations.
• Build trusted advisor relationships across client and internal teams.
• Provide architectural oversight across AI programmes and initiatives.
• Support delivery teams with architecture guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Contribute to governance processes, architecture reviews, and design authority forums.
• Stay current with advancements in AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, machine learning, and related technologies.
• Contribute to DVT's AI capability development and market positioning.
• Mentor consultants, architects, and technical teams.
• Support business development activities through solution shaping, proposals, and client engagements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution design

Stakeholder management

Communication

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG architectures

Cloud platforms

Governance

Security

Consulting

Mentorship

Job description

DVT invites an experienced AI Architect to shape AI strategy, architecture, and solution design across client engagements and internal initiatives. This senior role combines enterprise architecture, AI advisory, stakeholder engagement, and technology leadership.

You will guide AI roadmaps, evaluate platforms, and deliver scalable AI solutions while working with executives and delivery teams to align with business objectives.