Senior Enterprise Architect: AWS Migration & Modernization

Trianz

Johannesburg

Hybrid

ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Trianz in Johannesburg seeks a seasoned Enterprise Architect specializing in Cloud transformations, VMware-to-AWS migration and application modernization. You will lead large-scale programs, define target-state architectures and set governance standards across infrastructure, data, security and applications.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in enterprise/solution architecture, strong AWS knowledge, and TOGAF certification.

Qualifications

15+ years of Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Transformation experience.
Proven experience leading large-scale VMware-to-AWS migration programs.
Strong enterprise architecture experience across business, application, data, infrastructure, integration, and security domains.
Deep knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, cloud operating models, and hybrid cloud environments.
Experience with application modernization and cloud-native transformation.
Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture, data governance, data migration, and regulatory data management.

Responsibilities

Define and govern the target-state enterprise architecture for cloud transformation, aligning with business, technology, security, and regulatory objectives.
Lead architecture strategy and decision-making for VMware-to-AWS migration, hybrid cloud adoption, and application modernization initiatives.
Establish and enforce architecture standards, governance processes, and design reviews across infrastructure, applications, data, security, and integration domains.
Drive application modernization strategies including rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, containerisation, and cloud-native adoption.
Lead data architecture and data governance initiatives ensuring data quality, lineage, security, compliance, and ownership across the enterprise.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, security, operations, and delivery partners to ensure program success.
Provide architectural leadership to executive governance forums, steering committees, and transformation programs.
Ensure solutions meet resilience, availability, performance, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance requirements.