Strategic Enterprise Data & AI Architect

Network It; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Global exposure

Job summary

NTT DATA in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Business Intelligence Architect to drive enterprise data strategy, analytics maturity and AI adoption. You will engage with C-suite and Sales to shape opportunities, define target architectures and translate complex technical concepts into compelling executive narratives.

The role spans data governance, cloud platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric), and industry-specific offerings across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Mining and Healthcare,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, consulting, solution strategy or technical pre-sales.
• 8+ years in applications with focus on D&A technology solutions (MDM, Data Quality, Data Governance, Data Engineering and Data Cloud platforms).
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, software engineering and modern digital platforms.
• Solid understanding of data platforms, analytics tools, and AI/ML solution offerings.
• Experience developing enterprise data strategies, AI adoption roadmaps and information governance models.
• Knowledge of ontology-based information modelling, knowledge graphs, metadata management and semantic architectures.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Data & AI, AWS Data & AI, Snowflake and other tech ecosystems.
• Ability to develop industry reference architectures for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Mining or Healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor to Sales and Client Managers, leading executive-level discovery and value-led conversations.
• Facilitate client discussions to understand business requirements related to data and applications estate.
• Help shape client deals and develop opportunities with the Sales team.
• Define target-state architectures, capability roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Inform and build commercial models to support client opportunities.
• Validate architecture, security, integration, data governance, AI governance and delivery approaches.
• Review solution estimates, delivery assumptions, commercial models and execution risks.
• Translate complex technical strategies into executive narratives, proposals and statements of work.
• Localise global offers and develop industry-specific offerings for the SA market.
• Mentor sales teams by raising technical capability and qualification discipline.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Consulting

Solution strategy

Pre-sales

Executive communication

Tools

Microsoft Data & AI

AWS Data & AI

Snowflake

Job description

NTT DATA in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Business Intelligence Architect to drive enterprise data strategy, analytics maturity and AI adoption. You will engage with C-suite and Sales to shape opportunities, define target architectures and translate complex technical concepts into compelling executive narratives.

The role spans data governance, cloud platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric), and industry-specific offerings across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Mining and Healthcare,