INFRASTRUCTURE ENTERPRISE SOLUTION ARCHITECT

• Location: Pretoria
• Position type: Permanent
• Salary: R45000 - R60000 per month CTC

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• The role of the enterprise solution architect (ESA) addresses the conceptual/planning level of the application architecture in collaboration focused on the needs of the technology, business and information architectures
• Be able to model business operations and the systems and databases that support them
• System Architect must be able to build architectures using various frameworks including TOGAF, DoDAF, MODAF and NAF
• Design a breakdown of the system components, how these components interact together, and generally what technologies they employ
• Review, develop and maintain the organisations IT architecture
• Review and evaluate the current state of the organisations architecture (as-is) in order to identify duplications , what is working, what is not working and measure the health of key business processes that are supported by the current architecture
• Build the transition architecture to connect the current to the future state by creating an iterative roadmap to get to the desired state
• Recommend and provide changes to the business in easily digestible iterative changes
• Interface with multiple stakeholders in a company in order to understand requirements, domain, viable technology, and development
• Determining multiple design alternatives, assessing such alternatives based on given or self-defined criteria, and selecting the most suited option to refine to a final design
• Work in liaison with business stakeholders to develop Business Architecture Roadmaps containing tactical and strategic initiatives to reach target business capabilities
• Identify and resolve dependencies and impacts across the architecture landscape
• Interfacing with the user(s) and sponsor(s) and all other stakeholders in order to determine their (evolving) needs

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems
• Equivalent experience required TOGAF certification

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• 10 years experience in a related field
• 5 years experience in an Enterprise/Solution Architect role
• Knowledge of the relevant Information Technology governance and legislative framework (such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, SDLC, ASAP, SOA)

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Analytical thinking
• Negotiation
• Organisational alertness
• Leadership
• Driven to make a difference
• Drives accountability and is a high performer
• Fosters teamwork and collaboration
• Business acumen
• Role models customer focus and customer service
• Innovative
• Quality focused
• Confident – with hands on, can- do approach
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• High attention to detail, self-motivated, creative and flexible
• A good problem solver