We are looking for an Enterprise Architect with a minimum of 7 years relevant experience in either Enterprise Architecture or Solution Architecture at an enterprise level.
- TOGAF
- Information Governance
- UML
- BI
Qualifications Required:
- Grade 12
Preferred Qualification:
- Tertiary level qualification in Computer Science degree, IT Diploma advantageous
- TOGAF or similar certification advantageous
- The enterprise architect will be responsible for a specific Sub-Cluster Business Unit, Program, Project, Group (Sanlam Investment Group – SIG) Cluster or combination thereof, ensuring the IT architectures being implemented best services the business needs and delivers value whilst, concurrently, ensuring the lowest risk exposure to the organisation and aligning to both the SIG and broader Sanlam Group standards and governance frameworks.
- The incumbent will be accountable for producing the necessary architecture models and documentation (where necessary) to represent the current state, desired future state, and transitional state/states as guidance to the relevant assignment.
- Furthermore, where processes, standards and/or documentation is missing in related disciplines, the incumbent will assist and facilitate the necessary sessions to produce such.
- Actively participating in the necessary bodies, forums, and activities to execute the guidance and governance appropriate will be a key activity for this role. This will be achieved by leveraging their extensive experience in multiple technical roles as well as previous leadership roles
- Ability to produce architecture which aligns and enables the strategic intent, yet is aligned to technical standards within the broader organisation
- Analytical Problem Solving
- Excellent problem-solving skills often in the face of ambiguous or conflicting sets of information
- Excellent ability to quickly get to the root cause of a problem and develop implementable architectures to address
- Excellent analytical, data numerical ability with a high attention to detail
- Thinking o Excellent ability to apply systems and non-linear thinking to a scenario
- Ability to think conceptually, logically, and physically, transitioning seamlessly between yet aligning these states
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills and ability to convey complex ideas in an understandable and simplistic manner
- Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels, from strategic executive and senior management to implementation level details
12 Months Contract
Hybrid work model
Desired Skills:
- Systems Analysis
- Complex Problem Solving
- Programming
- C#
- Java
- SQL
- HTML