12 Month Contract role with well established and know entity within the Financial Services Sector.
Purpose of the Role
Be a critical component to the strategic delivery, alignment and integration of systems and applications across the various programmes;
Facilitate the translator between Technical Developers and Business Managers to drive technical solutions that meet business needs;
Create the alignment between the programmes for IT, business, and related budgets;
Ensure alignment to the principles, standards, and governance for Enterprise Architecture;
Focus on the Business, Information and Data Architecture;
Align Business and process back to application, data, and technology and
- Align projects to architecture and strategy.
Solutions Architect
Purpose of the Role
- Be a critical component to the strategic delivery, alignment and integration of systems and applications across the various programmes;
- Facilitate the translator between Technical Developers and Business Managers to drive technical solutions that meet business needs;
- Create the alignment between the programmes for IT, business, and related budgets;
- Ensure alignment to the principles, standards, and governance for Enterprise Architecture;
- Focus on the Business, Information and Data Architecture;
- Align Business and process back to application, data, and technology and
- Align projects to architecture and strategy.
Requirements
Education and Experience
- Grade 12
- IT Diploma or Degree
- TOGAF or similar Certification
- Analysis Qualification
- Definition, implementation, and execution of the processes for the definition, maintenance, and conformance management of the Enterprise Architecture.
- Update and maintenance of the key Enterprise Architecture deliverables.
- Establishment and maintenance of contacts within business units and information system programs to understand business activities and business drivers, business requirements, solutions strategies, and alternatives, etc., being considered and/or implemented.
- Architectural leadership in the resolutions of inter-program and inter-project issues.
- Ongoing publicity and communication of the Enterprise Architecture both within the information community, and the business units.
- Ongoing research and assessment of new analysis approaches for potential use within the Enterprise
Technical Skills
- Enterprise Architecture / Modelling tools
- TOGAF Framework or similar
- Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture Modelling Methodologies
- Financial Services / Banking Experience
Competencies
Essential Competencies
- Business & Financial Acumen (includes ability to identify and manage risk)
- Technical/Professional Competence
- Process Engineering/Systems Competence)
- Assertiveness (Includes willingness to challenge and confront)
- Ethical Behaviour/Honesty/Transparency/Modelling of Values
- Entrepreneurship/Calculated Risk Taking
- Excellence Orientation
- Flexibility/Adaptability
- Personal Growth Orientation/Learning Agility
- Resilience/Perseverance/Stress Management
- Rule Orientation
- Results & Solution Focused (Drive, Energy & Follow Through)
- Self-Management (Planning, Prioritising & Time Management)
- Visibility & Impact (Includes Professionalism & Executive Disposition)
- Building Strategic Partnerships/Networking
- Communication
- Customer Service Orientation/Client Focus (Internal and External)
- Influencing and Negotiation (Including Conflict Management)
- Knowledge Sharing (includes Information Management)
- Managing Diversity
- Organisational Awareness
- Relationship Building, Listening, Interpersonal Sensitivity
- Teamwork
- Analytical Thinking and Attention to Detail
- Anticipating, Creating and Managing Change (Tolerance for Ambiguity)
- Holistic/Big Picture Thinking (Includes Forward Thinking)
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Innovation/Creativity
- Problem Solving (Includes Reasoning)
- Motivating People (includes Creating and Selling the Vision)
- Participative Leadership (Empowering and Including)
- People Development (includes Identifying and Nurturing Talent)
- Practical Execution Management (Planning, Organising and Mentoring)
- Strategic Leadership (includes Strategic Planning and Implementation
Key Performance Areas
- Development and troubleshooting of applications; infrastructure; setup of web services and gateway appliances; execute application integration.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Problem solving through troubleshooting; Infrastructure built; Web services and gateway appliances set-up and configuration; Application implementation and integration completed. Monitoring and tracking the effective delivery of the projects assigned.
- Technical testing and detailed validation of all development of integration items and migrating integrations solutions between various environments as per software development life cycle.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Testing results and migrating outcomes. Managing project closure and ensure post-implementation review meetings are held and formal handover to OPS is completed.
- To document new development / integration items with detailed design technical specifications.
- Evidence (Outcomes): New development / integration items with detailed technical specifications documented. To comply with the company’s Project Delivery Framework
- To assume the responsibility of developing integrations between software solutions and ensuring the integration business and technology requirements are met.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Detailed integration requirements are developed and implemented; Delivering integration code in a timely and consistent fashion; Build and implement software solutions that support the firm’s strategic plans for business technology delivery and transformation.
- To investigate and implement / leverage-off cloud services to ensure integration business and technology requirements are met.
- To frequently interact and maintain good working relationships with various stakeholders, both from a business (e.g., executives, sponsors, subject matter experts, etc) and technology perspective (e.g., executives, solution and infrastructure architects, system developers, etc.)
- Expected (Outcomes): Integration services current and future technology roadmap and capability utilisation; New cloud solution integration opportunities.
- To design business data flows and link to business capabilities. Documenting of relevant data flows specifications for developed integrations.
- Expected (Outcomes): Data linage mapping and business process mapping; Data cataloguing to support integration design, development, and testing requirements.
- To closely work with technology infrastructure services and solution / infrastructure architects to ensure alignment to enterprise technology and business architectures.
- Expected (Outcomes): Solution architecture approval; Representation of integration at various governance and solution design committees or forums to ensure that data for EPMO reporting for projects assigned is updated on a weekly basis.
- To engage with stakeholders proactively and continuously such as other integration developers and technical analysts and project / programme delivery teams about blockers and risks to delivery timelines, also including delivery progress.
- Expected (Outcomes): Delivery management and reporting to manage the formal change control process on all projects.
- To assist in creating an internal knowledge base (incl. document repository) of all integration services, security certifications, authentications, authorisations, IP security setup and endpoint configurations.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Service monitoring and maintenance; Integration support documentation; Integration services catalogue and technical configuration manual
- To mediate and orchestrate development requests between business and technology stakeholders for internal and external integration requests forming part of delivery backlog formulation, cost estimates on work effort, delivery timelines formulation, solution delivery management, etc.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Delivery backlog; Delivery work effort cost estimations; Delivery management; Customer relationship management; Customer service delivery management
- To enable the transferring of technical skills and knowledge and create / cultivate to a positive team culture to ensure business continuity in terms of resourcing for platform maintenance and support. Also including integration developer capability building for continuous business growth.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Team collaboration and working session to nurture group values; Business continuity documentation to support development, platform support and maintenance.
- To assist in delivering business and technology stakeholders product training and providing support for current integrations. Training also includes delivery methodology and approach and suggested development life cycle, as well as platform features and capabilities.
- o Evidence (Outcomes): Training material and stakeholder interaction sections (education and training); Product catalogue and capabilities definition; Delivery methodology and execution approach.
- To frequently interact and maintain good working relationships with various stakeholders, both from a business (e.g., executives, sponsors, subject matter experts, etc) and technology perspective (e.g., executives, solution and infrastructure architects, system developers, etc.)
- o Evidence (Outcomes): Business requirements analysis; Business relationship management; Business delivery updates; Delivery forum representation; Delivery performance reporting; Service delivery management reporting, etc
- o Evidence (Outcomes): Financial budget management input
- o Evidence (Outcomes): Resource management.
- o Evidence (Outcomes): Supporting documentation formulation.
- To proactively participate in the management business unit or technical integration specific financial budgets (incl. planning, forecasting and adjustments).
- To manage all direct resourcing (manpower and pro-fee) financial elements and activities for project or programme delivery and for daily business operations.
- To perform any other work-related duties as assigned by reporting line manager (or business customer), e.g., to provide input into or documenting relevant technical policies and procedures, document integration services and platform technical configurations for maintenance and support purposes, completion of supporting disaster recovery supporting documentation and testing, executive or steering committee updates on business unit or technical capability performance, etc.
Key Performance Areas
Internal Processes
- Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
- To compile strategy, architecture, and Road Map Diagrams.
- Evidence (Outcomes): Strategy, Architecture and Road Map Diagrams
Digital UI Approach & Methodology
Evidence (Outcomes):
- Collaborate on user experience planning with technical leads and product owners.
- Research the latest design, digital best practices, online trends, etc. and provide recommendations.
- Visual design definition, direction, and execution
- Reinforce consistent design patterns across platforms and adherence to principles.
- Assist with developing usability test plans and format for testing results reporting and recommendations.
- Assist with user acceptance and usability testing to validate designs.
- Assist in developing end-to-end service design flows and integrating them to mock-ups, usage scenarios, prototypes, specifications, navigation maps and other design documents.
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals.
- Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs and UI details that promote ease of use and optimise the user experience.
- Create and maintain conceptual end state designs to drive a supported vision.
- Own the Digital UI Approach & Methodology to ensure that it is constantly updated to reflect changes in the environment and to keep pace with relevant trends.
- Ensure overall UI alignment to customer experience and brand values.
Digital UI Innovation
Evidence (Outcomes):
- Understand scope & requirements and drive innovative solutions aligned with business goals and design metrics.
- Stay close to the bleeding-edge developments in the industry with specific focus on the Digital space.
- Define, drive, and manage the Digital UI Approach & Methodology in an Omni-Channel manner and aligned to the strategic objectives defined.
Digital UI Implementation
Evidence (Outcomes):
- Actively engage with design and development teams to ensure adoption of the Digital UI Approach & Methodology across all initiatives.
- Take full accountability for Digital UI design and testing activities across all projects or initiatives.
- Establish relevant KPI’s, metrics and monitoring capabilities to assess the effectiveness of the UI approach and activities.
- Produce conceptual and detailed UI designs to drive agreement and optimise development process.
- Reduce overall time to market and costs through prototyping and user driven feedback.
- Manage enhancements and changes to the Digital UI approach in an Agile manner enforcing agreed. governance and change management policies.
Reach me at the detail listed below.
Thank you,
Theresa Steenkamp
Key Account Manger – Network Contracting Solutions
[Email Address Removed]
Desired Skills:
- Togaf Certification
- Enterprise Architecture
- Solutions Architecture
- Modelling Methodologies