Solution ArchitectPretoriaSalary – Market Related Department – Enterprise Architecture OfficeReports to – Head Enterprise Architect About the Position:Design technology solutions for the organisation by defining integrated solution architectures that are aligned with IT strategies and architectures to meet and support the organisation’s goals. Key Performance Areas:Solution Architecture:
- Define and design solutions that encompass all architecture domains and in line with business requirements, enterprise architecture principles and ICT standards to ensure standardisation and risk management.
- Review and ensure solution architecture designs provide seamless integration, scalability, and security in accordance with the prescribed enterprise architecture.
- Update and maintain the architecture repository with all architecture artifacts as part of architecture implementation governance.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues related to solutions
- Participate in the continuous improvement of solutions and their components.
- Contribute to the development and/or evaluation of Terms of Reference documents to assist business and ICT teams during RFI and RFP process.
- Take accountability for the end-to-end delivery of solution/applications/systems and ensure alignment to the approved architecture.
- Keep up to date with the latest technology trends and bring innovative ideas on how the best solutions can be brought into the organisation.
- Align designed solution with the overall business strategy and ensure it delivers business value.
Stakeholder Management: – Work closely with ICT and business stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that the solution meets the agreed upon requirements.- Work within budget constraints and manage resources efficiently.- Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with the various teams and stakeholders.
Education/Skills/Experience:- A Degree in Computer Science- TOGAF Certification is a requirement. Knowledge of other frameworks (e.g., Zachman) would be an advantage.- Minimum three (3) years’ experience in Enterprise Architecture tools like Case wise, Visio, or Sparx Enterprise Architect.- Minimum ten (6) years’ experience working in development and integration of large-scale solutions involving multiple technologies, functions, and interfaces across in-house and vendor supplied system.- Minimum ten (6) years’ experience with best practices and design patterns when designing distributed systems, systems integrations and microservices.- Minimum three (6) years’ experience in designing solutions (business, data, application, infrastructure and security domains) as a Solution Architect.- In-depth understanding (and expertise in at least one) in system analysis, software development, databases, networks, security, and infrastructure.- Solid knowledge in development of system requirements from business requirements specification documents including server infrastructure, capacity planning, storage requirements, virtualisation and networking protocols for cloud and/or on-premises environments.- In-depth understanding of cloud architecture, with a focus on Azure. This includes cloud infrastructure, scalability, monitoring and security within solution architecture designs.- Ability to guide project teams to ensure that solutions are developed and deployed in accordance with approved solution architecture.- Solid knowledge in one or more of the following technology concepts: Big Data, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, AI, Data Mining, ETL for cloud and/or on-premises environments.- Ability to recognise functional interdependencies, to assimilate and correlate disconnected procedures and process, and articulate their collective relevance to the organisation.- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work with cross-functional teams
Behavioural Competencies:- Customer Service: Knows the customer’s business and/or seeks information about the real underlying needs of the customer, beyond those initially expressed.- Flexibility: Decides how to do something based on the situation at hand.- Impact and Influence: Adapts a presentation or discussion to appeal to the interest or level of others.- Organisational commitment: Acts to support the organisations mission and goals.- Commitment to professional learning: Keeps up to date with international trends that will have an impact on the field of expertise.- Teamwork: Publicly credits others who have performed well.- Analytical thinking: Identifies multiple elements of a problem and breaks down each of those elements into detail, showing causal relationships between them.- Achievement orientation: Sets and works to meet challenging goals.- Initiative: Demonstrates the ability to anticipate and proactively manage all the variables involved, to ensure that critical opportunities are not missed.- Tenacity: Anticipates and takes action to create an opportunity or avoid future crisis , looking ahead within a three-month timeframe.
Working Conditions:- Will be required to work long hours when necessary.
Please Note: Should you not receive feedback within 3 months, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Solution Architect
- project environment
- design solutions
- degree in Computer Science
- Microsoft Azure
- TOGAF
- Integration Architecture
- zachman
- Sparx Enterprise Architect
- Visio
- case wise
- IT Strategy
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years Technical / Business Architecture
Desired Qualification Level:
- Degree
About The Employer:
Financial Sector
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Provident Fund
- Medical Aid