Job purpose:

The role of IT Architect – Business and Data is responsible for the strategic business transformation within Company and overseeing critical deliverables; such as business capability models, business capabilities, and value streams. This role is further responsible for leading the architecture of new organizations or re-architecting aspects of existing business operations and capabilites.

Key Performance Areas

Business Architecture Strategy Development:

  • Collaborate with the Head of Enterprise Architecture (EA) to establish governance, focusing on business architecture.
  • Develop and monitor the Business Architecture Vision, Capability Model, Business Process Modelling, and Value Streams for Company.
  • Ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

Business Architecture Blueprint & Roadmap:

  • Collaborate with stakeholders and architects (applications, technology, security) to select reference models and create baseline and target business architecture descriptions.
  • Perform gap analysis and develop a roadmap aligned with Company’s strategic objectives.

Business Architecture Governance:

  • Manage activities to develop, maintain, and govern business architecture.
  • Ensure architecture goals are met and assess best practices to improve business frameworks and data quality management.

Data Architecture Strategy Development:

  • Develop and implement the Data Architecture Vision and Principles.
  • Collaborate with other IT divisions to create data management practices and ensure data architecture goals are achieved.

Data Architecture Blueprint & Roadmap:

  • Consult with stakeholders to develop an Enterprise Data Model, data flows, integration patterns, and master data management architecture.
  • Conduct gap analysis and participate in creating a Data Warehouse, Data Mart, or Data Lake roadmap.

Opportunities and Implementation Planning:

  • Identify business and data change opportunities and constraints.
  • Perform gap analysis, refine architecture dependencies, and create implementation and migration plans for business and data transformation.

Stakeholder Engagement & Management:

  • Develop a stakeholder engagement strategy, map stakeholders by influence, and manage expectations.
  • Maximize opportunities, mitigate risks, and improve stakeholder relationships to support architecture goals.

Additional Requirements

  • Enterprise Architecture Leadership
  • Solution Architecture
  • IT Portolio Managemet & optimisation
  • Technology Modernisation
  • Doman Architect for Data, Application, Technology and Security

Desired Skills:

  • Knowledge of Company Act
  • Protection of Personal Information Act
  • Knowledge of PFMA

Desired Work Experience:

  • 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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