Senior Architect - Presales Enterprise Architect

Senior Architect – Presales Enterprise Architect
POSITION PURPOSE

Provide Enterprise Architecture support / consulting to clients and other presales architects.
Act as Subject Matter Expert in all engagements requiring enterprise architecture inputs.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Experience:

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Enterprise Architecture.
Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise (understanding emerging markets is advantageous).
Worked across diverse cultures and geographies.

POSITION OUTPUTS
Key Deliverables:
Strategy Planning:

Develop and maintain an Enterprise Architecture framework for Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Security, Cloud, Managed Network Services, and UCC domains.
Provide strategic insight and technical oversight related to the implementation of new tools, technologies, solutions, and methodologies.
Interpret the overarching strategy of the company and formulate aligned strategic deliverables.
Align with other related units of company Technology functions to ensure compliant and integrated architecture and integration principles are applied.

Solutions Delivery:

Define architecture and standards for complex solutions.
Define and maintain the technical architecture associated with the underlying platform infrastructure and integration to back-end systems.
Evaluate output from different vertical domains (IoT, Cyber Security, Cloud, MSN, and UCC) and determine applicability of integration into the wider infrastructure.
Ensure and drive strong integration with all relevant Technology and business stakeholders to enable the highest quality architecture blueprints.
Identify, plan, coordinate, and oversee the delivery of security assessments and other security services required.
Provide security consultancy to ensure new products and services are deployed in a manner that ensures adoption of the relevant security strategy, designs, standards, controls, and tools.
Produce due diligence reports to be used in the creation of action plans to guide any remedial actions needed.
Master knowledge of complexities, services, and regulations related to a wide array of geographic locations to understand and cater to the demands of customers in each location.
Interlock with company Group Security in all Security work-streams
Develop architecture and integration designs, and all relevant documentation.

Profitable Growth:

Convert proposed solutions into sales through high quality solution documentation, presentations, client engagements.
Assist the CoE Tech vertical domain teams in their business cases for all platform technology investment and development.

Operational Excellence:

Define and maintain architecture blueprints, related to company product portfolio.
Assess risk factors and limitations of the current systems and identify areas of opportunity for mitigation.
Perform analysis of alternative and market research studies that provide data which aid in the selection of tools, technologies, solutions and methodologies and steer these into the Vertical domains.
Collaborate with other technical leads, participate in problem-solving and root cause analysis efforts.
Maintain knowledge of current and emerging trends, tools, technologies, solutions, and methodologies associated but not limited to the scope of the CoE.
Provide support to Sales teams, Systems Engineers, other Presales Architects, and application teams in Technology and GEBU Business and the OPCOs aligned with the mandate of the Enterprise CoE.
Conduct research related to market trends and best practice in technology to continuously advance company platforms.

Client Relationships:

Establish and maintain internal and external relationships.
Partner with relevant internal and external stakeholders to support and improve end to end architecture design and standards.
Design robust network architectures to ensure high quality customer experience and high availability of services.

Vendor Management:

Develop and maintain strong relationships with strategic and key ecosystem vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Governance and Risk Management:

Strictly follow and ensure compliance of relevant policies and procedures.
Ensure effective service level agreements strategies are in place to support the business.
Implement proper controls and processes to minimise revenue leakage.
Ensure proper project controls are in place to manage financial and operational risks across the business.
Ensure contract governance is in place and administered at all levels.
Act in accordance with the Delegation of Authority.

Financial Management:

Support financial modelling of current platform, vertical domain, and bespoke customer solutions and integration.
Continuously strive to identify and eliminate non-contributory expenditure.
People Leadership and Organisational Capability Building
Guide and enable the upskilling of the team throughout assigned projects.
Ensure a culture of continuous evaluation and improvement.
Drive a culture of high performance, accountability, and consequence management.

Desired Skills:

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