Application Architect -2021_32

 

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB005322/Shadi

Date posted:

Friday, July 23, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related


SUMMARY:
A client of ours in the mining sector is looking for an Application Architect to co-ordinate and manage the demand process for the Architecture Standards Review Board and to provide architecture guidance to incoming demands.

POSITION INFO:

Tasks:

  • Understand the application standards, architecture blueprints and roadmaps and provide initial architecture guidance to initiatives during demand initiation
  • Co-ordinate the demand process for the Architecture Standards Review Board (ASRB), including:
    • Understanding the existing application standards and providing guidance on standards alignment when a request comes in
    • Identify touchpoints with other demands and/or other initiatives in the company and ensure input is obtained from all relevant stakeholders
    • Set up all communication sessions with requestors and provide feedback on the approval status of requests
    • Manage all communications with requestors
    • Run the weekly triage process to discuss the demands with the broader Enterprise Architecture & Governance (EA&G) team
    • Create the agenda items for the fortnightly ASRB meeting. Liaise with requestors to present.
    • Compile minutes at ASRB and manage feedback to stakeholders
    • Manage all records associated with the process
    • Provide reports on demands
  • Communicate ASRB process to stakeholders
  • Provide input on broader EA&G demand process improvement project
  • Manage updates to application inventory list
  • Work with broader EA&G team to incorporate applications standards list and other application artefacts (e.g. application roadmaps) into a central repository
  • Ensure that the applications standards list is easy to understand and navigate by end-users
  • Architecture governance processes
  • Enterprise Architecture best practices and frameworks
  • The specific Enterprise Architecture and Governance field, controls and mitigation.
  • Enterprise architecture and how to align to architecture standards/roadmaps
  • IM risk management
  • Company architecture landscape
  • Proficiency in relevant global languages would be advantageous with respect to vendor negotiations and other stakeholders

 
Ability to:
  • Show attention to detail with the ability to process large volumes of information of a complex nature
  • Use knowledge management techniques to catalogue and effectively share this information
  • Translate complex concepts and information into simple sharable deliverables
  • Engage with key stakeholders and understand their requirements
  • Make recommendations to stakeholders and influence initiatives to align to best practices and standards
  • Analyse and identify risk root causes and quantify potential business impact
  • Interpret policy and explain why work needs to be completed in a particular manner
  • Explain how a particular process task needs to be fulfilled
  • Participate in Enterprise Architecture and Governance initiatives and the different processes involved
  • Perform continuous monitoring reviews to make sure that the process aligns to the overall Enterprise Architecture and Governance system


 

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