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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