Business Architect

SUMMARY:
Business Architect

POSITION INFO:

Our client a Global Tech firm is seeking a Business Architect to join their team in Pretoria on a Contract basis. Our client offers great benefits, stability, growth and an attractive salary.

Description

Our client requires a Business Architect who demonstrates strong multi-domain experience with specific strengths in any of the following domains: business architecture, application architecture and integration architecture.

Requirements

• Honour’s degree in BCom Informatics/BSc Computer Science/BSc Engineering plus industry- specific qualifications or equivalent;
• A postgraduate qualification in the relevant field (will be an
• added advantage);
• Minimum of eight to ten years’ experience in at least three architecture domains such as business architecture, data architecture and application architecture, with at least five years’ business architecture experience.
• Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate strong multi-domain experience with specific strengths in any of the following domains: business architecture, application architecture and integration architecture.

The following prerequisites would apply:

• Proven knowledge and experience related to IT and business/industry
• work, including the development and maintenance of business architectures, deployment and systems life cycle management;
• Solid experience with regard to making trade-offs between various options to address particular business requirements;
• Leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders;
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments;
• Knowledge of all components of holistic business architecture,
• business re-engineering principles and processes, and basic knowledge of
• financial models and budgeting; and ability to act as a thought leader.

Additional requirements are as follows:

• Ability to participate and influence technical decisions in a
• fast-moving environment;
• Experience of large-scale transformation and migration projects;
• Ability to provide high-quality documentation that is suitable for
• a wide range of audiences and purposes with strong customer-facing interpersonal
• skills;
• A good understanding of ICT industry standards, risk management
• and information security;
• Must have utilised architecture frameworks and methods such as
• TOGAF;
• Working knowledge of architecture notations such as Archimate, UML
• and BPMN;
• Must have used one or more architecture tools;
• Working knowledge of EA governance and Systems Development Life
• Cycle (SDLC);
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Good facilitation and presentation skills;
• Good Leadership skills;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Proficient in analysis and problem solving;
• Must be able to function in a team; and must have good working experience in stakeholder management.

Job related knowledge:

• Business architecture
• Business modelling
• Strategy development
• Business process design and improvement
• System integration
• ICT industry standards
• Service design
• Role design
• Architecture principles design
• Architecture views an viewpoints design
• Building block design
• Information Security
• Solutions modelling
• Use of architecture frameworks and methods such as TOGAF and ADM
• Use of architecture notations such as Archimate, UML and BPMN
• Experience in one or more architecture tools
• Population of architecture repository
• Risk management

Job related skills & attributes

• Business acumen
• Teamwork
• Facilitation
• Presentation
• Inter-personal
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Thought leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Risk management
• Use of architecture tools
• Research
• Integration (parallel processing)
• Analysis
• Problem solving
• Logical reasoning
• Services orientation

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