Data Enterprise Architect

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a Data Enterprise Architect to work in Cape Town.

POSITION INFO:

The role of a Data Enterprise Architect encompasses many activities including (but not limited to):

- Provide strategic direction for our data landscape.

- Develop a data management strategy.

- Define the data shared across the landscape and the relationships between those data elements.

- Define how the data will be stored, consumed, integrated, and managed by different data entities and IT systems, as well as any applications using or processing data.

- Work closely with the Application Enterprise Architect, and the Business Enterprise Architect in the achieving data consolidation.

- Drive the data standards within the organisation from all perspectives including new offsite data elements.

- Ensure complete data solution design to achieve business driven value.

- Design process for reuse of data elements components, their use within projects.

- Design process for the disposal, archiving and retention of data components and elements and their associated metadata.

- Design and evaluate solutions on how to improve, and sustain data quality, database performance, data accuracy, data security for both digital and non- digital data sets.

- Ensure data design complies with the relevant government data security acts and polices (e.g., Minimum Interoperability Security Standard and Protection of Personal Information, etc.).

- Design solution together with the other domain enterprise architects to gain maximum benefit for technology and processes.

- Design, develop, define, and maintain the data architecture standards. Data interoperability standards, operational data marts.

- Design and evaluate solutions that use a combination of business intelligence, analytics, traditional data warehouse and big data services. Internal and external data sources.

- Design processes and producers for data governance.

- Manage and maintain the data artefacts in the enterprise architecture repository.

- Recommend appropriate course of action to developers and management on data implementation issues.

- Define technical standards and methods for performance, and quality.

- Ensure that the appropriate strategies and policies are in place and provide the necessary expertise to the Policy and Strategy Unit where strategies and policies are deemed missing.

- Ensure that the strategies and policies are implemented and adhered to.

- Contribute, promote, and ensure adherence to ICT governance frameworks, processes and best practice.

- Analyse and ensure alignment to National ICT governance frameworks and standards.

- Serve as a group member on the internal enterprise architecture governance boards.

Mandatory Requirements:

- Minimum of 5 years'' experience as an Enterprise Architect or equivalent role.

- Minimum of 2 years'' experience as a Solutions Architect or equivalent role. 

- Experience working in large organisations.

- Experience with Oracle and / or Microsoft solutions and custom development.

- Experience with cloud solutions, cloud services and cloud development.

- Architecture modelling skills.

- Have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.

- Presentation and facilitation skills.

- Sound organizing and planning skills and Consulting experience in large enterprises.

Qualifications and Experience:

- Degree (or equivalent 3 year+ Tertiary qualification) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent.

- Must have and IT architecture certification. TOGAF certification is advantageous.

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