Enterprise & Business Architecture

Recruiter:

Solicited

Job Ref:

JHB000104/Zoe

Date posted:

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

900 000

JOB SUMMARY:
A permanent position for an Enterprise & Business Architecture within the financial service industry based in centurion has opened, the successful candidate will provide guidance and standards best practices to ensure integrity and contribute to the ICT strategy in terms of Business, Data/Information, Applications, Technology Infrastructure Integration and Security.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Responsibilities:

Providing specialist know-how and leadership to others, expressing positive expectations and build relationships
Contribute to a culture of work centric thinking, productivity, service delivery and quality management
Continuously develop own expertise in terms of industry and subject matter development and application thereof in an area of specialization.
Positively influence and manage change and offer specialist support where required.
Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas and involvement of colleagues and staff
Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
Contribute to the process of negotiating objective and realistic service level agreements, monitor appropriateness, and recommend adjustments.
Define service practices which builds rewarding relationships, encourages innovation and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders to ensure that client expectations are managed.
Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.
Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.
Responsible for a rigorous description of the enterprise - across systems, programmes and business areas - including its business entities, their properties, and relationships between them and the external environment.
Oversee and guide the integration of the Architecture Domains. Ensure the architecture of the enterprise is optimised, and all Architecture Domains (Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application architecture, Technology Architecture) integrate (and inter-operate) in a cost-effective manner, with minimum effort and maximum benefit to the organization.
Provide vision and insight to proactively assist in defining the direction for strategic IT projects.
Keep up to date with and have a clear understanding of the capabilities and benefits of new/emerging technologies to apply same in a business context.
Recommend and participate in the analysis, evaluation, and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that Enterprise Architecture objectives are consistent with the organisation’s long-term business objectives.
Lead technical design sessions with the development teams, including the creation of class models, component models, and detailed design specifications to ensure architecture standards are followed.
Define technical evaluation criteria for product and technology selection and determine technical approaches to ensure all architectural solutions result in a coherent system design leading to desired customer experiences.
Share best practices, lessons and constantly update the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current, and upcoming vendor products and solutions.
Collaborate with all relevant parties to review the objectives and constraints of each solution and determine conformance with the industry practices.
Contribute to the development of area specific budgets to minimize expenditure, in alignment with operational plans.
Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
Implement and provide input into governance processes, systems, and legislation within area of specialization.
Escalate unresolved policy and governance compliance issues via appropriate channels for investigation and resolution purposes.
Provide input into the risk identification processes development and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum.

Requirements:

MBA
Relevant Computer Science, Physics Mathematics, Information Technology qualification
TOGAF Training
7-10 years’ experience in technical leadership roles (essential)
At least 5 years’ senior software programming (essential)
Experience in the financial services industry (desirable)
Full Software Development Life cycle, rolling out complicated processes
Knowledge of underlying IT architectures and technologies
Business architectures
Applications architectures
Data architectures
Technical Architectures
Knowledge of architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, ITIL and COBIT

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