SUMMARY:
Contract position 12 months for ENTERPRISE/SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT for a financial institute in Central Pretoria
POSITION INFO:
The main purpose of this position is to architect solutions to support the business goals and objectives; and ensure alignment of business, information and technology strategies at a solution level for new initiatives, projects and programmes.
Providethe following solution architecture services Department: (Projects, Programmes and new Demands)
- Develop the architectures for the different projects within the Financial Department and guide the end-to-end delivery of solutions for the Financial Department.
- Combine architectural ‘as-is’ (baseline) and ‘to-be’ (target) models for various domains (business, data, application and technology) to create an overall solution architecture and roadmap with the supporting transition architectures.
- Ensure alignment between the enterprise architecture, related solution architectures, architecture principles, and information and communications technology (ICT) standards to ensure standardisation and reduce risk.
- Ensure that the solutions meet the business requirements while complying to standards and principles, traceability to enterprise reference models, and alignment with the target enterprise architecture vision.
- Ensure that proposed solutions are peer reviewed by the EA division and presented to the SARB Enterprise Architecture Governance forums for approval.
- Take accountability for overseeing the end-to-end delivery of the solutions for the business, and ensure that solutions implemented match the architectural designs (implementation governance).
Develop evaluation criteria to support cross-functional teams in evaluating product identification and selection processes including proofs of concept (POC), requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposals (RFPs
Education and experience:
A tertiary qualification (NQF6), degree (NQF7) or Honours degree (NQF 8) in the field of specialisation OR equivalent industry-specific certifications AND
- Minimum five years’ experience in application analysis/architecture and/or design and/or enterprise architecture and/or solutions architecture and data architecture.
- A postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.
A formal architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF, BIZBOK) will be an advantage
A full job spec will be provided
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