Managed Talent Solutions, a division within Datacentrix, is looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect for one of their clients based in Pretoria. The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for the translation of management's business objectives and requirements into a comprehensive, detailed, and technical vision that will enable the successful construction, deployment, and management of an integrated hardware and software solutions platform. The role will be responsible for establishing IT system specifications and determining an optimal sequence of implementation tasks. The Enterprise Architect serves as a bridge between the primary business stakeholders/executive team and the Company's development teams (Data, Application, Infrastructure, Hardware, and Integration) and strives to identify and develop synergies across the development enterprise.Qualifications and Experience:Bachelor's Degree e.g., Computer Science, Bcom Information Technology10 years' experience in IT Governance, Enterprise Architect or Software Development role5 years' experience in an Enterprise/Solution Architect roleTOGAF and Zachman certificationKey Performance Areas:Accountable for reviewing, developing, and maintaining the company's IT architecture.Review and evaluate the current state of the company's architecture ('As-Is') to identify duplications, what is working, what is not working, and measure the health of key business processes supported by the current architecture.Recommend and develop the future state ('to-be') architecture to ensure a roadmap for the company to follow.Build the transition architecture to connect the current to the future state by creating an iterative roadmap to get to the desired state.Recommend and provide changes to the business in easily digestible iterative changes instead of a 'big bang' approach.Provide a set of steps to move into the direction of the future state gradually and/or prioritize as per business need.Provide a test bed for new ideas with minimal business disruption and financial impact.Work in liaison with business stakeholders to develop Business Architecture Roadmaps containing tactical and strategic initiatives to reach target business capabilities. Identify and resolve dependencies and impacts across the architecture landscape.Design solutions based on business requirements that align with Reference Architecture policies and standards.Provide expertise in designing solutions for custom requirements.Provide direction and management to ensure enhancements and modifications adhere to all System and Business Development Methodology and Quality of Service Standards.Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and conduct stakeholder reviews of architecture roadmaps and designs.Determine Enterprise Architecture policy and standards definition and evolution and work with PMO to coordinate project pipeline management.Engage relevant peers from other disciplines during implementation of Solution Architecture/Design.Evangelize and syndicate high-level Enterprise Architect strategy across the enterprise and to the Company's key stakeholders.Accountable to build a defined lifecycle around reviewing the future state of the company's enterprise architecture.Provide progressive ideas for moving the company forward with advanced concepts or architectures.Ensure governance by defining and establishing processes for building software and operating models.Assist with change management for the business to adapt to the enterprise structure and change perceptions.Ensure enterprise architecture reviews are done periodically to evaluate and address technology standards adherence.Design and present Architecture concepts to various high-level committee structures.Assist with user training for new implementations to ensure support is provided to the business.Interface with internal and external clients to determine scope of work and issue resolutions.Author Enterprise Architecture documents for specific projects/programs clearly articulating goals, constraints, and rationale for architecturally significant decisions. Lead scoping and design sessions across cross-functional teams.Perform application portfolio rationalization. Analyze, define, and document system architecture and design for data, workflow, security, hardware integration, operating system environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs.Assist Enterprise Architects in socializing and syndicating policies and standards across Technology realms.
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