Principal Data Architect - Johannesburg, South Africa - NTT Ltd.

NTT Ltd.

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Johannesburg, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

NTT is a leading global IT solutions and services organisation that brings together people, data and things to create a better and more sustainable future.

In today's 'iNTTerconnected' world, connections matter more now than ever.

By bringing together talented people, world-class technology partners and emerging innovators, we help our clients solve some of the world's most significant technological, business and societal challenges.

With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters.

Want to be a part of our team?

Working at NTT

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Serve as an advisor to senior business management on business and information integration strategies
Evaluate internal functions, business development strategies and IT processes and suggest improvements
Create business architecture models to reflect the organization's strategies and goals and create and implement business visions and goals
Responsible for cataloguing, developing, coordinating, communicating, maintaining, and enforcing overall enterprise architecture models, representations, initiatives, capabilities, and components to adequately perform the organization's business and technology activities
Suggest ideas to reduce costs in IT and business leadership
Provide business architecture and systems processing guidance
Ensure the efficiency, security, and support of the organization's goals
Creating methods for compliance architecture, such as data storage, metadata management, and change control
Provide consultancy in business process analysis and design, and service delivery, particularly with respect to the use of information, trends, and directions
Provide architectural leadership in the resolutions of crossprogramme, and crossproject architecture issues
Update and maintain key enterprise architecture deliverables
Conduct ongoing research and assessment of new analysis approach for potential use within the organisation

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

Ability to integrate big data analytics into the existing IT landscape
Knowledge of architectural methodologies and frameworks to be able to implement strategies effectively
Be the expert in IT and computer networking to ensure the organization's architecture
Ability to stay on top of the latest trends and technologies that may improve any business
Excellent communication skills to work with various leaders throughout the organization to support the goals and objectives of the organization
Excellent technical, analytical and project management skills
Display the ability to develop and publish white papers
Possess the ability to engage with internal and external audiences in a clear, effective, and appropriate manner.
Display the ability to collaborate and facilitate an understanding of technical issues
Display knowledge of business strategic processes and information technology delivery
Possess knowledge of information technology governance
Display effective interviewing, data collection and synthesis skills
Possess proficient IT governance and operations, technology components and modelling for IT investment knowledge
Display good project and program management planning and organizational skills
Demonstrate problem analysis and solution formulation skills
Demonstrate systems thinking skills

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Technology or Computer Science or related
Required certification(s) such as TOGAF / ITIL/ COBIT

Required Experience:

Proven experience as an Principal Data Architect gained within a similar matrixed information technology environment
Proven experience in system architecture
Experience in data strategy
Strong experience of Azure data lake

What will make you a good fit for the role?
Focus on this role will be on our Services Data and Data Management strategies.

Knowledge of data products and implementation on Azure will be essential, along with a robust knowledge of data structuring, processing and analytics.

Equal Opportunity Employer
NTT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, veteran status, or other protected category

A career at NTT means:

Being part of a
global pioneer where you gain exposure to our Fortune 500 clients and worldleading global technology partners and work with a network of over 40,000 smart and diverse colleagues across 57 countries, delivering services in over 200 countries.
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