Enterprise Architect - Johannesburg, South Africa - Sanlam

    Sanlam
    Sanlam Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 weeks ago

    Sanlam background
    Description

    Who are we?

    Sanlam Developing Markets [SDM] (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Life Limited) is one of the top financial services providers in the South African entry-level and emerging middle market. It aims to understand the unique requirements of clients and offers a wide range of simple and affordable financial solutions that cover needs such as funeral insurance, savings for education, life cover and personal accident plans. In terms of the Sanlam Group Governance Policy, SDM is managed by the SA Retail Mass cluster, which is part of the Sanlam Life and Savings cluster within the Sanlam Group. The cluster focusses on retail products, as well as group schemes.

    What will you do?

    Responsible for the development of a systems architecture that describes the complete set of components and interfaces that make up IS application solutions to specified business requirements in a large, complex organisation. The specification, product selection and design of infrastructure components to implement a systems architecture. Drive technical direction toward accomplishment of the solution architecture roadmaps, in cooperation with the Product Managers and Technical leads. Develop and maintain the information systems domain architectures and designs for specific business functional/technical areas and provide high-level roadmaps for the implementation of the solutions

    What will make you successful in this role?

  • Accountable for the design and implementation of enterprise information system solutions.
  • Maintain strategic alignment of technology architectural domains (functional, platform, application, information and data, security, and integration architecture) with the agreed business outcomes and strategic objectives.
  • Investigate, research and deliver relevant domain/segment artefacts.
  • Work closely with the business and the Design Authority to ensure alignment of solutions across the organisation
  • Be the custodian of system solutions by taking responsibility for architectural design
  • Contribute to the Sanlam Retail Mass IT Architecture Governance and alignment to the Group IT architecture.
  • Oversee the overall System Architecture Creation, Optimization, and Maintenance
  • Ensure a comprehensive view of existing systems and environments is maintained and communicated
  • Manage and document architectural constraints and/or deviations
  • Collaborate with business and technology teams to clarify and guide the evolution of system solutions
  • Be accountable for the definition and management of architectural methodology and overall system documentation at a business problem, system and sub-system level.
  • Develop and maintain reference architectural artefacts and conduct technical workshops and drive adoption with execution teams.
  • Assist the Execution Team by providing appropriate guidance and constraints communicated
  • Conduct risk management practices and implement validated and aligned architecture patterns to be consumed in Client Solution, Client Segment or Domain Architectures.

    • Qualification and Experience

  • Grade 12
  • Formal qualification in IT/IS preferable (. BCom Information Systems/Informatics/Computer Science), etc.
  • At least four years broad technical/experience with extensive depth in one or more disciplines – preferably in Microsoft technologies.
  • At least one year experience in solution analysis and other architectural experience

    • Knowledge and Skills

  • Software development methodologies . Agile
  • Insurance industry knowledge
  • Facilitation skills
  • English language proficiency (written and spoken)
  • Some experience in UML modelling
  • Experience with integration technologies such as REST/JSON/Web Services
  • Some knowledge of ColdFusion
  • Enabling technologies and trends . Microservices, ECM, BPM, BRM, ESB & BI
  • Understanding of the Cloud computing environments
  • Knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF/Zachman

    • Personal Attributes

    Organisational savvy - Contributing through othersManages complexity - Contributing through othersPlans and aligns - Contributing through othersOptimises work processes - Contributing through others

    Build a successful career with us

    We're all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

    Core Competencies

    Being resilient - Contributing through othersCollaborates - Contributing through othersCultivates innovation - Contributing through othersCustomer focus - Contributing through othersDrives results - Contributing through others

    Turnaround time

    The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.