Infrastructure Architect - Houghton Estate, South Africa - SBV Services (Pty) Ltd.

SBV Services (Pty) Ltd.

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Houghton Estate, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Develop and implement SBV Infrastructure strategy aligned to SBV strategy

Develop and maintain the Infrastructure strategy, blueprints, roadmaps and other architecture artefacts for SBV, internal and vendor / cloud based.
Partner with business, vendors and technology teams to develop an overall Infrastructure architecture to meet enterprise wide strategies.
Create and maintain a catalogue and roadmap of Infrastructure and network artefacts
Work with architects, business partners, vendors and project delivery teams to create solutions and roadmap of Infrastructure delivery aligned to strategy.

Develop and maintain Infrastructure patterns

Develop the Infrastructure catalogue and patterns that can be used by delivery teams to standardise infrastructure delivery and improve quality of delivery.
Guide, mentor and influence Infrastructure teams
Responsible for complete infrastructure design, analysis, security, network and voice communication
Ensure correct governance is followed by submitting all designs for approval by the Architecture review board
Act as an expert for infrastructure teams in the planning, designing, and delivery of IT solutions

Advise teams of IT technology standard requirements, methodology and processes

Drive the short and long term technology infrastructure strategy
Participate in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy
Communicate and validate architecture with the infrastructure team, project management team, and technology

Conduct end-to-end technical plan design

Develop the longterm strategy and designs which align to the businesses requirements around BCM and DR
Develop enterprise standards for infrastructure which support multivendor platforms
Design and develop infrastructure blueprints for the implementation of new solutions

Responsible for impact analysis and design modifications to existing systems to support new solutions

Develop specifications for infrastructure to support existing and new systems
Maintain a common documentation library of standardized procedures and configurations
Provide solutions where incidents and problems exist within designated areas of expertise
Communicate and collaborate with local IT staff as well as vendors

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience
5 years' experience in a production IT environment managing enterprise IT infrastructure, hardware, hosting service and network areas

Which also includes:

Experience with architecture methodologies, such as TOGAF, ITIL, Zachman
Experience in the use of VMware or other virtual software
Deep understanding of TCP, IP and other network protocols. Familiarity with DNS, DHCP and other network services.
Strong technical skills and understanding of the platform and tools on premise and cloud including the Microsoft stack, IBM integration (IIB, CD and BPM), enterprise content management systems.
Experience implementing Infrastructure architectures and governance processes.
Experience designing, integrating, and developing complex Infrastructure solutions.
Experience with Infrastructure scalability and performance management and monitoring
Domain expertise in financial and or logistics is preferred.
Ability to write architectural design documents or review design documents provided by others.

Minimum Requirements:
Education