Infrastructure Architect - Pretoria, South Africa - South African Reserve Bank

South African Reserve Bank

Verified Company

Pretoria, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to research, plan, architect, design and deploy infrastructure (servers, mainframe, storage, etc.) solutions within the South African Reserve Bank Group (SARB Group).

Detailed description

Research and recommend emerging and fitforpurpose infrastructure (servers, mainframe, storage, etc.) solutions and participate in the procurement of such solutions aligned to the business strategy.
Define and evolve the SARB Group infrastructure architecture in alignment with the tobe architecture.
Plan and develop infrastructure architecture blueprints and roadmaps for infrastructure solutions in alignment with industry best practices and standards.
Oversee the implementation of infrastructure designs and ensure alignment with industry best practices and standards.
Provide expert guidance on infrastructure architectures and optimisation.
Oversee the management of the infrastructure technology life cycle.
Lead the design of infrastructure solutions.
Implement and maintain the governance and security model for the infrastructure as developed by the Cyber and Information Security Unit.
Develop, maintain and document technical standards, procedures, user guides, standard operating procedures ( SOPs), instructional documents and so forth relating to the infrastructure solutions.
Collaborate and engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the functionality of the deployed infrastructure solutions and technologies.
Identify, address and remediate risks in the infrastructure environment as identified by auditors and governancerelated assessments.
Stay abreast of new developments in infrastructure architectures and technologies.
Provide architectural expertise as part of information and communications technology ( ICT) infrastructure projects and participate in other SARB Group projects to contribute towards business objectives.
Take responsibility for infrastructure capacity planning, disaster recovery and resource allocation to ensure optimal performance, continuity and scalability.