Infrastructure Architect - Johannesburg, South Africa - Boardroom Appointments

Description

CONTRACT ROLE

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the global process to manage new technology ideas and demands, providing research, analysis, design review and recommendations to leadership
  
• Provide design support to projects and business groups in order to ensure efficient and safe technology architectures are delivered
  
• Proactively managing global leader stakeholder in a matrixed organization; developing a trust advisor and teaming approach
  
• Collaborating with the team to identify, select and implement appropriate solutions
  
• Monitor and research emerging innovation with a view to determining functionality that may provide business value.
  
• Validate and prioritise the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan
  
• Confirm transition enterprise architecture increments and phases
  
• Define enterprise architecture implementation governance
• Update architecture Repository
• Compile enterprise architecture implementation roadmap
• Obtain approval of architecture roadmap
• Define domain architecture implementation governance
• Compile domain architecture implementation roadmap
• Validate and prioritise the domain architecture implementation and migration plan
  
• Confirm transition domain architecture increments and phases
• Full technology solutions architecture lifecycle, including requirements-gathering, vendor selection, design, costing, and non-functional optionality
  
• Formidable team working skills across matrixed client, supplier, and geographically dispersed virtual teams
  
• Experience in the effective and efficient operation of IT infrastructure and applications services in multi-national companies
  
• Experience in delivery that includes the use of external supplier and offshore resources
  
• Experience in the development of technology and system strategies and roadmaps to address business strategy.
  
• Experience in the development of effective standards and policies governing IT matters.
  
• Experience in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across a culturally and geographically diverse organization.
  
• Proven business and financial acumen.
• Experience in the mentoring and development of staff members

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT related fields

Certifications preferred but not required

• TOGAF or equivalent Architecture qualification
• MDP / MBA or equivalent management qualification

Required Experience:

• 8+ years in a corporate IT environment, in senior leadership roles
• 8+ years' experience in IT technology architecture
• Experience in a related technical field (application development, deployment/implementation, and infrastructure)

Skills Summary

Consulting, End-to-End Testing, Solutions Design, Solutions Development, Technical Solutions