Solutions Architect - Johannesburg, South Africa - Adcorp Holdings
Description
Synopsis
My client is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect with integrations and systems experience to develop and maintain the focus area (domain) architecture and design for specific business functional/technical area.
This is a 12-month contract.
Job Description Job Purpose**:
- Develops and maintains the focus area (domain) architecture and design for highlevel business functional/technical area.
- Provides a highlevel roadmap for the implementation of the solution.
- Matrix manages Architects delivering on projects/initiatives within focus area (domain).
- Provide thought leadership throughout the programme.
- In cooperation with the Product Manager, the Senior Solution Architect plays a critical role in helping align team in a common technical direction toward accomplishment of the roadmap.
Qualification and Experience
- Honours' Degree in Information Technology, Engineering or Commerce.
- Relevant Architecture certification.
- Business type Qualification (e.g. MBA) would be preferred.
years' experience as an architect across domains.
- MUST have Developer and coding experience
- Integration and Systems architecture experience.
Roles and Responsibilities Function as Lean-Agile Architect Leader**:
***- Plan and develop the architectural/solutions runway in support of upcoming business features with the Enterprise Architect (EA).
- Work with portfolio stakeholder, particularly the Enterprise Architect (EA) to develop, analyse, split and realise the implementation of enabler Epics.
- Define, explore and support the implementation of value stream and programme enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with the agile teams to provide support.
Develop and Validate Reference Architectures:
- Responsible for reference architecture by collaboration with key stakeholders (EA, BIO, CIO, Business) to understand the strategy and target of the IT & Business in order to develop, separate and implement the enabler epics.
- Ensure conformance of reference architectures to aligned to strategic and target roadmaps.
- Conduct research and or investigate in order deliver reference architectures.
- Responsible for the developing and contributing to architecture principles for downstream consumption.
Develop and Validate Domain/Segment Architectures:
- Responsible for the creation and validation of domain/segment architectures by collaborating with key stakeholders, peers and/ or feature teams, aligned to reference architectures and roadmaps.
- Manage deviation and exceptions of domain/segment architectures that vary from the reference architectures/principles.
- Coordinate activities across areas and domains in order to facilitate and deliver relevant artefacts.
- Manage technology complexities and conflicts relevant to the domain/segment architecture.
- Explore and propose new concepts and solutions through innovative thinking.
- Ensure advice and validate that the Formulated Architectures are be at the appropriate level (conceptual, logical and or physical) for the correct understanding and importance.
- Investigate and research in order deliver relevant domain/segment artefacts.
- Produce and contribute to target architectures.
- Produce and validate transitional architectures aligned to the target architectures.
- Influence and communicate all stakeholders across all levels to accept and adopt architectures.
- Develop and validate domain/segment architecture patterns to be consumed in Solution, Segment or Domain Architectures.
Develop Solution Architectures/Designs:
- Responsible for the creation and validation of solutions by collaborating with key stakeholders, peers and/ or project teams, aligned to reference, segment and domain architectures and roadmaps.
- Manage the technology/engineering aspects of programme and value stream Kanban's.
- Manage deviation and exceptions of solutions that vary from the reference, segments and domain architecture and/or architecture principles.
- Coordinate activities across areas and domains in order to facilitate and deliver relevant artefacts.
Roles and Responsibilities (cont.)
- Manage technology complexities and conflicts relevant to the solution architecture.
- Explore and propose new concepts and solutions through innovative thinking.
- Ensure advice and validate that the solutions are at the appropriate level (conceptual, logical and or physical) for the correct understanding, interpretation and importance.
- Investigate and research the problem statement or programme needs in order deliver relevant solution artefacts.
- Produce and contribute to target solutions.
- Manage architectural runway and backlogs for the programmes overall solution intent.
- Articulate solution risks and impacts to relevant stakeholders.
- Influence and communicate all stakeholders across the pr
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