Applications Architect - Centurion, South Africa - Staff Solutions

Staff Solutions
Staff Solutions
Verified Company
Centurion, South Africa

1 week ago

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Description

Gauteng, Centurion**
Negotiable - Negotiable Monthly Cost To Company (Market related)

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Our client in the Finance/Insurance industry seeks to fill the role of Applications Architect to join their operations in Centurion, Gauteng.

Responsibilities and work outputs

Internal Process
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Define the required technology to support the business's agreed IT Strategy, Philosophy and Enterprise Architecture.
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Proactively mentor peers regarding system knowledge and development technologies and processes, to ensure knowledge transfer and the maintenance of standards.
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Monitor system performance, relevance and usage and define and maintain key metrics to ensure quality and performance of systems and delivery.
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Work within the Enterprise Architecture to integrate and propose viable solutions to business.
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Perform code reviews to ensure compliance with coding standards and best practices.
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Accountable for technical design and detailed technical specifications, as well as unit testing and support documentation within the relevant business area.
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Work closely with project teams, vendors and third-party technical contacts regarding technical design, or resolving technical issues, to deliver on the Application Architecture.
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Accountable for composition of detailed technical specifications, unit testing, and support documentation.
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Define, document and maintain Application Architecture standards within the relevant business area.
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Collaborate with functional and technical leads from various teams to ensure an integrated and aligned solution and technology approach.
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Provide process improvement recommendations to the software design/development team, to achieve best practices and high performance.
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Provide accurate estimates of required effort for design and development, to assist in capacity management.
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Accountable for appropriate cloud enablement and migration.
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Identify and investigate appropriate SaaS, IaaS and PaaS applicable to the line of business systems.
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Client
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Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
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Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
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Contribute to the process of negotiating objective and realistic service level agreements, monitor appropriateness and recommend adjustments.
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Define service practices which builds rewarding relationships, encourages innovation and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
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Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed.
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Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.
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Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.
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People
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Build relationships through providing specialist know-how and leadership to others, expressing positive expectations.
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Positively influence and manage change and offer specialist support where required.
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Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas and involvement of colleagues and staff.
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Participate and contribute to a culture of work centric thinking, productivity, service delivery and quality management.
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Take ownership for driving career development.
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Finance
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Contribute to the development of area specific budgets to minimise expenditure, in alignment with operational plans.
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Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
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Implement and provide input into governance processes, systems and legislation within area of specialisation.
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Escalate unresolved policy and governance compliance issues via appropriate channels for investigation and resolution purposes.
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Provide input into the risk identification processes development and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum
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Competencies required
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Examining Information
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Adopting Practical Approaches
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Challenging Ideas
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Interpreting Data
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Providing Insights
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Making Decisions
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Developing Expertise
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Exploring Possibilities
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Skills required
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Communications skills
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Problem-solving skills
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Analytical skills
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Planning and organising skills
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Interpersonal skills
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Critical thinking
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Experience and Qualifications
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Relevant Computer Science qualification (essential)
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