Competency Lead: Solutions Architecture - Tygervalley, South Africa - Sanlam

Sanlam

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Tygervalley, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Who we are?
Sanlam Investments Group is one of South Africa's largest investment management companies.

We have a performance history spanning over 100 years, and offer a range of investment and financial planning solutions to protect and grow the long-term wealth of our clients.

We take particular pride in:

Sanlam's longevity and innovation
People, teamwork and values
A culture of diversity and commitment to growing our own timber
Our robust, tested and proven pragmatic investment process and philosophy

Our local and offshore investment products cover the full investment spectrum: active and passive; single and multi-manager - both locally and internationally.

Our active funds range are managed according to our pragmatic value investing style. What will you do?

Proven track record and ability to establish, resource, lead and motivate a team of solution architects and systems analysts
Provide leadership, management, and technical vision to the entire solution architecture competency
Provide strategic direction regarding the general IT trends and developments
Governs solution architectures to ensure that they conform to the guidelines laid down by the enterprise architects
Exposure to or understanding of Project Management Principles
Creates and evolves policies, standards and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation and subsequent use of information.
Defines patterns, antipatterns, principles and templates for solutions architects to use
Inducts new recruits in the use of architecture artefacts, repositories and processes
Excellent presentation skills and ability to convey complex ideas in an understandable and simplistic manner to both technical and nontechnical audiences
Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels
Excellent ability to effectively communicate with external thirdparty vendors, providing guidance to their efforts
Architecting and assisting in designs of information systems to meet the company and project needs
Applies good principles to solutions design and architectures to ensure both fit for purpose and fit for use
Acts as an advisor to Business units around the use of technology solutions to drive competitive advantage
Assessing and informing stakeholders of the business and/or project impact of certain technical solutions being implemented
Provide recommendations to business stakeholders to ensure that they can make the best business decisions based on the different solution alternatives
Providing updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs, and budgets
Ensures that projects / programs are delivered with nonfunctional requirements
Models and defines the financial implications and considerations of potential solutions
Cocreates separation of concern principles with Enterprise IT architects
Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve
Providing supervision and guidance to development teams
Provide guidance in the formation and setup of crossfunctional agile delivery teams
Resolving technical problems as they arise
Able to delve into technical details What will make you successful in this role?
10+ years overall IT experience, ideally in various roles within the SDLC
7+ years relevant experience in either solution architecture or related
Highly experienced in architecting, designing and documenting technical/system processes
Must have performed multiple technical, nonmanagerial roles/disciplines within the IT landscape
Any secondary qualifications with emphasis on technical related courses such as systems design, OO A&D methodology and SO methodology
Experienced and being able to lead leaders and technical experts
Tertiary level qualification in Computer Science degree, IT Diploma
TOGAF or similar certification
Exposure to the asset management industry
Experienced in a senior leadership role in an IT environment
Indepth understanding of coding languages (.Net Core, Java, JavaScript).
Containerized platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes)
Experience in Integration Platforms (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
DevOps Tooling and Process
AWS/Azure knowledge advantageous
Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases (SQL)
Understanding of Security patterns and network routing Qualification and Experience Degree or Diploma with 8 to 10 years related experience. Knowledge and Skills Project Management Emerging Technologies IT Architecture Standards and Procedures Business Requirements Profile source data and determine all source data and metadata characteristics Personal Attributes Organisational savvy
Contributing strategically Manages complexity
Contributing strategically Plans and aligns
Contributing strategically Optimises work processes
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