Job Description

Enterprise Architect required in Centurion, on a hybrid working model (3 days in office) for a 12-month contract within the telecommunications industry. The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for providing guiding principles and architecture, ensuring alignment with emerging technologies, and addressing client needs through various architecture disciplines.Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate priority setting, project selection and integration in the organisation by providing guiding principles and architecture.
• Ensure alignment with emerging Technologies and possible recommendation of new technologies.
• Address client needs through leading phases of projects or consult to projects and business leaders across a variety of Architecture disciplines.
• Monitor and evaluates competitive offerings that could change the domain landscape, affects multiple domains (portfolio of solutions domains) or the broader organisation.
• Identify the business impact of change and risks associated.
• Enable enterprise-wide solutions to integrate well with existing practices by developing mitigating actions and change strategies.
• Consider not only the optimising of the system, but also the long term viability of the system.
• Build models around future scenario planning.
• Optimising the architectural strategy across various portfolios of application or products in the enterprise by taking an enterprise viewpoint.
• Apply disciplines in a variety of projects in relevant solution domains and across multiple business areas.
• Ensure alignment to newest trends by monitors emerging trends and evaluates their potential impact on the broader organisation.
• Move the system towards the desired future state through consideration of future scenarios, the macro environment and an understanding of present operational requirements.
• Identify underlying patterns in vague, ambiguous information.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) are essential.
• Proven experience in enterprise architecture, including business, information, application, technology, and security domains.
• Strong understanding of data governance, IT infrastructure, and system integration principles.
• Experience in developing architecture models, roadmaps, and strategies to align IT with business goals.

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