Job Description

Managed Talent Solutions is looking for Solutions Architect for one of their client based in Pretoria. This is a 12 months fixed term contract. The purpose of this role is to lead and coordinate the development of the architectural design of solutions to support the business goals and to ensure alignment of business and information technology (IT) at a solution level within the company. The specialist solution architect is also responsible for management of the application architecture evolution. The applicant must have 5 years experience in application and or solution architecture

Formal Qualifications:

• Matric and Advanced Diploma/Bachelor's degree (NQF level 7) in ICT (Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology and Engineering) or related field.
• TOGAF certification or other related certifications

Key Performance Areas

• Management of the baseline application architecture.
• Alignment of the target application architecture to the business strategy.
• Alignment of the solutions architecture to the target enterprise architecture.

Enterprise architecture management:

• Development and maintenance of enterprise reference architectures mainly focussed on applications domain.
• Manage the evolution of the application portfolio at an appropriate rate and ensure continuous viability as the other related architectures change.
• Provide the reusable standards, guidelines, patterns and frameworks to application development projects, including those related to application architecture.

Solution architecture development:

• Lead the development of the solution architectures for different projects and the end-to-end delivery of solutions to the business
• Quality-assurance of solution architecture deliverables to ensure compliance with architecture principles, and traceability to enterprise reference models and information and communications technology (ICT) standards to achieve standardization, management of risk, and alignment between the enterprise architecture and solution architecture.
• Develop and ensure continuous improvement of solution architecture processes, procedures, standards and quality management frameworks.
• Collaborate with project management office (PMO) to coordinate project pipeline management.
• Liaise with other solutions architects to share best practices and insights

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