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Enterprise Architect (Midrand)
POSTED BY: Development Bank of Southern Africa
REF:DBSA 168
Date Published:Monday, July 26, 2021
Date of Expiration:Saturday, January 22, 2022 EXPIRED
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| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 South Africa | MIDRAND in South Africa |
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| DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
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| Full-Time |
| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Closing Date 2021/08/03
Reference Number DBS210723-1
Job Title Enterprise Architect (Midrand)
Job Grade 17
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
JOB DESCRIPTION
1. The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for the translation of management’s business objectives and requirements into a comprehensive, detailed, and technical vision that will enable the successful construction, deployment and management of an integrated hardware and software solutions platform.
2. The role will be responsible for establishing IT system specifications, and a determining an optimal sequence of implementation tasks.
3. The Enterprise Architect serves as a bridge between the primary business stakeholders/executive team and the Company’s development teams (Data, Application, Infrastructure, Hardware and Integration) and strives to identify and develop synergies across the development enterprise.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Review and evaluate the current state of DBSA’s architecture (‘as-is) in order to identify duplications , what is working, what is not working and measure the health of key business processes that are supported by the current architecture.
2. Recommend and develop the future state (‘to-be’) architecture to ensure that a road map for the DBSA to follow.
3. Build the transition architecture to connect the current to the future state by creating an iterative roadmap to get to the desired state.
4. Recommend and provide changes to the business in easily digestible iterative changes instead of a ‘big ban’ approach where everything needs to change at once.
5. Provide a set of steps to move into the direction of the future state gradually and/or prioritise as per business need.
6. Provide a test bed for new ideas that may not pan out - tried and tested with minimal business disruption and financial impact to the business.
7. Work in liaison with business stakeholders to develop Business Architecture Roadmaps containing tactical and strategic initiatives to reach target business capabilities. Identify and resolve dependencies and impacts across the architecture landscape.
8. Design solutions based on business requirements that align with Reference Architecture policies and standards.
9. Provide expertise in designing solutions for custom requirements.
10. Provide direction and management to ensure that enhancements and modifications to the system adhere to all System and Business Development Methodology and Quality of Service Standards in order to deliver a quality enhancement that meets business requirements..
11. Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and conduct stakeholder reviews of architecture roadmaps and designs.
12. Determine Enterprise Architecture policy and standards definition and evolution and works with PMO to coordinate project pipeline management.
13. Engage relevant peers from other disciplines or domains during implementation of Solution Architecture/Design.
14. Evangelize and syndicate high-level Enterprise Architect strategy across the enterprise and to the Company’s key stakeholders
15. Accountable to build a defined life cycle around reviewing the future state DBSA’s enterprise architecture/Ensure traceability of work done by creating a tool that aligns all components together in order to facilitate that:
1) IT decisions are made consistently across the enterprise
2) Facilitates traceability to the overall strategy of the organization
3) Empowers the right IT decisions to be made o Removes the conflict of interest in decision making
4) Enables auditability and accountability of decision making
5) Eases governance
16. Provide progressive ideas for moving the DBSA forward with more advanced concepts or architectures.
17. Ensure governance by defining and establishing processes by which software and operating models are built.
18. Assist with change management so that the business can:
1) Adapt to the enterprise structure
2) Change perceptions in business
3) All resources in the business to develop their skills accordingly
19. Ensure enterprise architecture review are done periodically to evaluate and address technology standards adherence
20. Design and present Architecture concepts to various high level committee structures; i.e. IT Steering Committee and Exco.
21. Assist with user training for new implementations to ensure that support is provided to business.
22. Interfaces with internal and external Clients to determine scope of work being performed and issue resolutions.
23. Author Enterprise Architecture documents for specific projects/programs clearly articulating goals, constraints, and rationale for all architecturally significant decisions. Lead scoping and design sessions across cross-functional teams. Lead the process of determining technical infrastructure design. Consult with different groups to analyze and understand and achieve functional requirements, objectives, desired features, and overall user experience. Collaborate on technical reviews of applications to assess the quality of their solution.
24. Perform application portfolio rationalization. Analyze, define, and document system architecture and design for data, workflow, security, hardware integration, operating system environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs. Identify key components and requirements necessary to ensure that architecture of the integrated environment is capable of reaching maximum levels of availability, efficiency, scalability and security.
25. Assist Enterprise Architects in socializing and syndicating policies and standards across Technology realms. Act as a champion to help all facets of the development enterprise (hardware, software, integration) to understand and adopt these standards and policies. Collaborate in Enterprise Architecture planning initiatives to arrive at:
1) Current state architecture
2) Client state architecture
3) Roadmap
4) Risks & constraints
5) EA policy and standard definition
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| REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB |
EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
1. Bachelors Degree eg. Computer Science, Bcom Information Technology
2. 10 years’ experience in IT Governance, Enterprise Architect or Software Development role
3. Experience within a DFI or Banking environment will be an added advantage.
4. 5 years’ experience in an Enterprise/Solution Architect role
5. TOGAF and Zachman certification an added advantage
6. Familiar with the relevant Information Technology governance and legislative framework (such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, SDLC, ASAP,SOA, Zachman
7. Experience within Financial Services or related industry (at least 3 years direct experience preferred)
8. Demonstrated Business Analysis/Data Mining experience Understanding of basic accounting and loan management Very Strong technical expertise and proven design skills with breadth of knowledge across architecture disciplines.
Skills & Ability
1. Dispute/conflict resolution skills
2. Research skills coupled with excellent communication skills.
3. Good relational skills (an ability to get along with different kinds of people in a professional environment)
REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Planning & Organizing
1. Is relied on to help others plan and organise their workload.
2. Effectively uses advanced time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
3. Organises, prioritises and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
4. Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising and re-planning
Presentation Skills
1. Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g. the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter etc.).
2. Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding. . Business Acumen
3. Takes actions to fit business strategy.
4. Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
5. Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
6. Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
7. Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.
Negotiations
1. Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
2. Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
3. Is able to take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
4. Is able to place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of DBSA.
BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS
Information Seeking and Analysis
1. Breaks down problems into simple lists of tasks or activities
2. Investigates the problem or situation beyond routine questioning.
Self Awareness & Self Control
1. Ignores angering actions and continues a conversation or task. May leave temporarily to withhold emotions, then return immediately to continue
2. Feels strong emotions in the course of a conversation or other task, such as anger, extreme frustration, or high stress; holds the emotions back, and continues to act calmly.
Decisiveness
1. Acts promptly to address urgent needs, taking quickly those decisions which need to be taken. • Assesses available information to reach a clear view of key options and selects the best option at the time.
2. Thinks on their feet when necessary.
3. Changes his/her perception, ideas or alters normal procedures to fit a specific situation to get a job done and/or meet company goals. Impact and Influence
4. Includes careful preparation of data for presentation.
5. Makes two or more different arguments or points in a presentation or a discussion.
Achievement Orientation
1. Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets. • Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
2. Makes specific changes to systems and processes in order to improve efficiency and quality.
3. Formulates own objectives and action plans in order to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.
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