Executives Online Enterprise Architect Lead Jobs in South Africa
Executives Online Enterprise Architect Lead Jobs in South Africa
Job DescriptionThis position reports into the Country Manager – South Africa with a global reporting line into GBU TMT Market Head and will be required to Work with executive-level clients to unlock new potential streams of business value by providing insight regarding enterprise transformation agendas.
Researches overall Telecommunications solutions on the market for technical requirements and business needs.
Identify appropriate software architecture based on the requirements & design elements of the client’s applications / system specifications.
Comply with all applicable product development processes and perform detailed software design as well as implements and / or maintains code according to duties and responsibilities.
Helps clients understand industry leading Telco trends & practices including 5G augmentation, Network Function virtualization, DevOps, Hybrid cloud, Big Data Analytics & relevant Enterprise revenue technology drivers / enablers such as IoT, M2M and Smart/Next generation applications integration services.
Role Expectations
Working with business clients and product owners to review business drivers, needs, and strategies to anticipate future business / technology needs.
Well-versed in new technology - enablement and transformation leadership to help clients assess, build, transform and operationalize NEW IT capabilities to support the new breed of customer experience-based business models.
Enable clients to modernize the technology foundation via digital platforms and enterprise first approach to reduce application complexity.
Build and transform new markets and identify, capitalize and lead transformational shifts in Telco customers
Help clients develop a decoupled, agile, future-ready architecture and integrated ecosystem
Play a key role on the leadership team – building the advisory practice, assets, and providing thought leadership.
Recommends and participates in the analysis, evaluation and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that EA objectives are consistent with the enterprises long-term business objectives.
Leading technical design sessions with the development teams, including the creation of class models, component models, etc., and detailed design specifications to ensuring that architecture standards are followed.
Responsible for defining technical evaluation criteria for product and technology selection and determining technical approaches to ensure all architectural solutions result in a coherent system design leading to desired customer experiences.
Shares best
practices, lessons & constantly updates the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and up-coming vendor products and solutions.
Participates in and manages “Architecture Working Groups” for the development and maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture both internally and externally.
Collaborates with all relevant parties to review the objectives and constraints of each solution and determine conformance with the industry practices.
Identifies and recommends areas appropriate for further study and participates in any Proof of Concept projects required to thoroughly investigate architectural possibilities and strengthen arguments for their adoption.
Identifies implementation risks / analyses potential impact on the enterprise and on the achievement of scheduled objectives.
Creating a culture that is based on knowledge sharing and learning from best practices.
Skill Sets
Knowledge of technology principals/frameworks – 5G advancements, Service-Oriented Architecture, Micro service architecture, Software Defined Networking, Network Function Virtualization, edge computing, and data-driven automation
Experience in data modeling techniques and knowledge and applicability of various normal forms.
Exposure to private and public Cloud Platforms choices (GCP, Azure, AWS), XaaS concepts (Iaas, PaaS, CaaS, NaaS) and Containers Orchestration (VmWare, Openstack, Kubernetes, PKS etc.) and related pricing and licencing models.
Experience and knowledge of multi-tier / cross-platform architectures driven towards web / Omni Channel platforms, Next Gen OSS/BSS transformation. Enterprise Architecture Design & Governance, E2E System Integration / Business Process Design / Digital Biz Transformation (Dx,Cx,Ux)
Demonstrated proficiency in framework design, development and documentation.
Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills to earn support of business leaders, technology leaders, colleagues, and vendor representatives.
Creativity and ability to think outside-the-box while defining sound and practical solutions.
Leadership skills to indirectly lead cross-functional teams towards common solutions.
Develop and coach high-performing teams by hiring diverse talent, prioritizing development, leading by example and preparing people for more senior positions in other parts of the organization.
Work/Professional Experience
18-20 years of experience with at least 15+ years in leading the Architecture position.
Telecommunication Industry Experience is must.
Desired certifications
TM Forum (eTOM, SID, TAM, Integration), TOGAF, Zachman
How to Apply
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