Domain Architect Vacancy at Department of Labour ZA

Domain Architect Vacancy at Department of Labour ZA

Details
Location: Johannesburg, ZA
Date: 10-Nov-2022

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant

REQ 117859 – Keabetswe Modise

Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

IT Architecture

Job Purpose

Responsible for providing guidance to different business areas on the Architectural Integration Strategy which includes the collaboration with various business areas regarding their integration related initiatives, understanding those initiatives and then relaying to the Enterprise Architecture team any gaps in the strategy that has been identified. Also works as an advocate and laisse with Information Services, Technology operational teams and Centres of Excellence, identifying technology requirements and researching possible solutions.  Identify operational opportunities and develop Architectures consistent with the enterprise strategy and vision. Serves as POCLAC 1 Architect in relevant Journeys/Asset. Drives Architectural input into the Programme Increment Planning, setting up and maintaining Integration guardrails, reference architectures and roadmaps.
Provide leadership and vision for the optimisation and rationalisation of the Integration domain aimed at increasing capability and/or IT cost savings and/or IT Service Levels. Provide mentorship and coaching w.r.t. the Integration domain technologies to Architecture and technical teams within the organisation

Job Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement and drive next generation system architectures and automation solutions within Nedbank.
• Roadmap for transformation from current to future state Architectures
• Assist in the development of Solution Architectures requiring Domain technologies
• Facilitates the adoption, realisation and conformance to the architectural patterns across the relevant implementation teams
• Develop and regularly review and where necessary recommend updates to the organisation’s Domain standards
• Calculate the organisation’s Domain Technical Debt and ensure this is regularly communicated to the Chief Architect
• Where applicable Pro-actively recommend changes to Application Development and Deployment  implementations to introduce new functionality, reduce IT Cost or improve levels of Service
• Support the achievement of the  business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.
• Pro-actively recommend changes to Domain implementations to introduce new functionality, reduce IT Cost or improve levels of Service
• Develop and regularly maintain a future-state Domain vision in line with the organisation’s Business and IT Strategies – as well as the roadmap for transforming between current and future Domain vision
• Govern the development and ongoing review and update of the organisation’s Domain Principles, Patterns and Standards
• Participate in the Architecture Review Board  to ensure Solution Architecture adherence with Domain Principles, Standards and Future State Vision
• Keep abreast of new technologies and make recommendations on new and emerging technologies appropriate to the organisation
• Where applicable participate in the Architecture Review Board  to ensure Solution Architecture alignment with Application Development and Deployment  Principles, Standards and Future State Vision
• Develop and regularly review and where necessary recommend updates to the organisation’s Application Development and Deployment  standards

Preferred Qualification

• Degree or Honours or above degree in Information Technology/Software Engineering/Computer Science
• Cloud certification
• TOGAF Certification/ Zachman Certification
• SAFE certification

Preferred Certifications

• TOGAF Foundation Training (optional) TOGAF Certification (optional)

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum required experience (essential disqualifier – relevant industry experience): At least 5 year Architecture related experience – Solutions/Business/Domain/Enterprise
• Integration Architecture experience essential
• Advantageous experience (not a disqualifier):
  • Business Analysis
  • System Analysis
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Cloud architecture
  • Multi Enablement

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Banking Experience
• Integration Architecture experience including Architectures such as Message Queueing, Enterprise Service Bus, Managed File Transfer, WAS, IIB, Web Services Frameworks products and tools, other IBM Integration Products
• Advanced knowledge and application of a variety of hardware and software platforms and integrated information systems
• Basic Security architecture knowledge
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Event Frameworks
• API/JSON/REST and SOAP
• TOGAF
• Assertiveness and ability to influence and reason with key stakeholders
• Able to work in a team environment

Behavioural Competencies