Cloud Solutions Architect
Our Client, a Global Tech firm, is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to join their team in Sandton on a contract basis. They offer stability, growth, attractive rates, and a great working environment.
The primary responsibility of the Cloud Solutions Architect is to consult with the client and work with internal teams to create strategies, transformational designs, and the architectural vision for complex solutions that address the clients’ needs. They provide multi-technology consulting services on all aspects of application software, infrastructure, and related technology components.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Develop and regularly maintain a future-state Domain and/or ICT vision in line with the organisation's Business and IT Strategies.
- Govern the development and ongoing review and update of the organisation's Domain Principles.
- Govern the Architecture Review Board to ensure Solution Architecture alignment with ICT Principles, ICT Standards, and Future State Vision.
- Participate in the Architecture Review Board to ensure Solution Architecture alignment with Domain Principles, Standards, and Future State Vision.
- Governance of Innovation Ideation and the promotion of innovation ideas to Proof of Concept and Pilot Projects.
- Work with operational teams to determine opportunities for improvement and define business requirements.
- Ensure continuous alignment between architectural delivery and the operational implementation and integrity of IT systems.
- Provide leadership and vision for the optimisation and rationalisation of ICT infrastructure aimed at increasing capability and/or IT cost savings and/or IT Service Levels.
- Provide an Enterprise Architecture Centre of Excellence capability to the organisation.
- Provide mentorship and coaching to all Architecture teams within the organisation.
- Develop and regularly review and recommend updates to the organisation's Domain standards and IT Strategy.
- Facilitate the organisation's knowledge and understanding of current and emerging technology for maximum business benefit.
- Calculate the organisation's Domain Technical Debt and ensure regular communication to the Head of Architecture.
- Proactively recommend changes to Domain implementations to introduce new functionality or improve levels of Service.
- Calculate Business Cases and Impact Assessments for emerging technology deployments.
- Facilitate regular Innovation Days and Innovation Workshops for understanding of emerging technology capability.
- Assist in the development of Cloud Solution Architectures requiring Domain technologies.
- Identify the risk of proposed change impact and develop mitigating actions.
- Monitor emerging cloud trends and evaluate their potential impact on the organisation.
- Lead the achievement of Cloud Architecture Solutions across multiple disciplines and domains.
- Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives, and values.
- Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models, and systems through agile thinking.
Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
- Solid knowledge of multi-vendor service integrations and cross-functional software, OS’s, and infrastructure designs.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Knowledgeable on how specific infrastructures and application software are deployed in line with relevant methodologies and frameworks.
- Ability to develop and leverage knowledge of reference architectures.
- Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
Academic Qualifications and Certifications:
- Qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems.
- Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.).
- SAFe Scaled Agile certification advantageous.
Skills Summary: Functional Requirements, Software Development, Solution Architecture.
Desired Experience & Qualification:
Cloud Solutions Architect, Safe Agile, AWS, Azure, TOGAF, Zachman, ITIL, COBIT.
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