Enterprise Cloud Architect

Developing and aligning IT Strategies and Programmes to business objectives

Defining Strategic Runway Themes for Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture

Develop required multi-cloud architecture roadmaps containing target and transition landscapes

Provide input into investment planning to transition the integration architecture and practice

Aligning cloud architecture roadmaps and runways to business planning and investments

Define key cloud architecture runway initiatives to be delivered for the intentional cloud architecture

Participate into business planning, costing and business case definition related to cloud architecture initiatives

Develop and maintain the cloud architecture views and viewpoints

Maintain the cloud artifacts in the set enterprise repository aligned to the rest of the architecture

Manage the cloud architecture processes based on the requirements for each architype

Manage change impact of the architecture with stakeholders

Build the cloud architecture practice with embedded architects and engineers including the relevant methods, repository and tools

Manage the cloud and related infrastructure architecture transition

Participate in the architecture practice development

Apply well-architected frameworks in design reviews

Review trends with regards to the cloud infrastructure and platform technologies

Determine feasibility of these technologies in the organisational landscape

Innovate with teams to determine more optimal approaches

Conduct proof-of-concepts where options have been evaluated and considered feasible to explore

Product and technology selection options, business case definition and sourcing evaluations

Identify and mitigate risks with stakeholders associated with a technology decision, design and implementation

Ensure that architectures comply with the relevant policies, standards, and regulations

Align cloud architecture to the risk, compliance and security frameworks

Conduct and participate in architecture reviews

Integrate with other governance and compliance functions to ensure continuity in managing the investment and risk for the organisation

Driving principles, practices, guardrails and standards within Cloud Centre of Excellence

Maintain a decision register aligned to the enterprise governance on architecture decisions taken

Design multi-cloud solutions and integrations depending on the enterprise architecture requirements with key considerations on transaction alignment, scalability, security, latency, resilience and costs.

Develop cost effective models and patterns for cloud infrastructure and platform architectures

Provide standards, guidance, guardrails, frameworks and tools to deliver effectively

Collaborate with the architects and delivery teams to share knowledge and to ensure the architecture objectives are achieved.

Manage deviations with teams to reduce the risk to the organisation

Drive or assist in the determining of architecture options and selections

Provide related technical specialisation knowledge and experience into the solution design and build implementation

Update architecture after agile programme increments (Pis)

Drive continuous delivery and improvement in the architecture approach in retrospectives.

Communicate the up-to-date views for the architecture

Communicate and collaborate the relevant standards, practices, guardrails and tools to stakeholders

Ensure that IT teams are well informed or trained in the respective architecture requirements

Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders' relevant views on planning, technology assessments, risk, compliance, governance and project assessments

Drive or participate in the relevant Centres of Excellence (CoEs)

Communicating technology vision and roadmap aligned to the business strategy

Participate in the architecture collaboration forums

Matric

Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering OR relevant diploma / degree OR 4 to 8 years of relevant work experience

Cloud and Infrastructure

Experience:

Requires a minimum of 5 years in a with a proven track record in architecture/design and a minimum of 10-15 years relevant IT experience

Requires a…