Enterprise Architect

Enterprise ARCHITECT – Financial Services /Manufacturing /M&C

Key Contacts:

The role of the Enterprise Architect is to expand the client's use of data, systems, and applications as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives.

The Enterprise Architect will help define the Enterprise Architecture using standard Enterprise Architecture frameworks and methodologies. The Architecture elements to consider include Data Architecture and Technical Architecture with a good understanding of the requirements of the Application Architecture on supporting Infrastructure. Data integration/interoperability including SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) and Information Management strategy will also be key elements of the Enterprise Architecture function.

Position Summary and Primary Objectives

The EA will need to focus on application, database, system, and infrastructure information and data interaction including alignment with the Information Management and Strategy function and other business information domains.

The Application, Data, and Technical Architecture will involve the identification, definition, and creation of architecture artefacts associated with reference architectures, blueprints, patterns, information as a service, logical and physical information and data models, interaction diagrams, standards, governance, applications and technology obsolescence planning and management. This includes the support of data governance, repository standards, information infrastructure, and core information management capabilities such as: master data management, data capacity management, indexing and searching across structured and unstructured data in the federated enterprise, data lifecycle management, reporting, data security, analytics, and enterprise content management.

Best practice

Researches and maintains an understanding of trends within the market and understands the role of new technologies in the development of efficiencies within operational services. Requires a vast amount of technical expertise and demonstrates ability to produce solutions which are vendor agnostic. Understands business relevance and the value of the IT solutions offered to clients.

As corporate citizen, is a team players and exhibits excellent written and verbal communication skills. Displays good presentation skills, is innovative and has a solid client orientation. Displays consulting skills with the ability to engage with clients in the most complex situations.

Demonstrates impeccable attention to detail and is able to translate client requirements into solutions. Is resourceful and confidently handles pressure in critical situations, ensuring at all times that client requirements are met.

Seek to understand how people, processes, and technology interact to perform the fundamental activities of the business in both current and future states, and model these interactions to guide technology strategy in order to better achieve the strategic goals and objectives of the business.

Work cross-functionally to understand the linkage between Dimension Data's business goals, business architectures, and technology architectures - and strive to further Dimension Data's business goals via organic or inorganic evolution of Dimension Data's architectures.

Support development of 3-5 year roadmaps for technology domains and services that articulate Dimension Data's evolution based on strategic and architectural analysis.

Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the client’s business units in the context of the enterprise.

Capture the tactical and strategic business goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governance.

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