Cloud Solution Architect

Description:

Job Requirements

• Candidate should have hands-on working experience on the following stacks: AWS, Azure, Cloudera.
• Develop and regularly maintain a future-state Domain and /or ICT vision in line with the organization’s Business and IT Strategies - as well as the roadmap for transforming between current and future Domain vision and or ICT vision.
• Govern the development and ongoing review and update of the organization’s Domain Principles.
• Govern the Architecture Review Board and the regular meeting of this 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 innovative 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 optimization and rationalization 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 organization
• Provide mentorship and coaching to all Architecture teams within the organization.
• Develop and regularly review and where necessary recommend updates to the organization’s Domain standards the organization’s IT Strategy and the ongoing maintenance thereof w.r.t. emerging technology utilization.
• Facilitate the organization’s knowledge and understanding of current and emerging technology - and how it can be leveraged for maximum business benefit.
• Calculate the organization’s Domain Technical Debt and ensure this is regularly communicated to the Head of Architecture.
• Pro-actively recommend changes to Domain implementations to introduce new functionality, reduce IT Cost,s or improve levels of Service.
• Calculate Business Cases and Impact Assessments for emerging technology deployments to meet business needs as directed by Business demand.
• Facilitate regular Innovation Days and Innovation Workshops for a detailed understanding of emerging technology capability.
• Assist in the development of Cloud Solution Architectures requiring Domain technologies and ensure alignment across Architectural disciplines and Solution domains.
• Identifies the risk of proposed change impact and develops mitigating actions to enable Enterprise-wide solutions.
• Monitor emerging cloud trends and evaluates their potential impact on the broader organization.
• Ensure alignment across Architectural disciplines and Solution domains.
• Conduct Issue/Dispute resolution across Architectural disciplines.
• 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.