Enterprise Architect

**Responsibilities**:

- Render presales technical support to client service teams
- Analyse tender / client specifications or requirements and manage the plan for multiple solution workstreams
- Drive and maintain conceptual integrity of the solution design that addresses client’s business objectives and needs in order to create differentiated value propositions
- Ensure the architecture and design is agreed with both internal stakeholders and external clients, while collaborating deeply with the practices to develop solutions that are on the mark and viable
- Maintain a clear, independent and objective point of view in order to exercise thought leadership and advise senior leaders on technical value and solution guidance for client, organization and community
- Ensure all the appropriate standards and quality expectation are adhered to
- Develop and refine solution patterns for common and recurring problems
- Be the expert resource to support interventions on projects where solution quality or progress has become an issue

**Requirements**:

- University Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
- At least 10 years of experience in ICT infrastructure architecture either as Solution Architect / Delivery Architect in a System Integration environment and/or management of large-scale projects across different technology stacks
- Certifications in ITIL, TOGAF and Cloud (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner) would be advantageous
- Experience in enterprise architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, microservices, containerization, API and modern integration methodologies (e.g. Kafka)
- Experience in Digital capabilities, Data Architecture and Cloud-based Architecture
- Experienced in delivering highly integrated and multi-platform solutions
- Experience with the full software development life-cycle using traditional and agile methodologies
- Working knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD and automation technologies
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - ability to explain technology from a customer perspective