Our client is an IT organisation whose main offers solutions and Infrastructure services. A global leader in the technology industry, collaborating with around 40,000 smart and talented colleagues across 57 countries.

The client is looking for an Architect who will lead the developing Architecture within Digital Technology (DT) across the Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) domains. Responsible for developing common architecture consisting of information, data, application and technology architecture layers for effectively and efficiently realising enterprise and IT strategies by creating key models and practices that describe the baseline and target architectures. You will also be responsible for a Digital Technology technical project with a focus on Operational Technology (OT) of all types and stay involved for each stage of development, from idea to design to their completion.

Details of Role:
Participate in the global process to manage new technology ideas and demands, providing research, analysis, design review and recommendations to leadership.
Provide design support to projects and business groups in order to ensure efficient and safe technology architectures are delivered.
Proactively managing global leader stakeholder in a matrixed organisation; developing a trust advisor and teaming approach.
Lead program scoping with architecture, engineering, and senior leaders.
Validate and prioritise the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan.
Define architecture implementation.
Collaborating with the team to identify, select and implement appropriate solutions.
Monitor and research emerging innovation with a view to determining functionality that may provide business value.
Approve baseline architectural domain descriptions.

Location & Type
Johannesburg/ Hybrid working model

Minimum Requirements:
Degree in Computer Science / IT
8+ years’ experience in IT technology architecture
Experience in a related technical field (application development, deployment/implementation, and infrastructure)
5 years Project or programme management experience within the mining industry
5 years Enterprise Architecture experience within the mining industry
TOGAF Certification
Solid experience in the developments of business cases, performance of impact assessments and options analysis