Job Overview
Business Segment: Personal & Private Banking
Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 5 Simmonds Street
Job Type: Full-time
Job Ref ID: 80444960A-0001
Date Posted: 8/28/2025

Job Description

To define and develop complex architecture roadmaps, practices, and processes that embed strategic applications across an entire Business Unit / Group scope. To link the business mission, vision, strategy, and processes for a dedicated Business Unit to its IT strategy, documenting this using multiple architectural models or views that demonstrate how the current and future needs of the Business Unit will be met in an integrated, efficient, sustainable, agile, and adaptable manner.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology (Preferred)

Experience Required
Significant experience as an Architect ideally with time in an Enterprise capacity. Track record in IT disciplines including data management, integration and large scale solution architectures. Experience with the complete information system life cycle. Architecture/Solution design delivery in large domestic or global institutions. Ability to deal with all levels of the business and technology stakeholders across large organisations:

Align the IT strategy with the business strategy and define the technology architecture to support that strategy. Link the business mission, vision, strategy, and processes to the IT strategy, documenting this using multiple architectural models or views that demonstrate how the current and future needs of the organisation will be met in an integrated, efficient, sustainable, agile, and adaptable manner.
Develop complex business unit-wide architecture, roadmaps, and processes to embed strategic applications across all domains and solutions for the entire Business Unit.
Set strategies, policies, standards, and practices to facilitate alignment and integration between business strategies, technology strategies, and enterprise transformation activities.
Develop and maintain the architecture vision and strategy for an entire Business Unit / Group, ensuring it aligns with business goals and strategic objectives.
Assess technical integrity by evaluating the solution's architecture to ensure it meets the required technical standards and best practices.
Verify that the solution is robust, scalable, and maintainable.
Evaluate coherence to ensure that the solution aligns with the overall enterprise architecture and integrates seamlessly with existing systems and processes.
Check for consistency in design and implementation across different components of the solution.
Lead and drive all risk assessment processes to identify potential risks associated with the solution, including technical, operational, and strategic risks. Assess the likelihood and impact of these risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Lead security assessment by evaluating the solution's security measures to ensure they protect against threats and vulnerabilities.
Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations.
Lead agility assessment through assessing the solution's ability to adapt to changing business requirements and technological advancements.
Ensure that the solution is flexible and can accommodate future growth and changes.
Lead capacity assessments to evaluate the solution's capacity to handle the expected workload and performance requirements.
Ensure that the solutions can scale to meet future demands.
Provide recommendations and findings for all enterprise architecture solutions. Document the assessment findings and provide actionable recommendations to address any identified issues or gaps.
Define strategic initiatives and map out strategic execution plans that satisfy Business Unit objectives for desirable outcomes.
Lead transformation consulting engagements to support the roadmap and business case development for Enterprise Architecture services and assist the Business Unit in architecting next generation platforms including capabilities.
Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:
Articulating Information
Challenging Ideas
Checking Things
Convincing People
Developing Strategies
Directing People
Embracing Change
Managing Tasks
Producing Output
Providing Insights
Resolving Conflict
Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:
Benefits Management
Business Analysis Environments and Perspectives
Business Process Design
Business Process Improvement
Change Control and Management (IT)
Emerging Technology Monitoring
Financial Acumen
Financial and Accounting Control
Information Technology Architecture
Managerial Budgeting
Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
Policy Development
Programme Management
Project Definition
Project Reporting
Quality Management
Root Cause Analysis
Scenario Development
Stakeholder Management
Strategy Definition

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