Application Enterprise Architect - Cape Town at DLK Group

Job Description
The role of the Applications Enterprise Architect includes (but is not limited to) the following duties: 

• Manage and co-ordinate the upkeep of the WCG applications portfolio inventory.
• Analyze the WCG applications portfolio inventory to provide insights for strategic decision-making at a functional, departmental a provincial level.
• Develop and guide the implementation of a WCG Application Portfolio Management (APM) Strategy.
• Ensure that the appropriate strategies and policies related to the APM Strategy are in place and co-ordinate the development of the required strategies and policies which are deemed missing.
• Ensure that the strategies and policies are implemented and adhered to.
• Develop and review application costing models and spending trends.
• Contribute, promote, and ensure adherence to ICT governance frameworks, processes, and best practice.
• Co-ordinate and manage the analysis of business needs, user requirements, objectives and goals for approved e-Government and ICT programmes/projects within the agreed Frameworks.
• Provide strategic direction for the WCG application landscape.
• Provide blueprints and roadmaps for most effective target application architecture that supports the WCG strategic goals.
• Ensure that enterprise software application standards are reviewed in terms of development platforms, development tools and development languages.
• Guide, review and recommend application architecture design and system integration.
• Ensure application governance are enforced and monitored.
• Quality assures application projects before implementation.
• Develop and maintain WCG Enterprise Architecture frameworks and standards.
• Analyze and ensure alignment to National ICT governance frameworks and standards
• Provide input into the WCG Provincial Digital Transformation and Departmental ICT Plans.
• Actively contribute expertise to the project team in all areas of application architecture.
• Provide guidance in the ICT solutions procurement processes.
• Contribute to system designs, test plans, training of users and implementation plans of applications from an application architectural perspective.
• Co-ordinate the process of post implementation of business systems and impact evaluations.
• Manages and maintain the application artifacts in the enterprise architecture repository.
• Recommend appropriate courses of action to developers/technicians and management on application and infrastructure issues.
• Define the system, technical, and application architectures, and in some instances, the business architecture for major areas of development.
• Define technical standards and methods for application, performance, and quality engineering.
•  Serve as a group member on the internal architecture governance structures.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a relevant role.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science etc.
• Architecture certificate (e.g., TOGAF, Red Hat, Amazon etc.).