Domain Architect - DA 1 at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• Responsible for providing guidance to different business areas on the Architectural Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Strategy which includes the collaboration with various business areas regarding their ECM related initiatives, understanding those initiatives and then relaying to the Enterprise Architecture team any gaps in the strategy that has been identified.
• Also works as an advocate and laisse with Information Services, Technology operational teams and Centres of Excellence, identifying technology requirements and researching possible solutions.  Identify operational opportunities and develop Architectures consistent with the enterprise strategy and vision. Serves as POCLAC 1 Architect in relevant Journeys/Asset. Drives Architectural input into the Programme Increment Planning, setting up and maintaining ECM guardrails, reference architectures and roadmaps. 
• Provide leadership and vision for the optimisation and rationalisation of the ECM domain aimed at increasing capability and/or IT cost savings and/or IT Service Levels. Provide mentorship and coaching w.r.t. the ECM domain technologies to Architecture and technical teams within the organisation

Job Responsibilities Continue

• Define Current-state Capability Architectures
• Define Future-state Capability Architectures
• Define Roadmap for transformation from current to future state Capability Architectures
• Define Guardrails and patterns for the us of the specific technologies
• Organisational understanding and alignment around emerging Domain technologies
• Define and enforce Capability Architecture Principles/ Guardrails/ Roadmaps
• Define and enforce Domain Standards
• Determine Domain Technical Debt Rating
• Participation in Architecture Review Board and Solution Alignment Forum
• Consult to programmes (In time, on budget, great quality)
• Engage user community
• Become Preferred technology advisor by business units

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Essential Certifications (required minimum):

• Degree in Information technology/Engineering in Information Technology

Preferred Qualification

• BSc Computer Science, Honours, Engineering or equivalent degree

Preferred:

• Degree or Honours or above degree in Information Technology/Software Engineering/Computer Science
• Cloud certification
• TOGAF Certification/ Zachman Certification
• SAFE certification
• ArchiMate certification

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum required experience (essential – relevant industry experience):
• At least 5 years Architecture related experience – Domain Enterprise
• Content Management Architecture experience essential

Advantageous experience:

• Business Analysis
• System Analysis
• Software Engineering
• Software Development
• Cloud architecture
• Multi Enablement

Skills

• Banking Experience

Enterprise Content Management experience is essential. Experience in using and architecting the:

• IBM suite of ECM products – FileNet/CMOD
• OpenText Suite of products – Intelligent Capture, Core Capture, Magellan, Exstream
• CloudPak for Business Automation
• Robotic Process Automation knowledge – Blue Prism, UIPath
• Advantage to have experience in IBM BPM (Business Process Management), Blaze Decision Engine
• Advanced knowledge and application of a variety of hardware and software platforms and integrated information systems
• Basic Security architecture knowledge 
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Assertiveness and ability to influence and reason with key stakeholders
• Able to work in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical, Logical, Lateral and Creative Thinking
• Able to integrate disparate concepts into a cohesive whole
• Able to reason at various levels of abstraction