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  • Posted: Feb 18, 2026
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Transnet is the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers goods to each and every South African. Transnet freight rail has approximately 38 000 employees, who are spread throughout the country. Transnet Limited, operating and controlling South Africa’s major transport infrastructure, is also responsible for ensuring that the country’s transport industries operate according to world-class standards. Transnet forms an integral part of the Southern African economy.
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    Enterprise Architect

    Position Purpose

    • The Enterprise Architect provides guidance, road maps, principles, standards and best practices. They are focused on enabling business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and priorities current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organisation

    Position Outputs
    The Architecture Domains in Transnet span 6 domains: Business Data/Information Applications Technology Infrastructure Integration Security

    • Deliver models(blueprint) that describe the current and future state of the enterprise Identifying and analysing of the organisation’s Business drivers and business development strategies (so as to derive useful business context). Analysing of the current IT ecosystem to detect critical deficiencies and Pain Points. Recommending solutions for overall Business and Technology innovation and optimisation/improvement that will increase sustainability and prepare for future expansion. Align with the organisation’s technology and governance strategies, policies and standards – or direct necessary changes to these. Delivering transition views (models) that are an interim view, in between the current state and a future state.
    • Oversight and Guidance of the Integration of the Architecture Domains Ensuring that the architecture of the enterprise is optimised, it is essential that all Architecture Domains (Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application architecture, Technology Architecture) integrate (and inter-operate) in a cost effective manner, with minimum effort and maximum benefit to the organisation.
    • Provide vision and insight to proactively assist in defining the direction for projects Guiding the technology, design patterns, design constructs and the (re-usable) solution building blocks that make up a Solution Architecture, defining a conceptual Solution Architecture.
    • Deliver Innovation and Optimisation Keeping up to date with and having a clear understanding of the capabilities and benefits of new/emerging technologies in order to apply same in a business context.
    • Business Case Development Provide assistance in business case development (i.e., research, data collection). Provide factual content to the feasibility studies that are needed for standard development projects and enhancements.

    Qualifications and Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or a related discipline with an Information Technology focus. 6 to 8 years of experience in IT, with a minimum of two years in Business Process Design. Project Management Certification preferable. TOGAF Certification preferable. Experience with technical solution and process redesign methods and tools. Three to five years of demonstrated management / supervisory experience in system management. Recognition of competence Number of years with lesser or lower qualification Relevant qualification (NQF 6) 8 yrs relevant and solid experience with at least 3 yrs at managerial level or specialist experience.

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    Interested and qualified? Go to Transnet on transnettalentportal.csod.com to apply

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