Infrastructure Architect - Houghton at SBV Services (Pty) Ltd.

Develop and implement SBV Infrastructure strategy aligned to SBV strategy

• Develop and maintain the Infrastructure strategy, blueprints, roadmaps and other architecture artefacts for SBV, internal and vendor / cloud based.
• Partner with business, vendors and technology teams to develop an overall Infrastructure architecture to meet enterprise wide strategies.
• Create and maintain a catalogue and roadmap of Infrastructure and network artefacts
• Work with architects, business partners, vendors and project delivery teams to create solutions and roadmap of Infrastructure delivery aligned to strategy.

Develop and maintain Infrastructure patterns

• Develop the Infrastructure catalogue and patterns that can be used by delivery teams to standardise infrastructure delivery and improve quality of delivery.
• Guide, mentor and influence Infrastructure teams
• Responsible for complete infrastructure design, analysis, security, network and voice communication
• Ensure correct governance is followed by submitting all designs for approval by the Architecture review board
• Act as an expert for infrastructure teams in the planning, designing, and delivery of IT solutions

Advise teams of IT technology standard requirements, methodology and processes

• Drive the short and long term technology infrastructure strategy
• Participate in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy
• Communicate and validate architecture with the infrastructure team, project management team, and technology

Conduct end-to-end technical plan design

• Develop the long-term strategy and designs which align to the businesses requirements around BCM and DR
• Develop enterprise standards for infrastructure which support multi-vendor platforms
• Design and develop infrastructure blueprints for the implementation of new solutions

Responsible for impact analysis and design modifications to existing systems to support new solutions

• Develop specifications for infrastructure to support existing and new systems
• Maintain a common documentation library of standardized procedures and configurations
• Provide solutions where incidents and problems exist within designated areas of expertise
• Communicate and collaborate with local IT staff as well as vendors

Requirements
Minimum Requirements: Work Experience

• 5 years’ experience in a production IT environment managing enterprise IT infrastructure, hardware, hosting service and network areas. Which also includes:
• Experience with architecture methodologies, such as TOGAF, ITIL, Zachman
• A thorough knowledge of the Windows concepts, Domains, Active Directory and its concepts, and the interaction between hardware, operating systems, network, data centre, and application software, Linux would be advantageous
• Experience in the use of VMware or other virtual software
• Deep understanding of TCP, IP and other network protocols. Familiarity with DNS, DHCP and other network services.
• Strong technical skills and understanding of the platform and tools – on premise and cloud – including the Microsoft stack, IBM integration (IIB, CD and BPM), enterprise content management systems.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure architectures and governance processes.
• Experience designing, integrating, and developing complex Infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with Infrastructure scalability and performance management and monitoring
• Domain expertise in financial and or logistics is preferred.
• Ability to write architectural design documents or review design documents provided by others.
• Knowledge and understanding of industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs.

Minimum Requirements: Education

• Bachelor’s in computer science or related field (Master’s Degree Advantageous)
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
• Certifications in Windows OS (Advantageous)