Portfolio: Principle Architect at Vodacom

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Manage architecture vision and roadmap in alignment with the Group Architecture blueprint.
• Manage innovation and establish the capability to monitor new technology developments and trends in the industry
• Define and take accountability for the high-level technical strategy for Financial Services, Digital Lifestyle Services, Enterprise Technology, Digital and Cloud Domains domains
• Work collaboratively with consulting partners and IT teams to ensure high quality of solution delivery
• Engage with technology partners, cross-functional IT groups and the Business to maximize effectiveness and efficiency of development in support activities
• Engage with team members in the Enterprise Architecture team regarding new technologies and industry trends, offering recommendations for their adoption based
• Work closely with the Business and IT teams to understand business strategy and contribute to achievement of business goals
• Provide oversight to investigation, analysis and management of technology risks, issues, and dependencies in all programs/projects
• Provide oversight and standards for technical documentation of applications.
• Conduct periodic reviews with partners on SLA's, performance metrics and issues, escalations, change requests and improvement plans.
• Collaborate with partners to overcome issues impacting service delivery and execute operational improvement initiatives.
• Encourage best practice and knowledge sharing with partners and cross-functional groups
• Manage the overall technical design and delivery of solutions
• Provide management oversight to development, production support and deployment/cutover activities
• Participate in high level technical solution definition and design during the implementation phase with the goal of providing reliable, stable and operationally sound applications that meet the Business requirements

The Ideal Candidate For This Role Will Have

• Enterprise Architecture governance in agile software delivery
• Definition of integration APIs, Microservices and Integration ecosystem strategy
• Technology Innovation: scouting, screening and evaluation
• Knowledge of emerging technologies/industry trends along with the ability to leverage them in application development and support initiatives
• Capable of articulating the business value of IT investments/projects and collaborating with partners and cross-functional groups during implementation
• Estimation techniques for scaled agile
• Web-scale cloud-native architectures including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
• Skill to integrate new technologies with existing business initiatives and understanding the business processes and customer needs
• Good understanding of governance framework (roles and responsibilities, escalation and communication process, handoffs and control points)
• Ability to make recommendations as they pertain to improvements in support/development initiatives and facilitate implementation with partners, IT and cross-functional groups within the Business
• Capacity to manage conflict with partners and cross-functional groups within the Business and IT
• Ability to work with multi-national teams, understand and respect cultural diversity and develop messages that help achieve objectives with diverse audiences

Must Have Technical / Professional Qualifications

• Matric is essential
• A 3 year Bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in a technical field is essential
• A minimum of 8 years + strong technical knowledge of telecommunications technologies or product and services such as Financial Services, Digital Lifestyle Services, Enterprise Technology, Digital and Cloud Domains is essential