Solution Architecht (SAP Environment) at Salt South Africa

Solution Architect

Introduction

• The Solution Architect is responsible for defining, maintaining, and optimizing the architecture framework across the organisation. This role ensures delivering efficient and effective solutions aligned with the organisation’s strategic goals, are scalable and integrate seamlessly with existing systems. The Solution Architect collaborated with senior leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to establish architectural standards and best practices.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Architectural Framework
•  Develop and maintain the overall enterprise architecture framework, including principles, standards and best practices.
•  Ensure the architecture aligns with the organisations strategic objectives and business needs.
• Strategic Alignment
•  Collaborate with senior leadership talign technology initiatives with business goals.
•  Provide architectural guidance and oversight for major IT projects and initiatives.
• Solution Design and Integration
•  Ensure that individual solutions fit intthe boarder enterprise architecture
•  Oversee the integration of systems, ensuring interoperability and scalability.
•  Conduct architecture reviews tensure compliance with architectural standards
• Governance and Standards
•  Establish and enforce architectural governance processes
•  Define and promote architectural standards and guidelines across the organisation.
• Technology Evaluation
•  Assess new technologies and their potential impact on the enterprise architecture.
•  Recommend technology solutions that support business objectives and improve operational efficiency.

Documentation and Communication

•  Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation.
•  Communicate architectural vision, strategy, and principles tstakeholders at all levels.
• Collaboration and Mentorship
•  Mentor technical teams
•  Foster collaboration between different IT teams and departments tensure cohesive architecture

Experience

•  5+ years experience in IT and enterprise architecture
•  Technical Expertise
• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, including architecture frameworks and methodologies
• Strong knowledge of software development, systems architecture, and IT infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, microservices architecture, and modern integration.
•  Strategic Thinking
• Ability talign technology solutions with business goals and objectives
• Experience in strategic planning and road mapping for technology initiatives.
•  Leadership and Collaboration
• Proven experience leading teams and cross-functional projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability tinfluence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
•  Problem-Solving
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills, with the ability taddress complex technical and business challenges.
• Experience in risk management and mitigation strategies
•  Governance and Compliance
• Experience in establishing and managing architectural governance processes.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements affecting enterprise architecture.
•  Preferred Experience
• Experience in a similar role within a large, complex organisation.
• Demonstrated success in implementing enterprise-wide architecture initiatives.
• Experience with enterprise architecture tools and repositories
•  Innovation and Emerging Technologies
• Keeping abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends tidentify opportunities for innovation.
• Leading and participating in proof-of-concept initiatives texplore new technologies and approaches.
•  SAP Experience
• Understanding of SAP functional processes.

Ability tconfidently speak through end-to-end SAP Processes and detail the integration points between different SAP modules and Areas

• Sales and Distribution (SD)
• Material Management (MM)
• Extended Warehouse Management (MM)
• Warehouse Management (WM)
• Integration Solution
• Customer Experience (CX)

Competencies

•  Strong problem-solving skills and attention tdetail.
•  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
•  Ability twork collaboratively in a team environment.
•  Willingness tlearn and adapt tnew technologies and processes.
•  Excellent English language written and oral communication skills.
•  MS Office proficiency with advanced excel.
•  Google suite proficiency
•  Personal resilience.
•  Energy and drive.
•  Customer orientation.
•  Innovative.
•  Analytical.

Qualifications

•  3 years IT related degree (advantageous)
•  Certified in TOGAF, Agile Methodologies (advantageous)
•  Certified in COBIT, Prince II (advantageous)
•  Certified in ITIL 3 (required)
•  AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent cloud certifications (advantageous)
•  SAP Certification (advantageous)