Solutions Architect at Datacentrix

Experience and Qualifications required

• Degree in Information Systems / BSc Computer Science (or similar)
• 7 -10 years working experience within the IT industry
• 5 - 10 years working experience in retail or FMCG with at least 5 project lifecycles
• 5 years retail industry experience with an understanding of retail business processes.
• 5 + years worked on projects across multiple applications, SAP and non-SAP
• 5 + years experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis, architectures, system analysis, and design through development, testing, implementation, and production support (SDLC)
• 2-3 years Lead a team through an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects and other members of the software development team.
• 2-3 years experience with current research and standards in Solution Architecture.
• Architecture and solution design (UML, OO, SOA, etc.)
• Frameworks and methodologies (Agile, TOGAF, etc.)
• Solid track record in successful delivery solution architecture
• Experience with Retail applications: SAP Retail, JDA, JDEdwards, Baan, MS Navision or similar

Overall Responsibilities:

• Define and continuously improve the architecture framework and solution architecture modeling standards:
• Develop and maintain an understanding of the business strategy and changes to business priorities.
• Define a structured architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise.
• Architect the next-generation framework developed on a group of core technologies.
• Align to the enterprise data reference architecture in support of the enterprise and regulatory information governance needs such as Information Security, Enterprise Information Management, POPI, PCI, etc.
• Define retail architecture governance processes and quality compliance criteria.
• Define and develop the overall retail architecture landscape in partnership with the Domain Architect, Data Analytics team, and other Solution Architects.