ICT Jobs at ATNS

Job description

• Solution Design and Architecture - Design scalable and robust solutions that address current and future business needs. Develop fit-for-purpose solutions that are adaptable, maintainable, and aligned with business needs and priorities. Map proposed solutions to enterprise architecture frameworks and business strategies. Ensure compliance with architectural principles, technology standards, and governance models 
• Technical Advisory & Feasibility Analysis - Evaluate complex challenges and design technically feasible solutions. Conduct risk assessments and define mitigation plans. Lead technical discussions and solution design reviews across projects
• Integration and Interoperability - Ensure integration to enable interoperability across systems and platforms. Define standards and guidelines for system integration and API development. Support project teams in integrating solutions into existing IT environments
• Innovation and Technology - Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends. Evaluiate and recommend new tools and platforms for enterprise adoption. Contribute to innovation initiatives and proof-of-concept development
• Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements Translation - Engage business and technical stakeholders to understand their needs. Ensure that business needs are accurately translated into effective technology solutions. Translate business requirements into technical specifications. Facilitate alignment between business goals and technology capabilities
• Documentation and Governance Support - Maintain comprehensive documentation of designs, decisions, and solution rationale. Support compliance with governance and audit requirements. Provide inputs into enterprise architecture repositories

Formal Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field
• Certifications preferred (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect)

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in solution or enterprise architecture
• Strong understanding of architectural frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)
• Experience in systems integration, digital platforms, and application design
• Familiarity with DevOps, API management, cloud architecture, and cybersecurity principles

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Job description

• Business Architecture Models - Provide a blueprint that aligns IT with business strategy, enabling strategic planning, change impact assessment, and capability-based planning. Develop and maintain current-state and future-state business capability models. Map business functions to services, capabilities, processes, and applications. Engage with business units to gather, analyse and validate requirements. Conduct workshops and working sessions to co-create architectural solutions
• Business Capability Gap Analysis - Identify gaps between current and desired business capabilities. Enable evidence-based decisions on where to invest, retire, or enhance capabilities to support organisation performance improvement. Support prioritisation of transformation initiatives
• Strategic Alignment of Initiatives - Translate business requirements into system architecture requirements and specifications to ensure the realisation of business value and prevent misaligned initiatives and wasted resources. Ensure all TI projects and programs align with business requirements and enterprise architecture principles. Ensure business value realisation from ICT investments and prevent misaligned initiatives that waste resources
• Business Architecture Governance, Compliance & Risk Management - Ensure compliance with IT and Enterprise Architecture policies and processes, as well as all relevant legislation. Define and enforce enterprise system architecture standards and guidelines to minimise risk of disruption, identify dependencies, and ensure readiness for transformation. Support consistency, interoperability, and compliance with organisational standards. Identify risks and develop and implement approved mitigation plans and actions. Review and contribute to architectural decisions at governance forums
• Change Impact Assessment - Assess impact of proposed changes to business capabilities, processes, and services. Minimise risk of disruption, identify dependencies, and ensure readiness for transformation. Provide architectural insights to support change control processes
• Support for Enterprise Architecture Artifacts - Integrate business architecture into broader Enterprise Architecture discipline, enhancing traceability and reuse of architectural assets. Enhance traceability and reuse of architectural assets. Contribute business perspective to enterprise system architecture reference models and roadmaps. Maintain repository of system architecture documentation
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement - Improve organisational agility through structured innovation and modernisation of system architecture. Monitor industry trends, business innovation and best practices. Recommend improvements to business models and services using architectural insights
• Stakeholder Relations Management - Develop sound relationships with key internal and external stakeholders through continued communication and engagement to support ongoing collaboration and alignment. Promote collaboration and ensures business needs are accurately captured and reflected in architectural outputs

Formal Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field
• Professional certifications preferred (e.g., CBA, TOGAF)

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in business analysis or system architecture
• ICT Governance and Compliance (e.g. COBIT, ITIL)
• Experience with security regulations and standards (e.g. POPIA, ISO 27001, NIST)
• Familiarity with risk assessment tools and security operations (SOC/SIEM)

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• Alignment - Provide expert advice to project teams on the use of integration technology, data architecture and modelling, system architecture including integration, and best practices. Lead the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement. In addition, the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture. Ensure enterprise-wide alignment by enabling informed decision-making and fostering cross-functional collaboration on architecture and transformation initiatives. Maintain architectural oversight through review boards and design authorities, ensuring alignment with business needs and objectives 
• Technology Evaluation - Conduct Technology Architecture planning to ensure that enterprise architecture remains modern, efficient, and aligned with market and technological evolution. Guide long-term architectural planning in line with regulatory, industry, and technological shifts. Support the establishment of Architecture standards and policy. Govern architecture standards and principles, ensuring compliance with security and related requirements. Develop and maintain strategies and roadmaps for the cloud infrastructure application used in company but not restricted to cloud-native solutions. Evaluate the applicability and value of innovative solutions for improving business operations and IT ecosystems. Advise leadership and project stakeholders on the adoption of new technologies. Support innovation initiatives by identifying technology enablers for future-state capabilities
• Design and Implementation - Drive successful digital transformation through aligned design and seamless implementation of technology that supports both current operations and future capabilities. Define and align the current and future-state enterprise technology landscape, identifying deficiencies and recommending improvements that drive business transformation. Provide expert architectural guidance to ensure IT models are aligned with enterprise architecture principles and business objectives. Promote shared infrastructure services and reusable patterns to optimise delivery and reduce duplication
• Research - Continuously research and monitor emerging technologies, tools, and architectural patterns relevant to business needs and priorities. Identify and introduce transformative technologies that support digital competitiveness Conduct feasibility studies and impact assessments on new or evolving technologies. Benchmark architectural approaches against industry best practices and peer organisations. Translate research findings into actionable insights and architectural recommendations
• General Administrative Duties - Contribute to cross-functional initiatives including user requirements specifications, procurement and tender processes, and business case development. Support team development, quality/safety management system (QMS/SMS) compliance, and functional budget planning and monitoring

Formal Qualifications 

• B-degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or equivalent
• TOGAF or enterprise architecture certification

Experience

• Seven (7) or more years of experience in any of the following disciplines: enterprise, solution, technical, information or integration architecture which include business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis.