Technology Enterprise Architect (Onsite Gauteng)

DUTIES:

• Definition, implementation, and execution of the processes for the definition, maintenance, and conformance management of AP’s systems architecture.
• Ensure all systems and business system owners understand the operating model of the systems and their touch-points between each other.
• Define the system of systems enterprise architecture diagrams that illustrate the integrations, virtual, physical and logical views of the platforms.
• Consult system vendors ensure contractual obligations define constraints and API, integration management.
• Ensure business representatives have data custodians for the management and reconciliation of data between core systems (such as finance and payroll), to ensure data integrity is audited and validated each financial cycle.
• Error management controls and procedures are in place and both technical teams and vendors understand their role in maintaining production systems.
• Disaster recovery procedures and business continuity is in place and tested where systems are reliant on underlying hosting within AP.

Key stakeholders:

• Technology Vendors and Partners
• Technology Management
• Business System Owners
• Super Users
• Regional Technology Teams
• Park Technology Officers

Indirect stakeholders:

• End users
• Park management
• Peripheral IT suppliers and services
• Regional office staff
• Audit and risk team

REQUIREMENTS:

Key Performance Areas:

(Formal artifacts/ documents)

• Enterprise Architecture diagrams
• API, middleware, store & forward queue definitions and ownership/ role agreement
• Error management: review, identification, resolution and reporting
• Vendor roles and responsibilities
• Technology, Super user and external vendor responsibilities
• Data integrity profiling and review frequency protocols
• Data warehouse platform architecture, the interfaces to downstream and upstream, the normalization/ data relational structure mapping to APIs
• Network management – WAN, WWAN, VPN, LAN standards and SOP
• Network monitoring solution – dashboards and notifications (incl escalation)

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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