Enterprise Cloud Architect

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Job Description

The key focus for the enterprise cloud architect is to perform enterprise cloud and infrastructure architecture strategy and planning aligned to business objectives, build and participate in architecture capability building, perform enterprise and solution cloud architecture and design management, investigate and adopt related cloud and hybrid infrastructure technology architecture trends, manage architecture risk and compliance, provide design and build governance and support and communicate and share knowledge around the cloud and infrastructure architecture practices, guardrails, blueprints and standards.

IT Strategy and Planning

• Developing and aligning IT Strategies and Programmes to business objectives

• Defining Strategic Runway Themes for Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture

• Develop required multi-cloud architecture roadmaps containing target and transition landscapes

• Provide input into investment planning to transition the integration architecture and practice

• Aligning cloud architecture roadmaps and runways to business planning and investments

• Define key cloud architecture runway initiatives to be delivered for the intentional cloud architecture

• Participate into business planning, costing and business case definition related to cloud architecture initiatives

Architecture Capability and Design Management

• Develop and maintain the cloud architecture views and viewpoints

• Maintain the cloud artifacts in the set enterprise repository aligned to the rest of the architecture

• Manage the cloud architecture processes based on the requirements for each architype

• Manage change impact of the architecture with stakeholders

• Build the cloud architecture practice with embedded architects and engineers including the relevant methods, repository and tools

• Manage the cloud and related infrastructure architecture transition

• Participate in the architecture practice development

• Apply well-architected frameworks in design reviews

Technology Research and Assessments

• Review trends with regards to the cloud infrastructure and platform technologies

• Determine feasibility of these technologies in the organisational landscape

• Innovate with teams to determine more optimal approaches

• Conduct proof-of-concepts where options have been evaluated and considered feasible to explore

• Product and technology selection options, business case definition and sourcing evaluations

Risk, Governance and Compliance

• Identify and mitigate risks with stakeholders associated with a technology decision, design and implementation

• Ensure that architectures comply with the relevant policies, standards, and regulations

• Align cloud architecture to the risk, compliance and security frameworks

• Conduct and participate in architecture reviews

• Integrate with other governance and compliance functions to ensure continuity in managing the investment and risk for the organisation

• Driving principles, practices, guardrails and standards within Cloud Centre of Excellence

• Maintain a decision register aligned to the enterprise governance on architecture decisions taken

Implementation and Collaboration

• Design multi-cloud solutions and integrations depending on the enterprise architecture requirements with key considerations on transaction alignment, scalability, security, latency, resilience and costs.

• Develop cost effective models and patterns for cloud infrastructure and platform architectures

• Provide standards, guidance, guardrails, frameworks and tools to deliver effectively

• Collaborate with the architects and delivery teams to share knowledge and to ensure the architecture objectives are achieved.

• Manage deviations with teams to reduce the risk to the organisation

• Drive or assist in the determining of architecture options and selections

• Provide related technical specialisation knowledge and experience into the solution design and build implementation

• Update architecture after agile programme increments (Pis)

• Drive continuous delivery and improvement in the architecture approach in retrospectives.

Communication and Knowledge Sharing

• Communicate the up-to-date views for the architecture

• Communicate and collaborate the relevant standards, practices, guardrails and tools to stakeholders

• Ensure that IT teams are well informed or trained in the respective architecture requirements

• Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders' relevant views on planning, technology assessments, risk, compliance, governance and project assessments

• Drive or participate in the relevant Centres of Excellence (CoEs)

• Communicating technology vision and roadmap aligned to the business strategy

• Participate in the architecture collaboration forums

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED FOR THE JOB)

• Matric

• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering OR relevant diploma / degree OR 4 to 8 years of relevant work experience

• Cloud and Infrastructure Experience:

  • Requires a minimum of 5 years in a senior technology role with a proven track record in architecture/design and a minimum of 10-15 years relevant IT experience

  • Requires a minimum 10 years related infrastructure/cloud role with relevant experience in infrastructure and cloud technologies such as cloud compute, cloud compute platforms, serverless, cloud migration and modernisation, well-architected frameworks and infrastructure/cloud operations and management.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE (PREFERRED, NOT A REQUIREMENT)

• TOGAF

• ArchiMate

• Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure)

Cloud Related Experience

• Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure Architecture (Azure, AWS, On-Prem Infrastructure)

• Cloud application architecture and solution design

• AWS Services / Azure Services (Compute, Platform, Storage, Networking)

• Cloud Migration and Modernisation

• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates)

• Cloud security

• Cloud and Infrastructure networking

• Infrastructure Observability and Incident Management

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Related attributes and competencies related to enterprise architecture:

• Critical thinking/problem solving

• Teamwork/collaboration

• Effective Communication Skills

• Leadership skills

• Knowledge and experience in architecture domains

• Knowledge and experience in architecture methods, frameworks and tools

• IT Strategy and Planning

• Agile Knowledge and Experience

• Cloud Knowledge and Experience (AWS and Azure as primary cloud providers)

Cloud related competencies:

• Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure Architecture (Azure, AWS, On-Prem Infrastructure)

• AWS Services / Azure Services (Compute, Platform, Storage, Networking)

• Cloud Migration and Modernisation

• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates)

• Cloud security

• Cloud and Infrastructure networking

• Infrastructure Observability and Incident Management

Tools/Technologies

• Azure DevOps or similar DevOps toolsets

• Confluence and JIRA (Agile content portal and work management)

• Draw.io in Confluence (detail cloud and infrastructure designs)

• EA Sparx (Enterprise and solution architecture designs, detail UML diagrams)

• Well-Architected Frameworks

Skills

Action Planning, Adaptive Thinking, Business Requirements Analysis, Current State Assessment, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Executing Plans, Gap Analysis, IT Architecture, IT Implementation, Market Analysis, Policies & Procedures, Product Development, Readiness Assessments, User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies

Business InsightCollaboratesCultivates InnovationDecision QualityEnsures AccountabilityManages ComplexityNimble LearningOptimizes Work Processes

Education

NQF Level 9 – Masters

Closing Date

12 March 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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