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Operating Division : TPT POD Corporate H/O
Position Title : Enterprise Architecture
Employee Group : Permanent
Department : ICT
Location : Durban
Reporting To : Senior Manager: Ent Architect & Strategy
Grade Level : E
Reference Number : 202625
Position Purpose:
The Enterprise Architect provides guidance, road maps, principles, standards and best practices. They are focused on
enabling business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritise current operational demands,
disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organisation.
Position outputs:
The Enterprise Architect plays a hugely significant role in shaping the ICT Strategy and its contents for the CIO.
The Architecture Domains in Transnet span 6 domains:
- Business
- Data/Information
- Applications
- Technology Infrastructure
- Integration
- Security
- Identifying and analysing of the organisation’s Business drivers and business development strategies (so as to derive useful
- Analysing of the current IT ecosystem to detect critical deficiencies and Pain Points.
- Recommending solutions for overall Business and Technology innovation and
- Align with the organisation’s technology and governance strategies, policies and standards – or direct
- Delivering transition views (models) that are an interim view, in between the current state and a
2. Oversight and Guidance of the Integration of the Architecture Domains
Ensuring that the architecture of the enterprise is optimised, it is essential that all Architecture
Domains (Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application architecture, Technology Architecture)
integrate (and inter-operate) in a cost effective manner, with minimum effort and maximum benefit
to the organisation.
3. Provide vision and insight to proactively assist in defining the direction for projects
Guiding the technology, design patterns, design constructs and the (re-usable) solution building blocks that make up a
Solution Architecture, defining a conceptual Solution Architecture.
4. Deliver Innovation and Optimisation
Keeping up to date with and having a clear understanding of the capabilities and benefits of new/emerging technologies in
order to apply same in a business context.
5. Business Case Development
Provide assistance in business case development (i.e., research, data collection). Provide factual content to the feasibility
studies that are needed for standard development projects and enhancements.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree/National Higher Diploma in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related
- 5 years of experience in IT, with a minimum of two years in Business Process Design.
- Two years of demonstrated management / supervisory experience in system management.
- Project Management Certification preferable.
- TOGAF Certification preferable.
- Transnet leadership Development Programme (advantage)
Competencies:
- Strategic Thinking
- Commercial Awareness
- Innovating
- Inspiring People
- Managing Talent
- Leading Change
- Embracing Change
- Lead Business Performance
- Strategic Decision Making
- Business Acumen
- Analysing
- Communicating Effectively
- Collaborating and Networks
- Service Oriented
- Persuading and Influencing
- Leading Good Governance
- Leading Safety Practices
- Leading Risk Management
- Resilience
- Learning and Applying Expertise
- Emotional Intelligence
- Vigour and Personal Drive
