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Job Location drjobs

Cape Town - South Africa

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Not Disclosed

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Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Consult on the Retail strategy develop roadmaps and reference architectures and govern the technology selection in support thereof.
  • Develop and maintain an understanding of the technology strategy and business priorities for Retail in the enterprise.
  • Develop compamys Retail landscape roadmap and blueprints in line with the strategic business direction
  • Maintain socialize and enforce Retail System standards keeping technology stakeholders up to date with changes in the technology standards highlighting potential impact to the enterprise.
  • Be clearly identified as the Retail Systems authority for all technologies and provide technical guidance and leadership in technology proposals RFIs RFPs and project teams.
  • Keep abreast of the latest Retail technology trends and emerging technologies determine the potential impact on the enterprise and drive adoption as deemed appropriate.
  • Create and present reference architectures as advice on the Retail architecture strategy for the organization.
  • Serve as the Retail domain architecture and design authority for all project and operational stakeholders and ensure architecture quality across all solution platforms enabled by customerfacing solutions
  • Be clearly identified as the senior design authority as it relates to the Retail domain and provide technical guidance and leadership in solution proposals RFIs RFPs and project teams.
  • Partner with the Enterprise Architect and other Solution Architects in support of the definition and development of the overall enterprise solution landscape.
  • Detect critical deficiencies in Retail architectures and recommend improvements.
  • Work with external service providers to drive projects to successful implementation.
  • Review external and internal designs for Retail systems from a risk and technology perspective
  • Ensure applicable Architecture and Design reviews are conducted for Retail solutions in line with the defined IT governance and processes.
  • Provide architectural oversight and guidance to development teams to ensure highquality technical solution designs during the detailed design build test and deploy phases that conform to architecture principles and standards.
  • Mentor solution architect / senior developers / designers / business analysts.
  • Provide expert Retail guidance ensure solution architectures and designs are in line with the Retail strategy and technology standards and conduct architecture and design reviews as part of the Architecture Review Committee.
  • Define and develop the overall Retail architecture landscape in partnership with other Domain Architects and Solution Architects.
  • Review proposed solution architectures ensuring alignment with architecture principles the architecture framework Retail reference architectures set technology standards and identify critical gaps and recommend improvements.
  • Give guidance and advice to peers in respect to Retail solution designs ensuring the designs conform to industry best practices and standards.
  • Engage all stakeholders to obtain agreement on proposed Retail solutions and work closely with business stakeholders Business Analysts System Analysts and Project Managers to architect and implement retail solutions.
  • Contribute to solution architecture and design standards and SDLC governance requirements
  • Define a framework for Solution Architecture and develop the policies and procedures and templates to guide and govern the Solution Architecture processes.
  • Develop and maintain solution architecture principles and quality compliance criteria to guide technology decisions.
  • Develop and set solution modeling standards and guidelines.
  • Define a set of metrics to measure and report on the performance of the various solution architecture processes.

Qualifications:

  • Degree in Information Systems / B Sc Computer Science (or similar)
  • TOGAF certification

Experience Required:

  • Working experience within the IT industry. 1015 yrs
  • An indepth functional understanding of SAP Retail SAP Master Data Pricing Procure to Pay Order to Cash Inter module integration and backoffice Retail Finance. 510 yrs
  • Worked on projects across multiple applications SAP and nonSAP 510 yrs
  • Retail industry experience with an understanding of retail business processes. 5 yrs
  • Understanding of different methods of SAP integration (ALE/IDOC enterprise services MFT PI) 5 yrs
  • Experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis architectures system analysis and design through development testing implementation and production support (SDLC). 5 yrs
  • Excellent design and architecture skills and proven track record delivering well designed complex enterprise class systems. 5 yrs
  • Excellent technical development and be able to mentor others to improve their design and development skills. 3 yrs
  • Identification and formulation of solution architecture and solution alternatives and their assessment. 5 yrs
  • Demonstrated expertise in a variety of application development methodologies and practices. 5 yrs
  • Lead a team through an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams architects and other members of the software development team. 23 yrs
  • Experience with current research and standards in Solution Architecture. 23 yrs
  • Experience in high volume data and files processing in a batch and real time integration environment. desirable 5 yrs
  • Experience in agile practices. desirable 2 yrs
  • Project management experience of midsized projects. desirable 23 yrs

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Architecture and design of Retail Solutions and integration to other solutions. 10yrs
  • Experience with cloud including AWS and Azure 35yrs
  • Proven experience creating Retail FMCG solutions building and maintaining reliable and scalable solutions as well as experience working with varied forms of data infrastructures 35yrs
  • Software development frameworks and methodologies (Agile Scrum TOGAF etc.) 35yrs
  • Strong analytical problemsolving and logical skills 10yrs
  • Strong senior stakeholder management skills 5yrs
  • Excellent teamworking interpersonal skills 5yrs
  • Out of the box thinker (lateral) 5yrs
  • Ability to innovate 3yrs
  • Develop of proposals and excellent written communication & presentation skills 5yrs
  • Excellent organisation and facilitation skills 5yrs
  • Strong conflict management skills 5yrs

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