IT Technology Architect

About

Air Traffic and Navigation Services Provider in South Africa. ATNS is responsible for managing 10% of the world's airspace.

Responsibilities

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.