162 Information Architect jobs in South Africa

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We are searching for an information architect to design and enhance our current information layouts in South Africa. In this role, you will need to research and develop information layouts, prepare interactive and paper-based prototypes, analyze feedback from users/readers, and update our current information layouts according to UX trends and principles.

To ensure success as an information architect, you will need to have strong design and user experience skills as well as a flair for creating quality information flows and templates. A top-notch information architect will understand the final product from a customer perspective and be able to rapidly change informational architecture design.

• Meeting with relevant stakeholders to determine project requirements and details.
• Identifying key areas of enhancement and improvement in information architecture designs.
• Formulating prospective informational designs and templates for further development.
• Designing prototypes for informational architecture flows and experiences.
• Developing draft information architectures for final products to be used by the company.
• Evaluating the performance of information architectures through analysis and research.
• Enhancing existing information architectures to be more interactive and digitally friendly.
• Working with other members of the creative team on UX and UI design tasks.
• Updating team members on information architecture design principles and developments.
• Improving information architectures for products and services in both digital and print mediums.

• A bachelor's degree in design, marketing, advertising, or copywriting.
• At least two years' experience as a digital designer, writer, digital marketer, or UX designer.
• Proficiency in designing layouts from start to finish — wireframing, site maps, and user flows.
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, GIMP, or similar programs.
• Excellent grammatical and design skills.
• Ability to understand consumer behavior and market trends.
• Research and data analysis skills.
• Task-oriented with a passion for design and layouts.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Great communication skills and the ability to work in a team.

Information Architect - Corporate & Investment Banking (Technology)

Job Overview

Business Segment: Corporate & Investment Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30

Lead strategic Information Architecture, ensuring its effective implementation and enforcement in the organisation, thus supporting the implementation of solutions/controls, so that data is converted into meaningful information that steers effective decision-making. Work with business and technology teams to create strategic data models and assist in the understanding of the flow of information across the organisation and liaise with technology teams to define the information architecture.

Qualifications

Post Graduate Degree (Information Studies/Information Technology) (Min)

Experience Required

Information Lifecycle Management
8 years+: Data & Analytics

1. Knowledge and experience working with and implementing internationally recognised frameworks; such as TOGAF, Zachman etc.
2. Proven track record of comprehensive analysis and architectural skills to drive delivery of architectural constructs and artefacts in line with business strategy.

Please note: All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any form of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or

Information Architect - Corporate & Investment Banking (Technology)

Job Overview

Business Segment: Corporate & Investment Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30

Lead strategic Information Architecture, ensuring its effective implementation and enforcement in the organisation, thus supporting the implementation of solutions/controls, so that data is converted into meaningful information that steers effective decision-making. Work with business and technology teams to create strategic data models and assist in the understanding of the flow of information across the organisation and liaise with technology teams to define the information architecture.

Qualifications

Post Graduate Degree (Information Studies/Information Technology) (Min)

Experience Required

• 8 years+ in Data & Analytics with a focus on Information Lifecycle Management.
• Knowledge and experience working with and implementing internationally recognised frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, etc.
• Proven track record of comprehensive analysis and architectural skills to drive delivery of architectural constructs and artefacts in line with business strategy.

Information Architect - Corporate & Investment Banking (Technology)

Job Overview

Business Segment: Corporate & Investment Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30

Lead strategic Information Architecture, ensuring its effective implementation and enforcement in the organisation, thus supporting the implementation of solutions/controls, so that data is converted into meaningful information that steers effective decision-making. Work with business and technology teams to create strategic data models and assist in the understanding of the flow of information across the organisation and liaise with technology teams to define the information architecture.

Qualifications

Post Graduate Degree (Information Studies/Information Technology) (Min)

Experience Required

Information Lifecycle Management
8 years+: Data & Analytics

1. Knowledge and experience working with and implementing internationally recognised frameworks; such as TOGAF, Zachman etc.
2. Proven track record of comprehensive analysis and architectural skills to drive delivery of architectural constructs and artefacts in line with business strategy.

Please note: All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any form of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or

Information Architect - Corporate & Investment Banking (Technology)

Job Overview

Business Segment: Corporate & Investment Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30

Lead strategic Information Architecture, ensuring its effective implementation and enforcement in the organisation, thus supporting the implementation of solutions/controls, so that data is converted into meaningful information that steers effective decision-making. Work with business and technology teams to create strategic data models and assist in the understanding of the flow of information across the organisation and liaise with technology teams to define the information architecture.

Qualifications

Post Graduate Degree (Information Studies/Information Technology) (Min)

Experience Required

• 8 years+ in Data & Analytics with a focus on Information Lifecycle Management.
• Knowledge and experience working with and implementing internationally recognised frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, etc.
• Proven track record of comprehensive analysis and architectural skills to drive delivery of architectural constructs and artefacts in line with business strategy.

Job title: Information Security Architect

Contract duration: Start with 6 months

First preference: EEE candidates

Location: JHB

The Head of Security Architecture for the organization is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security architectures that protect sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as POPIA, GDPR. This role is critical in safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic health records (EHR), patient and employee information, medical devices, and cloud-based healthcare services. The role will focus on designing and developing security architecture that aligns business and corporate security strategy. The role will collaboratively direct Security Architects, IT, and Engineers to design and build security controls and solutions compliant with approved enterprise architecture frameworks and standards across business and digital.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop complex and comprehensive security architectures for our systems, applications, and infrastructure, considering both current and future needs.
• Collaborates with stakeholders, including developers, engineers, and project managers, to integrate security requirements into the system design and development lifecycle.
• Provides guidance and expertise in secure coding practices, network security, identity and access management, data protection, and other security domains.
• Model threats and risks, designing the controls necessary to mitigate them, on both an organizational and technical level – thinking like an attacker, understanding and anticipating the moves and tactics that a hacker might use to attack systems.
• Follow the architecture analysis process, which consists of research, validation, and evaluation of all new initiatives, with phase gate reviews presented to all stakeholders during key forums, including current trends such as AI and LLMS.
• Evaluates and selects security technologies, tools, and frameworks to support the organization’s security.
• Define portfolio vision and reusable security patterns aligned with the EA strategy.
• Lead architecture reviews for high-risk projects, driving recommendations to resolution.
• Advise on security controls for hybrid and cloud platforms, balancing usability, cost, and compliance.
• Defines and applies security policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance with industry regulations and best practices.
• Leads incident response activities, including identification, containment, eradication, and recovery, in coordination with the incident response team.
• Experience with Cloud Security platform vendors and technologies such as Azure and AWS.
• Manage security architects and mentor engineers, developers, and vendors.

What will you bring?

• Risk-based decision-making - expert in ISO 27001 / NIST / CIS controls, able to quantify and articulate risk, then select proportionate, cost-effective controls.
• Pen-testing & threat-modelling - scoping, overseeing, and translating results into enforceable patterns and backlog items.
• Influential communication - proven ability to engage C-suite and delivery stakeholders alike, adapting style to gain agreement and drive secure-by-design culture.
• Teamwork and Energy – work across different functional and business teams with effective collaboration.
• Technical depth - hands-on knowledge of cloud security, IAM, container & API security, network segmentation, encryption, and DevSecOps toolchains; capable of explaining the exploitability of complex vulnerabilities. Zero trust design thinking.
• Mentoring & governance - experience in line-managing or coaching security architects/engineers and running architecture assurance or design-review boards.
• Secure-system design leadership - demonstrable track record creating or validating architectures for large-scale, high-risk services using recognised frameworks (SABSA, TOGAF).

Requirements / Skills and Competence

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred)
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in Security Architecture.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, or other relevant security-related designation(s) preferred.
• Certifications in CISSP-ISSAP, TOGAF, or SABSA, cloud architecture (Microsoft, AWS, GCP)
• Experience in identifying gaps in existing architectures.
• Understanding of security infrastructure in Public and Private Cloud, e.g., virtual network infrastructure, hybrid IaaS/PaaS/SaaS solutions.
• Experience in designing security architectures to mitigate threats and sound knowledge of security strategies and technologies.
• Direct the Project and Security teams with the guidance to build policies, standards, risks, and controls frameworks supporting operational requirements for the business.
• Good experience in security architecture design in Cloud and on-prem.
• Design and implementation of IOT, endpoint protection, and secure IAM.
• Understanding of authentication and authorisation technologies (SAML, LDAP, PKI, etc.) and other IAM technologies
• Understanding of the implementation, operation, and maintenance of SIEM, boundary protection technologies (firewalls, mail gateways), Antivirus, and AD security products
• Knowledge of web application architectures and threat modelling.

Job title: Information Security Architect

Contract duration: Start with 6 months

First preference: EEE candidates

Location: JHB

The Head of Security Architecture for the organization is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security architectures that protect sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as POPIA, GDPR. This role is critical in safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic health records (EHR), patient and employee information, medical devices, and cloud-based healthcare services. The role will focus on designing and developing security architecture that aligns business and corporate security strategy. The role will collaboratively direct Security Architects, IT, and Engineers to design and build security controls and solutions compliant with approved enterprise architecture frameworks and standards across business and digital.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop complex and comprehensive security architectures for our systems, applications, and infrastructure, considering both current and future needs.
• Collaborates with stakeholders, including developers, engineers, and project managers, to integrate security requirements into the system design and development lifecycle.
• Provides guidance and expertise in secure coding practices, network security, identity and access management, data protection, and other security domains.
• Model threats and risks, designing the controls necessary to mitigate them, on both an organizational and technical level – thinking like an attacker, understanding and anticipating the moves and tactics that a hacker might use to attack systems.
• Follow the architecture analysis process, which consists of research, validation, and evaluation of all new initiatives, with phase gate reviews presented to all stakeholders during key forums, including current trends such as AI and LLMS.
• Evaluates and selects security technologies, tools, and frameworks to support the organization’s security.
• Define portfolio vision and reusable security patterns aligned with the EA strategy.
• Lead architecture reviews for high-risk projects, driving recommendations to resolution.
• Advise on security controls for hybrid and cloud platforms, balancing usability, cost, and compliance.
• Defines and applies security policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance with industry regulations and best practices.
• Leads incident response activities, including identification, containment, eradication, and recovery, in coordination with the incident response team.
• Experience with Cloud Security platform vendors and technologies such as Azure and AWS.
• Manage security architects and mentor engineers, developers, and vendors.

What will you bring?

• Risk-based decision-making - expert in ISO 27001 / NIST / CIS controls, able to quantify and articulate risk, then select proportionate, cost-effective controls.
• Pen-testing & threat-modelling - scoping, overseeing, and translating results into enforceable patterns and backlog items.
• Influential communication - proven ability to engage C-suite and delivery stakeholders alike, adapting style to gain agreement and drive secure-by-design culture.
• Teamwork and Energy – work across different functional and business teams with effective collaboration.
• Technical depth - hands-on knowledge of cloud security, IAM, container & API security, network segmentation, encryption, and DevSecOps toolchains; capable of explaining the exploitability of complex vulnerabilities. Zero trust design thinking.
• Mentoring & governance - experience in line-managing or coaching security architects/engineers and running architecture assurance or design-review boards.
• Secure-system design leadership - demonstrable track record creating or validating architectures for large-scale, high-risk services using recognised frameworks (SABSA, TOGAF).

Requirements / Skills and Competence

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred)
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in Security Architecture.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, or other relevant security-related designation(s) preferred.
• Certifications in CISSP-ISSAP, TOGAF, or SABSA, cloud architecture (Microsoft, AWS, GCP)
• Experience in identifying gaps in existing architectures.
• Understanding of security infrastructure in Public and Private Cloud, e.g., virtual network infrastructure, hybrid IaaS/PaaS/SaaS solutions.
• Experience in designing security architectures to mitigate threats and sound knowledge of security strategies and technologies.
• Direct the Project and Security teams with the guidance to build policies, standards, risks, and controls frameworks supporting operational requirements for the business.
• Good experience in security architecture design in Cloud and on-prem.
• Design and implementation of IOT, endpoint protection, and secure IAM.
• Understanding of authentication and authorisation technologies (SAML, LDAP, PKI, etc.) and other IAM technologies
• Understanding of the implementation, operation, and maintenance of SIEM, boundary protection technologies (firewalls, mail gateways), Antivirus, and AD security products
• Knowledge of web application architectures and threat modelling.

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This is a highly responsible position which incorporates multiple functions in both the solutioning and operational areas. The position incorporates managing all aspects of the solution lifecycle from complex solution design and delivery through to maintenance and support. The position also calls for the management of the strategic and tactical planning and implementation for both operational and solutioning streams. The solutions can be grouped into the traditional OSS/BSS (Operational Support Systems/ Business Support Systems) platforms.

Key Deliverables (Primary functions)

• Develop the Information Systems strategy accounting for current and future market forces and movements and in alignment with the BCX Client Operations strategy.
• Lead the integration of innovative IT solutions in alignment with high levels of quality, standards and operability as defined within negotiated and agreed service level agreements, service level parameters or contracts.
• Lead the development of plans to deliver products and ensure optimal allocation of resources.
• Lead and coordinate the Information Systems DevOps team to render services to the business in line with agreed OLA’s
• Manage the design, development and support of applications utilising a variety of technologies.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the design, development, and support team.
• Ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and quality benchmarks.
• Design scalable and maintainable architectures.
• Oversee the delivery and deployment of products in accordance with scope, budget and service level agreements.
• Develop and manage the annual budget and forecasts within defined guidelines, directing and coordinating activities to achieve revenue and cost containment targets.
• Manage the development and implementation of processes and procedures to maintain or recover the delivery of solutions in the event of any physical, technical or environmental disaster or major outage, providing continuity of service to customer.
• Manage the identification and mitigation of operational risk within the division.
• Establish and foster a culture of performance excellence, employee engagement and transformation.
• Design and document systems developed in OutSystems

Core Functional Skills and Knowledge Required

• DevOpsmanagement
• Knowledge of Service and Command Centre Platforms
• Information Systems and Information Security Management

Qualifications

• 3 Year Degree - Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Project Management (including, but not limited to, Agile) qualifications

Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role
• Extensive Software Development and Design experience
• Managed/Supported end-to-end implementation of at least 2 Telecom projects across OSS, Service Assurance, Service Fulfilment, mediation, Provisioning, etc.
• Extensive Project Management (including, but not limited to, Agile) experience in a technology solution delivery environment.
• A minimum 7 years’ experience in OutSystems Architecture

Certifications

PMP/Agile Certification or similar

Special Requirements

• Experience as a Scrum Master in a similar role

• Experience in leading a low code development team using e.g., Outsystems

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Other
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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