50 Sap Solution Architect jobs in South Africa

Spinnaker Support provides global enterprise software support, managed services, and project-based consulting to many of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Founded in 2008, our customer focus, business integrity, exacting standards, and depth of expertise have earned us the trust and loyalty of over 1,300 organizations located in 104 countries. Our dedicated international team works closely with every customer to ensure they receive exceptional, customized services that clear the way for their operational success. Today, Spinnaker Support is proud to be the industry's highest-rated provider for third-party software support services for Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

Spinnaker Support has an immediate opening for a Solutions Consultant (SC) to join our team in South Africa. The primary focus of a SC is to work collaboratively with the Spinnaker Support Account Executives during the opportunity/prospect development process, acting as the technical and security subject matter expert on a core set of Spinnaker Support product and service offerings. The SC will advocate our technical capabilities, security solution, value proposition, and the service benefits to our partners, prospects and internal sales force alike.

This SC will primarily participate in the sales process through prospect technical landscape and spend analysis, and technical solution development while acting as the subject matter expert that addresses all technical concerns. This role will support both third party support and managed services sales pursuits.

Although this role is remote, the successful candidate will be required to attend occasional meetings at potential customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This is an exciting and broad role where your voice will be forefront in shaping how we help our clients. It is a consultative advisory role that enables our customers translate their technical stack into solutions.
• You will advise our customers on their journey of understanding alternate methods of support, based on your experience and practice or awareness of the deployment, management, and updates for the SAP ERP stack (any exposure to Oracle is a bonus).
• You will heavily participate in and contribute to commercial aspects of solution by drafting support spend estimates and cost prediction models.
• You will play a key role in driving both technical and financial aspects of the solution by working with other teams across different time zones and often under tight timelines.
• You will thrive working as a team but also shine working on your own with minimal supervision, continuously learning and enhancing your contributions by leveraging expertise and knowledge.
• You will be adept at reading audience on conversations and be able to tailor your talk track or responses accordingly.
• You will help frame stories and interpret technology challenges into real business solutions and outcomes.
• You will advise your peers in sales on the interwoven nature of the ERP platform in front of you.
• You will work across a broad range of industries in the EMEA region as well as globally and across a wide range of unique and different customer sets.
• Participate in RFP/I/Q by taking lead where applicable.
• Demonstrate foresight by identifying gaps in messaging and create quality collateral (PowerPoint slides, whitepapers, data analysis) with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate clear understanding of SAP security concepts in front of prospective customers.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in a customer-facing role such as consultant, solutions engineer or solutions architect.
• Excellent problem-solving skills. Ability to listen and work with customers in order to fully understand the problem or gap facing them and make sure they adopt the best possible solution.
• Excellent presentation, communication and soft skills with the ability to articulate Spinnaker message to both technical and non-technical (including CxO level) audience.
• Ability to think rationally and creatively in order to identify opportunities in challenges.
• Excellent product knowledge (mainly around ECC, S4/HANA) from 10+ year's experience
• Proficient in SAP applications like FICO, SD, MM, WM, PP (Financials, Logistics, Healthcare) - Functional expertise preferred.
• Well-verse with industry specific IT processes within SAP
• Demonstrates an excellent attitude towards challenges, adept at transforming them into effective solutions. Solid awareness of SAP Cloud strategies.
• Good knowledge and/or experience with SAP Security.
• It will be hugely beneficial to understand the roadmap for SAP - RISE/GROW in particular.

Location: Western Cape

Division: HR

Hybrid working (3-4 days in the office)

Our ideal candidate has

• 3-5 years' experience in solution architecture
• 6-8 years in systems integration design and implementation
• While SAP is preferred, the role requires flexibility to work with other ERP systems
• Proven experience with cloud solution offerings, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Strong understanding of Application/Solution architecture, integration points, and how solutions align with business processes
• Leading the solution architecture of ERP- or key application- implementations within area of expertise would be advantageous
• Experience in Stakeholder Management

Minimum Education

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational A degree/diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Ideal Education

• And/or a relevant certification in SAP module, ERP Systems or ITIL

Minimum Knowledge

• Proficient / expert knowledge of designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions
• A thorough understanding of typical technologies and platforms within organisations
• Systems implementation and technical systems support MS Office
• Proficiency System architecture (technical design and implementation processes)
• Systems analysis and design UML or equivalent modelling language
• IT systems development processes
• Application development Standards and governance

Tech Knowledge

• AWS and SAP

Ideal Knowledge

• 2 years+ Agile experience and working knowledge of Jira and or Confluence Systems
• Integration best practices and design
• Knowledge and application of relevant IT best practices
• Knowledge of IT Service Management principles and frameworks (ITIL 4)
• In-depth knowledge of IT software (including ERP's), hardware and infrastructure and Cloud Knowledge of Project Management methods

Skills

• Communication skills Interpersonal & Relationship management skills
• Facilitation skills
• Analytical Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Numerical Reasoning
• Verbal Reasoning
• Ability to work in a team

Who are we?
Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?
We are looking for an experienced SAP SuccessFactors and/or SAP ECC6 HCM Functional Consultant, with ambition to grow their career as an SAP Solution Architect for the Human Capital Solution within Sanlam.

The successful person will undergo a comprehensive training programme to develop skills in Solution Architecture discipline, through internal and external training programs, workshops, and certification courses to become a designated SAP Human Capital Solution Architect for Sanlam.

The person will be hired to as a SAP Human Capital Solution Architect, and will be expected the perform the responsibilities outlined below in the job responsibilities.

What will make you successful in this role?
Solution Architect

• Business and technical stakeholder engagement and elicitation of business and technology goals, objectives, priorities and requirements.
• Translation of business and technical requirements into a solution architecture to be implemented (to address both business and technical requirements).
• Design and validate a complex solution architecture to address business and technical requirements and ensure successful implementation.
• Design solution integration architecture to address business and technical requirements and ensure successful implementation.
• Research new solutions to address a specific or general business problem.
• Provide solution advisory, recommendations and guidance on the SAP Human Capital platforms (SAP HCM ECC, SAP Success Factors and SAP Business Technology Platform, etc.).
• Contribute in the strategic planning and architecture definition of Sanlam SAP Human Capital landscape.
• Understand and interpret the business processes for which the solution architecture is being developed.
• Influence business and IT strategies ensuring collaborative alignment.
• Contribute to building Sanlam SAP Human Capital technical and application roadmaps (both for on-prem and in the cloud).
• Active involvement and provide guidance in the SAP Human Capital landscape systems migration or upgrades
• Document the overall solution architecture and integration to other systems in-line with the Sanlam Enterprise and Solution Architecture standards and practices.
• Present solutions architecture to different Sanlam forums (including the Sanlam Architecture Solutions Evaluation & Review forum).
• Undergo comprehensive training to develop skills in solution architecture capability, through internal and external training programs, workshops, and certification courses to become a designated SAP Human Capital Solution Architect for Sanlam.

Qualification

• Matric
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• SAP SuccessFactors certifications, such as SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP SuccessFactors BizX modules, Platform Administration, etc. are desirable.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of proven experience in configuring and supporting SAP SuccessFactors modules including Employee Central, Performance and Goals, Recruiting, Onboarding, Succession and Development, Compensation, Learning, EC Payroll and Time Tracking.
• SAP SuccessFactors design and implementation experience in any of the following modules; Employee Central, Performance and Goals, Recruiting, Onboarding, Succession and Development, Compensation, Learning, EC Payroll and Time Tracking to align with organizational HR processes and requirements.
• Managing and monitoring integrations between SAP SuccessFactors modules, replication to SAP ECC6, and third-party systems

Technical Skills

• Understanding of IT Service Management principles and frameworks (e.g., ITIL 4) and project & program management methodologies.
• Understand of SAP architecture, design, configuration, implementation, testing and data governance, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and Cloud Platform Integration (CPI).
• Be a subject matter expert on latest SAP development tools and provide expert technical advice to business analysts and business stakeholders in search of SAP system solutions

• Knowledge of:

• SAP SuccessFactors modules and SAP HCM ECC modules such as Personal

• SAP HCM ECC modules such as Personal Administration, Organizational Management, Time Management, and Payroll.
• SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• SAP Integration Suite, Web Services, API's and other integration patterns.
• ABAP, FIORI and/or SAPUI5 will be advantageous.

Personal Attributes
Collaborates - Contributing independently

Communicates effectively - Contributing independently

Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently

Manages complexity - Contributing independently

Nimble learning - Contributing independently

Build a successful career with us
We're all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies
Being resilient - Contributing through others

Collaborates - Contributing through others

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others

Customer focus - Contributing through others

Drives results - Contributing through others

Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our commitment to transformation
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

Job Classification

Job Req

Closing date - 17 October 2025

Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

Application Development

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self Leading Expert

Job Purpose

To apply specialisation within multiple SAP projects and support and technical expertise that meets customer business needs by interacting with stakeholders to define requirements and priorities. Performs systems analysis, solution design, develop, supports and maintains SAP system. Drvies technical solution design, system integration, SAP architecture and landscape.

Job Responsibilities

• Preparing Architecture with complete analysis of the system connection, system authentication, requests, responses, logging etc
• Liaise with the business / functional consultants and conduct JAD sessions to understand their requirements in order to inform solution designs
• To have practical understanding of Agile practices and tooling such as Jira and Confluence
• To have the ability to conduct unit, E2E and Regression testing as well as ensuring all technical specifications are documented in detail
• Collaborate and share knowledge with the team
• Implementation and Configuration: Overseeing the implementation and configuration of SAP CPI integrations, including adapter setup and managing different SAP modules and non-SAP systems
• Performance Optimization: Identifying performance bottlenecks and providing tuning recommendations for SAP CPI processes to improve integration performance
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitoring CPI flows, proactively identifying issues, and troubleshooting errors in real-time to ensure smooth integration
• Security Management: Ensuring security protocols are adhered to in CPI integrations, including certificate-based authentication, OAuth, and handling encrypted data transfers
• Data Mapping and Transformation: Managing and optimizing complex data transformations using Groovy and message mapping for different scenarios
• Documentation: Creating detailed technical documentation of integration flows, configurations, and best practices to ensure clear communication across teams
• Groovy script and Message mapping
• Knowledge of SAP CPI Design Best practices, Error Handling Mechanism, SAP CPI Architecture
• API Management: Experience in integrating with SAP API Management and handling API Gateway configuration
• Adapters Configuration: Expertise in configuring adapters such as SOAP, REST, SFTP, SuccessFactors, and IDOC
• Performance Tuning and Optimization: Ability to identify performance bottlenecks in integration scenarios and optimize CPI flows
• Drive the overall SAP integration strategy and architecture across business units, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives
• Mentor and upskill junior and senior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
• Engage with executive stakeholders to align integration solutions with broader business goals and priorities
• Evaluate and introduce emerging SAP technologies and best practices to maintain a leading-edge integration landscape
• Establish and enforce integration governance, standards, and quality assurance processes to ensure robust, scalable, and secure solutions
• Version Control: Familiarity with version control for integration artifacts
• Transport: Experience with transport integration and continuous deployment using solution manager
• Good understanding on the integration patterns, best practices, cloud, and on-premises application integration concepts
• Work on complex mapping transformation, resolving technical issues, adapter configurations
• Security Integration: Knowledge of securing integration processes, including OAuth2, SAML, certificates, and tokens
• SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) - Cloud Foundry would be beneficial
• Extensive experience leading large-scale SAP CPI/BTP projects and complex migration initiatives, delivering robust and future-ready integration solutions
• Recognized expertise in SAP integration security, compliance, and risk management, with a strong focus on safeguarding data and ensuring regulatory adherence
• Exposure to multi-cloud and hybrid integration architectures
• Experience with SAP roadmap planning and digital transformation initiatives

Technical Knowledge

• SAP PI/PO (Process Integration/Orchestration)
• Cloud Integration with third-party systems
• OAuth and SAML for secure integrations
• SAP ABAP
• ABAP and backend SAP ODATA Services
• SAP Cloud System
• SAP Cloud Connector
• Node JS
• SQL database queries
• SAP CAP (Cloud Application Programming)
• JMS Queue background
• SAP Cloud Connector
• SAP ECC, SAP Business Technology Platform (Cloud Foundry), SAP BW, ARIBA, SuccessFactors, Fieldglass, Groovy scripts.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

Bcom/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree

Preferred Certifications

Preferred certifies in more than multiple SAP module /ASAP certification

Minimum Experience Level

10 years plus SAP Functional experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• IT Solutions Architecture
• ASAP
• SAP System
• SAP Architecture
• knowledge of SAP
• Microsoft Office
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• Problem solving skills

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Trusting Relationships
• Customer Focus
• Communication
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Strategic Influence
• Coaching
• Innovation

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team

Job Summary

We are seeking a
Senior Salesforce Solutions Architect
with a strong background in the
banking or financial services sector
to lead the design, architecture, and governance of Salesforce-based solutions. The ideal candidate will bring deep Salesforce expertise, including certifications, and a proven track record of integrating Salesforce into complex enterprise ecosystems. You will be responsible for solution architecture, stakeholder engagement, and technical leadership across key projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect End-to-End Solutions:
  Design scalable, secure, and high-performing Salesforce-based solutions aligned with business objectives in the financial services domain.
• Governance & Best Practices:
  Define and enforce Salesforce architecture standards, data governance practices, and integration guidelines.
• Integration Leadership:
  Lead the design and implementation of integrations between Salesforce and core banking/financial systems, third-party platforms, and enterprise data layers.
• Project Leadership:
  Drive architectural decisions and lead solution design from discovery through deployment. Guide delivery teams on technical implementation.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Mentorship & Guidance:
  Support and mentor development teams, providing architectural oversight and technical direction.
• Documentation & Communication:
  Produce high-quality technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and solution design artifacts.
• Innovation & Improvement:
  Stay current with Salesforce trends, releases, and best practices—especially as they pertain to financial services and regulated industries.

Required Qualifications

• Salesforce Certifications
  (must have) such as:
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect and/or System Architect
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) (preferred)
• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I & II, Integration Architecture Designer, etc.
• 8+ years
  of experience in the Salesforce ecosystem, including
  3+ years
  as a
  Salesforce Solutions Architect
  .
• Strong
  experience in the Banking or Financial Services
  sector—deep understanding of regulatory, compliance, and security requirements.
• Proven ability to
  drive Salesforce implementation projects
  from end to end, including solutioning, stakeholder management, and technical delivery.
• Expertise in
  Salesforce platform capabilities
  , including Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud, and custom applications.
• Experience with
  integration patterns
  , APIs, middleware platforms (e.g., Mulesoft, Dell Boomi), and enterprise architecture principles.
• Strong skills in
  governance
  , technical documentation, and cross-team collaboration.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; able to communicate complex technical concepts to business and technical audiences.

The role of the Solutions Architect (IT Risk/Governance) encompasses many activities including (but not limited to):

• Design and architect scalable, reliable, and secure IT solutions that meet business requirements and adhere to governance standards.
• Conducting risk assessments and identify potential vulnerabilities and threats to proposed solutions.
• Developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, including security controls and contingency plans, to minimise exposure to potential risks.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, such as data protection regulations and security frameworks.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to establish governance frameworks and ensure alignment with organisational policies and procedures.
• Documenting governance and risk management aspects of solution designs, including risk assessments, compliance requirements, and mitigation strategies.
• Communicating effectively with project stakeholders and other teams to address governance and risk-related concerns and ensure the successful implementation of solutions

• Any 3-year diploma (NQF Level 6) and a certification in IT Risk Management

Minimum of 5 years' experience in:

• IT Risk or Governance Specialist across ICT domain; and
• Working and consulting in Enterprise Organisation (of more than 1000 users).

Minimum of 3 years' experience in:

• Implementing policies and frameworks for IT security and risk management; and
• Application governance

Job Classification

Req:

Clsoing date: 23 October 2025

Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

Application Development

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Professional

Job Purpose

To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology)
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements
• Assist software designers with lower level designs
• Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery
• Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset
• Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking)
• Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners
• Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders
• Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints
• Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability
• Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter
• Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability
• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.)
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Professional Qualifications/Honour's Degree

Preferred Qualification

BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems). Professional Qualification Level 6

Preferred Certifications

Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

Min 8 Years experience in similar roles.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• IT Architecture
• IT Concepts
• Systems Analysis and design

Behavioural Competencies

• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Decision Making
• Collaborating
• Innovation
• Influencing
• Managing Work
• Continuous Learning
• Coaching

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team

The main purpose of this position is to develop and implement the architectural design of solutions to support the business goals and to ensure alignment of business and information technology (IT) at a solution level for the Financial Surveillance Transformation Programme (1FinSurv Programme) within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Develop solution architectures for different projects and govern the end-to-end delivery of solutions to business.
• Combine various domains (business, data, application and technology) and architectural as-is (baseline) and to-be (target) models with roadmaps to create an overall solution architecture and roadmap with the supporting transition architectures.
• Collaborate with the Lead Solution Architect and ensure alignment between the enterprise architecture, solution architecture, architecture principles and information and communications technology (ICT) standards to ensure standardisation and reduce risk.
• Ensure the developed solutions meet the business and technical requirements, both functional and non-functional.
• Review of developed solutions, assist with root cause analysis of solution problems, and propose solution updates.
• Ensure that solutions implemented match the architectural designs (quality control).
• Contribute to the development of evaluation criteria for product evaluations, requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposal (RFPs).
• Assist the Lead Solution Architect to evaluate products and partners, based on evaluation criteria, RFIs and RFPs.
• Contribute to advancing ICT standards and the optimisation of the ICT facilities in the SARB.
• Demonstrate leadership by driving collaboration and a culture of knowledge sharing and teamwork.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and proactively introduce improvements to existing solutions.
• Provide technical expertise and assist the team in troubleshooting complex technical issues.

Job Description,
To enhance Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, optimise business operations, and define the strategic approach for integrating information systems and applications. This role involves cataloguing, developing, coordinating, communicating, maintaining, and enforcing enterprise architecture models and capabilities to support PPS' business and technology functions. Key areas covered include infrastructure, data, workflows, integration, applications, hardware platforms, system interfaces, internal and external controls, and evaluation of third-party vendor solutions.

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Requirements
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Education

• Bachelors Degree in either Information Systems, Informatics or Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent work experience)
• Honours or Masters Degree in Information Systems, Informatics, Computer Science or Engineering (preferred)
• TOGAF Framework or equivalent certification

Experience

• At least 5 -7 years' experience in an IT technical specialist role
• 5 - 7 years' experience in a current solutions architect position in a sizable organisation; preferably in banking or financial services industry (preferred)
• Experience in creation and operations of IT solutions architecture roadmaps in a medium to large division / company
• Proven experience in adopting architecture and governance frameworks e.g. TOGAF or Zachman
• Advanced experience in the design and implementation of complex computer systems
• Experience in code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous deployment, highly scalable applications, application security
• Experience in pair programming, continuous integration, test-driven development & incremental design
• Project management experience

Knowledge And Skills

• Sound knowledge of software development, with knowledge of Agile software development process
• Ability to write architectural design documents or review design documents provided by others
• Good understanding of , Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Perl, SQL, HTML, .Net, JavaScript or CSS
• In-depth infrastructure knowledge including RESTful APIs, Single Sign On, LDAP, LAMP, Search Technologies
• Proficiency in implementing reliable, complex, secure, high performance and scalable solutions from creation to production
• Ability to draft accurate documentation that supports the project management effort and software development
• Demonstrates the ability to understand and interpret key technology platforms relative to PPS
• Knowledge of the technology elements that contribute to maturing the 4th Industrial Revolution objectives; robotics, automation, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, etc.

Competencies

• Sound problem solving and analytics skills
• Innovation orientation
• Business Acumen
• Persuading and Influencing
• Change navigation and adaptable
• Sound analytical and logical reasoning
• Sound planning, organising and execution skills
• Effective communication (written ad verbal)
• Excellent customer relations skills and ability to work with demanding customers

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Duties and Responsibilities
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• Define and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, roadmaps, and models that align IT capabilities with business objectives, ensuring adaptability, scalability, and reusability
• Evaluate internal functions, systems engineering, and IT processes to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve operational efficiency, and support future business goals.
• Specify, design, and review complex systems and components using appropriate standards and tools, ensuring alignment with business requirements and readiness for implementation
• Enforce architectural governance frameworks, assess design risks, and ensure compliance with technical strategies, policies, and standards to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Engage with business and IT leaders to co-create innovative solutions, communicate infrastructure requirements, and ensure architecture roadmaps reflect evolving business needs.
• Identify gaps in employee knowledge and skills, provide consultation on market solutions, and support initiatives that enhance organizational capability and readiness.
• Evaluate third-party vendor solutions, emerging technologies, and integration approaches to support secure, efficient, and adaptable systems across applications and platforms
• Support business change programs by preparing technical plans, coordinating development efforts, and ensuring operational readiness and continuity across business units