SBV seeks an Infrastructure Architect who will be responsible for Planning, designing & implementation of a strategy for Infrastructure consolidation, centralisation solutions. The development, maintenance and governance of architecture artefacts and solutions in the infrastructure domain. Define the infrastructure strategy, roadmaps and blueprints for the organisation and align to best practice.<\/p>\n
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Job Title: Infrastructure Architect JG15<\/strong> Job Summary:<\/strong> Develop and maintain Infrastructure patterns:<\/strong> Advise teams of IT technology standard requirements, methodology and processes:<\/strong> Conduct end-to-end technical plan design:<\/strong> Responsible for impact analysis and design modifications to existing systems to support new solutions:<\/strong> \u2022Provide solutions where incidents and problems exist within designated areas of expertise Work Experience requirements:<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
\nReference #:<\/strong> IA\/VT
\nContract Type:<\/strong> Permanent
\nSalary:<\/strong> Market Related<\/p>\n
\nDevelop and implement SBV Infrastructure strategy aligned to SBV strategy
\n\u2022Develop and maintain the Infrastructure strategy, blueprints, roadmaps, and other architecture artefacts for SBV, internal and vendor \/ cloud based.
\n\u2022Partner with business, vendors and technology teams to develop an overall Infrastructure architecture to meet enterprise-wide strategies
\n\u2022Create and maintain a catalogue and roadmap of Infrastructure and network artefacts
\n\u2022Work with architects, business partners, vendors and project delivery teams to create solutions and roadmap of Infrastructure delivery aligned to strategy<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Develop the Infrastructure catalogue and patterns that can be used by delivery teams to standardise infrastructure delivery and improve quality of delivery
\n\u2022Guide, mentor and influence Infrastructure teams
\n\u2022Responsible for complete infrastructure design, analysis, security, network and voice communication
\n\u2022Ensure correct governance is followed by submitting all designs for approval by the Architecture review board
\n\u2022Act as an expert for infrastructure teams in the planning, designing, and delivery of IT solutions<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Drive the short- and long-term technology infrastructure strategy
\n\u2022Participate in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy
\n\u2022Communicate and validate architecture with the infrastructure team, project management team, and technology services management team<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Develop the long-term strategy and designs which align to the businesses requirements around BCM and DR
\n\u2022Develop enterprise standards for infrastructure which support multi-vendor platforms
\n\u2022Design and develop infrastructure blueprints for the implementation of new solutions<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Develop specifications for infrastructure to support existing and new systems
\n\u2022Maintain a common documentation library of standardized procedures and configurations<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Communicate and collaborate with local IT staff as well as vendors
\nRequirements<\/p>\n
\n\u20225 years\u2019 experience in a production IT environment managing enterprise IT infrastructure, hardware, hosting service and network areas. Which also includes:
\n-Experience with architecture methodologies, such as TOGAF, ITIL, Zachman
\n-A thorough knowledge of the Windows concepts, Domains, Active Directory and its concepts, and the interaction between hardware, operating systems, network, data centre, and application software, Linux would be advantageous
\n\u2022Experience in the use of VMware or other virtual software
\n\u2022Deep understanding of TCP, IP and other network protocols. Familiarity with DNS, DHCP and other network services.
\n\u2022Strong technical skills and understanding of the platform and tools \u2013 on premise and cloud \u2013 including the Microsoft stack, IBM integration (IIB, CD and BPM), enterprise content management systems
\n\u2022Experience implementing Infrastructure architectures and governance processes
\n\u2022Experience designing, integrating, and developing complex Infrastructure solutions
\n\u2022Experience with Infrastructure scalability and performance management and monitoring
\n\u2022Domain expertise in financial and or logistics is preferred
\n\u2022Ability to write architectural design documents or review design documents provided by others
\n\u2022Knowledge and understanding of industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs<\/p>\n