Snr Architect Enterprise Architecture

4 days ago


Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa Sasol Full time

Job title : Snr Architect Enterprise Architecture (Manufacturing Technology)

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : April 21, 2025

Purpose of Job

  • The Sasol Snr Architect Enterprise Architecture (Manufacturing Technology) forms part of a core team that drives the visioning, architectural design, value definition and transformation planning through leveraging digital and other technologies.

Key Accountabilities

  • As a Manufacturing Technology Architect, you will be responsible for transforming manufacturing execution systems and platforms that enable plant value streams such as lab operations, process development, process control, industrial IT, manage maintenance & integrity, manage quality, manage production, manage SHE, manage exploration, manage logistics, Retail systems and interfaces into OT environment.
  • The Manufacturing Technology Architect will work with MES, IIT and OT systems that span across Secunda plant operations, Mining operations, Sasolburg plant operations, ROAS operations, Mozambique plant operations and London operations.
  • The Manufacturing Technology Architect is also leading and orchestrating the effort of scanning the market for technology driven innovation opportunities and communicating their realistic business value expectations to business and IM leaders. The Manufacturing Technology Architect is a crucial enabler that will drive balance between enabling high velocity and innovation for relatively autonomous Product Teams, while at the same time protecting the integrity and end-to-end strategy of Sasol's technology landscape.
  • The Manufacturing Technology Architect drives deep collaboration on the Portfolio level with the Operations Portfolio & Product Delivery team, through regular one-to-one alignment sessions, Architecture Forums, ad-hoc discussions and Solution Architecture Chapter meetings. Together with Senior Solution Architects across the Portfolio & Product Delivery team they ensure the design of pragmatic and clear guardrails across Sasol and find ways to optimise Information Technology costs. Engagement with Product Owners and Portfolio Owners will be key to understand their unfiltered views on the constraints and opportunities of the technology stacks serving each Product. The Manufacturing Technology Architect defines and ensures adherence to Enterprise Architecture standards and leveraging fit-for-purpose technologies.
  • With regards to subject matter, the Manufacturing Technology Architect is responsible for driving sustainable and long-term value-increasing architectural principles, approaches and patterns, such as building modular but fluently integrated solutions from loosely coupled components backed up by solid data management. The Manufacturing Technology Architect must also ensure the use of effective, common frameworks and guidelines to drive improved and consistent quality in the solutions provided. They adapt the pace of Enterprise Architecture work and collaboration with the pace of the Product Teams, acting as accelerators at innovation enablers rather than bottlenecks.
  • Design and provide guard rails for the implementation of Manufacturing Execution solutions based on enterprise business requirements and IT strategies.
  • Guide enterprise implementations and global rollouts together with program and project managers.
  • Gather, translate and consolidate strategic business requirements.
  • Analyse enterprise business drivers to determine corresponding architectural requirements.
  • Develop a solution strategy on the evolution of the enterprise manufacturing platforms from current to future state.
  • Ability to translate business needs into architecture requirements, value cases and roadmaps.
  • Architecture designs based on Azure and OSI PI platforms.

Formal Education

  • University Bachelor's Degree preferably in following disciplines:
  • Engineering: Electrical and Electronic (B.Ing)
  • Computer Sciences
  • Informatics / Information Technology

Experience

  • SAP integration projects for industrial organization (SAP PP, MM, SD, WM) modules.
  • Experience in managing full end to end MES implementation including OT interfaces and environment.
  • Good understanding of ERP integration and shop floor systems (e.g. OPC) integration.
  • Knowledge of MES (Manufacturing Execution System, Real Time Platforms, Access Control, IIT and Retail), Manufacturing Operations concepts / systems & Plant Automation Controls.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills – the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
  • Good understanding of DevOps methodology.
  • Deep Knowledge and design experience in Microsoft Azure and OSI Soft Platforms.
  • Understanding of ISA 95 / ISA 88 guidelines.
  • Strong communication skills with both internal team members and customers.
  • Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.
  • Follow best practices for developing applications and services.
  • Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.
  • Hands-on experience of machine integrator for Shop floor equipment integration with MES.
  • Experienced with a broad range of Manufacturing solutions e.g. Honeywell systems, Aspentech, Siemens, Aveva, Historians etc.
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