Domain Architect I

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**

As a recognized Integration authority the Integration Architect collaborates on Integration standards & controls and creates robust integration architectures in support thereof and leads the realization of the integration architecture into the target environments to deliver interfaces between systems.

**JOB OBJECTIVES**
- Lead and promote integration architecture policy, strategy and governance._
- Develop the integration architecture strategy for the organization.
- Drive standardisation and rationalisation of integration technologies.
- Identify, define and communicate principles, standards, guidelines, policies, best practices, and governance practices for integration architectures and designs.
- Define and implement related API governance.
- Be the authoritative point of contact for all integration architectures.
- Articulate and promote the integration approach and vision to senior management and key stakeholders.
- Manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Stay abreast of best practices and / or new developments in Systems Integration and related disciplines and drive adoption as deemed appropriate.
- Define and continuously improve the integration architecture framework and modelling standards_.
- Define the integration architecture models and modelling standards for the enterprise architecture repository.
- Define integration architecture quality compliance criteria and enforce them through performing quality assurance checks.
- Review architecture deliverables throughout the system lifecycle for compliance to integration architecture principles and standards.
- Ensure integration architecture quality._
- Define and maintain the Shoprite high Level Information Flow model.
- Review architecture deliverables throughout the system lifecycle for compliance to integration architecture principles and standards.
- Facilitate and oversee the review of all integration designs to ensure compliance to Shoprite standards related to integration technologies, integration best practices, security, licence compliance, scheduling and monitoring.
- Ensure that third parties and external partners comply to the Shoprite integration principles and standards.
- Take responsibility for the technical management and delivery of integration projects.
- Coach and provide guidance to integration development teams to design high-quality technical solutions that fit the integration architecture principles & standards.
- Detect critical deficiencies in the current integration architecture and recommend solutions for improvement.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Degree in Information Systems / B Sc. Comp. Science (or similar)

**EXPERIENCE**
- 5-10 years Working experience within the IT industry.
- 5+ years Excellent design and architecture skills and proven track record delivering well designed complex enterprise class systems
- 5+ years Identification and formulation of integration architecture and integration solution alternatives and their assessment
- 5+ years’ Experience integrating large scale complex systems and business-to-business systems integration. Must have been part of a project that implemented an enterprise level API system.
- 5+ years’ Experience with current research and standards in API’s and Middleware Architecture. 2-3 years
- 2-3 years’ Experience with API Gateways and API Portals
- 2-3 years’ Experience with cloud integration technologies in AWS or Azure
- 5+ years’ Experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis, architectures, system analysis and design through development, testing, implementation, and production (SDLC).
- 3+ years Excellent technical development and design skills and be able to mentor others to improve their skills.
- 3+ years’ Experience in high volume data and files processing, in a batch and real time, integration environment.
- 2-3 years Technology selection and design configuration (API, EAI, BPM, Messaging, B2B, B2C, etc.).
- 2-3 years Project management experience of mid-sized projects.
- Retail industry experience with an understanding of retail business processes would be advantageous.

**KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS**
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and logical skills with attention to detail
- Excellent team-working, inter-personal skills
- Delivery of compelling presentations to all levels of stakeholders and excellent communication and relationship building skills
- Develop of proposals and marketing materials and excellent written communication & presentation skills
- Excellent organisation and facilitation skills
- Strong conflict management skills
- System integration design methodologies and integration technologies
- Integration design patterns and Reference Architectures
- Various integration tools / suites
- Practical experience with middleware technologies, EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) and ESB (Enterprise Service Bus).
- Message transport technologies (MQ, JMS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, and SSL)