Application Architect

**Job Number**
- 72503

**Job Type**
- Permanent

**Job Title**
- Application Architect

**Computer Skills**
- Ms Office

**Industry**
- Security and Investigations

**City**
- Houghton

**Province**
- Gauteng

**Purpose of the Position**

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Technology Strategy & Innovations**
- Participate in the development and execution of Enterprise Architect strategies and tactical plans aligned with the corporate strategy.
- Plan and implement an Applications Architect Strategy, principles, framework, policies, and domain processes.
- Deliver a roadmap aligned with set budgets, resourcing requirements, market, industry, and business trends.
- Examine market trends and leading best practices in automation and digitisation to drive ICT transformation.
- Research and develop new solutions in support of continuous improvement.
- Propose forward-looking solutions to unmet and unrealised business needs, establishing company as an industry trailblazer.
- Maintain the latest methodologies for software development, including AI and machine learning tools for improving coding quality and reducing testing and debugging time.

**Planning and Organisation**
- Together with the business, identify and recommend critical success factors for measuring performance.
- Define technical requirements, assist with functional requirements, develop standards that govern system development and implementation, design and develop architectural systems.

**Execute Analysis and Design Activities**
- Support business and Development teams throughout the project lifecycle to help understand designs and refine them as necessary.

**Technical implementation within own area**

**Risk Management**
- Maintain clean audit results by conducting monthly self-assessments based on defined internal controls, anticipating and documenting risks, and reporting on gaps and mitigation activities.
- Establish a common understanding of the interventions to resolve audit issues.
- Comply with POPI Act requirements and data management privacy regulations.

**Reporting**
- Provide weekly, and monthly management and status reports in accordance with the Business Unit metrics and requirements.
- Facilitate communication across Business Units, identify change management interventions and timelines from the project's perspective, and present the project status to the steering committee.

**Vendor Management**
- Work with external software vendors on designs for new features or feature enhancements.
- Manage the integration of vendor deliverables by tracking and reviewing vendor performance.
- Implement good governance by confirming that SLAs with clients and service providers are in place, including contracts for information technology resources, i.e., hardware, software, human resources etc.

**Stakeholder and Customer Management**
- Engage with business intelligence (BI), Data and Applications Teams in designing and delivering development approaches.
- Provide technical guidance and support to Project and Programme Managers to ensure smooth interfacing between vendors, internal designers, and business units
- Enhance stakeholder engagement to address issues, improve relations, and provide information on the project status.

**Finance**
- Participate in the preparation of the operating and capital expenditure budgets.
- Participate in all technical quotes, analyses, and specifications for accuracy and risk management.
- Manage the budget in accordance with the financial parameters and standards of the projects/programmes.

**Leadership and People Management**
- Manages the effective use of the department’s resources to improve organisational productivity and delivery.
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise in critical support issues where your experience is required to ascertain the issue quickly and to find the more appropriate resolution.
- On a monthly basis, manage the headcount in accordance with company principles and policies, including notifying HR of team cancellations, new business and new initiatives.
- Manage recruitment, performance management, training, career development programs, succession planning, resource planning, and HR processes across the team.
- Lead and manage employees' end-to-end performance management process, inspire and encourage your team to deliver on key performance areas, and provide the necessary support, coaching, and training.
- Manage and lead the Talent Management Process within one's area of responsibility to create value for high-value contributors.
- Comply with company Human Resources/Employee Relations policies and procedures and applicable Labour Laws.
- Drive employee training and development, ensuring employees are provided with refresher courses in conjunction with the Training Academy.
- Draw up and conduct disciplinary hearings in accordance with labour law, statutory requirements and company ER policies and procedures.

**Lead as an Ambassador and executor of change**
- Provide continuity du