Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Architect

at Old Mutual Limited

• Job title: Enterprise Cloud Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

• Enterprise Cloud Architect responsible for aligning cloud architecture with business objectives and managing technology trends. Working across multiple areas including design, risk management, and team collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Perform enterprise cloud and infrastructure architecture strategy and planning aligned to business objectives
• Build and participate in architecture capability building
• Perform enterprise and solution cloud architecture and design management
• Investigate and adopt related cloud and hybrid infrastructure technology architecture trends
• Manage architecture risk and compliance
• Provide design and build governance and support
• Communicate and share knowledge around cloud and infrastructure architecture practices, guardrails, blueprints and standards.
• Develop and align IT Strategies and Programmes to business objectives
• Define Strategic Runway Themes for Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture
• Develop required multi-cloud architecture roadmaps containing target and transition landscapes
• Provide input into investment planning to transition the integration architecture and practice
• Aligning cloud architecture roadmaps and runways to business planning and investments
• Define key cloud architecture runway initiatives to be delivered for the intentional cloud architecture
• Participate in business planning, costing and business case definition related to cloud architecture initiatives
• Develop and maintain the cloud architecture views and viewpoints
• Maintain the cloud artifacts in the set enterprise repository aligned to the rest of the architecture
• Manage the cloud architecture processes based on the requirements for each architype
• Manage change impact of the architecture with stakeholders
• Build the cloud architecture practice with embedded architects and engineers including the relevant methods, repository and tools
• Manage the cloud and related infrastructure architecture transition
• Participate in the architecture practice development
• Apply well-architected frameworks in design reviews
• Review trends with regards to the cloud infrastructure and platform technologies

Requirements

• Matric
• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering OR relevant diploma / degree OR 4 to 8 years of relevant work experience
• Requires a minimum of 5 years in a senior technology role with a proven track record in architecture/design and a minimum of 10-15 years relevant IT experience
• Requires a minimum 10 years related infrastructure/cloud role with relevant experience in infrastructure and cloud technologies such as cloud compute, cloud compute platforms, serverless, cloud migration and modernisation, well-architected frameworks and infrastructure/cloud operations and management.
• TOGAF ArchiMate Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure)
• Cloud Related Experience
• AWS Services / Azure Services (Compute, Platform, Storage, Networking)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates)

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities