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Solution Architect - Data Management & BI
Job Ref
241076
Job Type
Both
Employer Type
Recruitment Agency
Date Added
4 Apr 2016
Expiry Date 2 May 2016
Expiry Date 2 May 2016
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Employer:
Praesignis
Location:
Gauteng
Salary:
Negotiable
Benefits:
Role details:
Praesignis is on a major recruitment drive and are looking for skilled and experienced Solution Architect with experience and a good understanding of all aspects of Data Warehouse Life Cycle. This role will involve architecting and leading the development of solutions within the projects.
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Minimum Requirements:Matric or equivalent Certification. 5 Years experience in Architecting solutions in the Data Management and BI environments. Understanding of ETL and BI. Architecture design skills and experience.
Business Analyst experience in a BI environment.
Understanding of business processes.
Work on more than one project at a time.
Be able to work within the framework of project methodologies and work independently on support and maintenance tasks.
Strong communication skills.
Good writing skills.
Must be able to pay attention to detail.
Good general understanding of the relevant industry.
Work independently.
Must be a team player.
Job Specifications:
Business Architecture which includes an understanding of the business strategy, business processes, business capabilities and products as well as the people required to execute the process
Application Architecture which includes an understanding of the applications required to execute the business processes on, the data required and the integration between applications
Data and Integration Architecture which includes the logical and physical data required for a solutions as well as the integration point between applications and the data in each integration point
Technical Architecture which includes the application designs, physical infrastructure required for the applications and database architectures
Security Architecture which includes all the security requirements and design for the solution
Duties:
Interacting with the customer to understand business requirements.
Understanding and influencing the business strategy.
Defining the As-Is and To-Be architecture.
Producing requirements specifications, architectural designs for the project you are working on.
Presenting the architecture vision of a project to the customers SI / Architecture Board for approval.
Getting buy-in for the architecture vision from stakeholders which includes the customer, project team and other stakeholders.
Act as the architect during the life of the project to ensure the project aligns to the architecture and that the vision is kept alive during the construction phase of the project.
Defining all non-functional requirement for a project and making sure they are fully tested during the testing phase of the project.
Supervising application build, test, and deploy activities.
Progress reporting to senior management and the customer.
Managing risk and project deliverables.
Active participation in the project technical leadership.
Prepare architecture documents and models for the project.
Sell the vision to the stakeholders in the customer and technical teams and get their buy-in
Optional Requirements:
Extensive experience in the financial / banking industry.
Relevant Tertiary qualification.
Training as a Software Architect and Togaf certification
Experience in MS SQL, DB2, Teradata, Sybase IQ.
Consulting experience
Played the architect role on several large projects preferably in Investment Banking projects
Attributes:
Self-motivated with strong team spirit. Good work ethic. Ability to work independently with little supervision as well as the ability to work within a team. Excellent multi-tasking skills. Ability to communicate well to both technical and non-technical staff.