Qualification

• A minimum of three (3) years' experience working as data Architect
• Qualification I Certification (certified copies to be provided).
• TOGAF certification
• Local Government experience will be advantageous.

Scope of Service

• Provide strategic direction for the organization data landscape.
• Develop data management strategy.
• Define how the data will be stored, consumed, integrated and managed by different data entities and IT systems, as well as any applications using or processing data.
• Work closely with the application architect and the business architect in the achieving data consolidation.
• Drive the data standards within the organization from all perspectives including new offsite data elements.
• Ensure complete data solution design to achieve business driven value.
• Design process for reuse of data elements components, their use within projects.
• Design process for the disposal, archiving and retention of data components and elements and their associated Meta data.
• Design and evaluate solutions on how to improve, and sustain data quality, database performance, data accuracy, data security for both digital and non- digital data sets.
• Ensure data design complies with the relevant organization data security acts and polices (e.g. Minimum Interoperability Security Standard and Protection of Personal Information, etc.).
• Design solution together with the other domain architects to gain maximum benefit for technology and processes
• Design, develop, define and maintain the data architecture standards, data interoperability Operational data marts.
• Design and evaluate solutions that use a combination of, business intelligence, analytics, traditional data warehouse and big data service Internal and external data sources.
• Design processes and producers for the organisation.
• Manage and maintain the data artefacts in the enterprise architecture repository.
• Recommend appropriate course of action to developers and management on data implementation issues.
• Define technical standards and methods for performance, and quality.
• Ensure that the appropriate strategies and policies are in place and provide the necessary expertise to the Policy and Strategy Unit where strategies and policies are deemed missing.
• Ensure that the strategies and policies are implemented and adhered to.
• Contribute promote and ensure adherence to ICT organization frameworks, processes and best practice.
• Analyse and ensure alignment to ICT organization frameworks and standards.
• Coordinate the ICT planning audit requirements.
• Serve as a group member on the internal enterprise architecture organization boards