Enterprise Architect

Job Description:

JD – Enterprise Architect

Experience Required: 4 years

Skills & qualifications

Technical architects require a combination of hard and soft skills to be successful in the role. Hard skills include specific qualifications and training in certain technologies, while soft skills include communication and people skills.

Hard skills

Hard skills required by technical architects are:

• A degree or postgraduate degree in IT, computer science, or equivalent.
• At least six years of proven work experience as a system architect, project manager, or equivalent position.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Development Area (e.g Web - Angular, React, Python, SQL, Database or Mobile app related)
• Good knowledge of strategic IT solutions and hands-on experience in software development.
• Ability to solve complex IT issues & extensive knowledge of computer hardware and networking systems.
• Experience with cloud computing and cloud technologies.

Soft skills

As well as hard skills, tech architects are required to have advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to project manage. This involves great interpersonal skills, so they can successfully communicate and collaborate with stakeholders and team members.

Since IT projects usually have tight deadlines, TAs need to be able to prioritize workload, anticipate problems and delegate tasks to other team members.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in IT, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• Up-to-date knowledge of software applications, programming languages, and hardware.
• Understanding of best practices in the IT industry.
• Proven track record of work experience as a system manager, project manager, or developer.