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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)
 
The Road Accident Fund's mission is to provide appropriate cover to all road users within the borders of South Africa; to rehabilitate and compensate persons injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents in a timely and caring manner; and to actively promote safe use of our roads
 
The Organization requires the services of qualified individual for the following position; the position will be based in Head Office:-
 
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
 
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT: T.A.S.K LEVEL 16
18062021SOL
LOCATION: Centurion
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 7/27/2021 11:55 PM
 
Purpose of the Job: Reporting to the Senior Manager: Business Analysis, Enterprise Architect and Process, the successful candidate will be accountable to work with stakeholders to specify, design and select information system that deliver great value to the RAF.
 
 
Key Performance Areas
Develop Component Solution Architecture for RAF and expected RABS
  • Consume the Business requirements and utilize existing Solutions Architectures, Technology Context Model and other existing Enterprise Architecture components to develop the specific solution architectures.
  • Responsible for making decisions or recommendations around the nature of business solutions – i.e. build or buy decisions, the technology platforms to use, how will the solution scale to meet expected user demand, how should the solution components be deployed, and the solution integration decisions with other organizational systems.

Manage Application Portfolio
  • Develop an application portfolio.
  • Periodically update the application portfolio to keep abreast of the changing application landscape.

Manage Solution Architecture
  • Develop conceptual solution architecture.
  • Analyse the business requirement.
  • Perform advisory service to business on solution building blocks.

 
Identify Risks Associated with Solution Architecture
  • Identify existing business risks related to the implementation of software design.
  • Draw up risk mitigation plan.

Reporting
  • Develop weekly and monthly reports.
  • Attend all required technical meetings and action all the related items.
 
Qualifications and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma @ NQF Level 7 in Information System or Computer Science.
  • Post graduate Diploma/ Honours Degree/ Professional Qualification Degree will be advantageous.
  • TOGAF certification.
  • Service Oriented Architecture Certification will be advantageous.
  • Relevant 6 – 8 years' experience as a Solution Architect in various ICT environments of which 2 years must have been on supervisory level/ area of expertise.
  • Experience of developing Service Oriented Architectures (SOA).
  • Strong integration experience.
  • Experience in assessing a broad range of information solutions and products (i.e. document management, collaboration management, content management etc.)
     
 
Technical and Behavioral competencies required
  • Strategic capability and leadership.
  • Results orientation.
  • Business and financial acumen.
  • Brand and stakeholder orientation.
  • Organisational resilience.
  • Communication skills.
  • Team resilience.
  • Network and alliances.
  • Talent management.
  • Change management.
  • Strong understanding of the Enterprise Architecture context and components, which must be used to conceptualize business solutions, based on the business requirements.
  • Strong conceptual and analytical skills, demonstrating outside the box problem solving skills.
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies such as TOGAF or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure including servers, storage, firewalls, load balancers and routers.

Road Accident Fund Values
  • Integrity,
  • Compassion,
  • Accountability,
  • Respect,
  • Excellence
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Remuneration
Total cost to company applicable to this position is minimum R911 075.00 per annum, negotiable.

NB: "RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs".

Closing date: 27 July 2021 
 
Applications can be forwarded to the Recruitment Officer at Eco Glades; email address is Patiencem.recruitment@raf.co.za
 
INSTRUCTION TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
  1. Indicate the name and the reference number for the position you are applying for on the subject line.
  2. Do not submit copies of qualifications and ID as these will be requested from shortlisted candidates on the interview date.
  3. Submit a short CV with a maximum of 5 pages.
  4. Please indicate your current salary and salary expectations if considered for the position.
 
NB: 
The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.
  • Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful

  • Security Vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees

  • It is the applicants' responsibility to have foreign qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.