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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 individuals for the following position, the positions will be based in Head Office:-
 
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
 
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT: T.A.S.K GRADE 16
20092019SAI
LOCATION: Centurion
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 7/21/2020 11:55 PM
 
 
Purpose of the Job: Reporting to the Senior Manager: Business Analysis, Enterprise Architecture & Process Management, the successful incumbent 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 Architectures 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.
  • Define and establish the solution architecture, starting from an initial conceptual vision and evolving into a more concrete software architecture specification.

Manage the organisational Application Portfolio.
  • Develop an application portfolio.
  • Periodically update the application portfolio to keep abreast of the changing application landscape.
     
 
Manage Solution Architectures.
  • Develop conceptual solution architecture.
  • Analyse business requirement.
  • Perform advisory service to business on solution building blocks.

 Identify risks associated with Solution Architectures.
  • 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 @ NQF Level 8 will be advantageous.
  • TOGAF certification.
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) 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 a 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 and content management, etc.).

Technical and behavioural competencies required
  • Strategic capability and leadership.
  • Results orientation.
  • Business and financial acumen.
  • Brand and stakeholder orientation.
  • Organisational resilience.
  • Communication skills.
  • Team orientation.
  • 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 routers.
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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 contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in manner that will suit their needs".

Closing date: 21 July 2020

Applications can be forwarded to the Recruitment Officer at Eco Glades; email address is SboneloN.recruitment@raf.co.za OR hand delivered at 420 Witch-Hazel Avenue, Eco Glades 2, Centurion.
 
INSTRUCTION TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
  1. The incumbent for this position must be willing to travel.
  2. Indicate the name and the reference number for the position you are applying for on the subject line
  3. Do not submit copies of qualifications and ID as these will be requested from shortlisted candidates on the interview date
  4. Submit a short CV with a maximum of 5 pages
  5. Please indicate your current salary and salary expectations if considered for the position.

     The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to groups who are underrepresented in terms of our Employment Equity Plan
 
NB: 
  • 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.