Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 13 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
At First Quantum, we free the talent of our people by taking a very different approach which is underpinned by a very different, very definite culture – the “First Quantum Way”.

Working with us is not like working anywhere else, which is why we recruit people who will take a bolder, smarter approach to spot opportunities, solve problems and deliver results.

Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That’s how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations.

Job description:
Purpose
Manages the development, maintenance and governance of network solutions across the organization, and makes sure they meet the current and emerging strategic needs of the business. The IT Enterprise Architect analyses the organization’s current systems and develops recommendations that reduce costs or increase productivity. The individual is a skilled change agent who is able to evaluate new technologies and to work closely in consultation with key stakeholders at group, region and site to lead the move towards it.

Key Responsibilities
• Provide leadership to the process business system requirements/ needs identification process
• Create short term and long-term technology roadmaps based on understanding of organization strategic requirements, technology context and business needs
• Perform use requirements gathering approaches (e.g. interviews and business process documentation) to elicit and document requirements
• Provide expert guidance on IT solutions and suppliers (make or buy) that meet business and user need
• Evaluate technology strategy, organization, business applications, and infrastructure.
• Advise on enterprise architecture landscape, including technology, information, data, security, and integration
• Implement large-scale, innovative IT solutions to drive business transformation.
• Evaluate and identify IT related risks.
• Develop technology strategy and planning deliverables to address IT risks and improve the effectiveness of the IT organization, especially in business application integration.
• Produce target-state solution architecture and perform assessments and gap analysis.
• Manage the relationship with all stakeholders to ensure that the solution is in line with business requirements
• Custodian and drives site enterprise architecture, architecture governance and architecture practice group
• Provide expertise to help solve complex technical problems and ensure best architecture solutions are implemented
• Identify change requirements and the components involved: hardware, software, applications, processes, information and technology platform.
• Define strategies to implement industry 4.0 technologies compliant with business need taking into account interoperability, scalability, usability and security, current technology platform, obsolescent equipment and latest technological innovations
• Maintain alignment between business evolution and technology developments.
• Integrate hardware, software or sub system components into an existing or a new system
• Comply with established processes and procedures such as, configuration management and package maintenance
• Take into account the compatibility of existing and new modules to ensure system integrity, system interoperability and information security
• Verify and test system capacity and performance and documentation of successful integration
• Provide advice, assistance and leadership associated with the planning, design and improvement of technologies
• Comply with appropriate standards and change control procedures to maintain integrity of the overall system functionality and reliability
• Investigate the latest ICT technological developments to establish understanding of evolving technologies
• Devise innovative solutions for integration of new technology into existing products, applications or services or for the creation of new solutions
• Communication and knowledge sharing with other teams on latest technologies and approaches

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems
• Masters will be an added Advantage.

Experience
• Minimum 7 years related experience in network engineering or architecture
• Familiar with Zachman framework, TOGAF, FEAF, UAF or Gartner EA Frameworks
• Familiar with enterprise architecture tools such as LeanIX EAM, Erwin, Planview, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio
• Member of ICTAZ or EIZ

Behavioural Traits
• Effective communication
• Ability to influence managers and employees
• Ability to demonstrate leadership
• Critical thinking
• Conflict management
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work in pressured and deadline-driven operating environment
• Detail-orientated with the technical aptitude and ability to perform tasks accurately and comprehensively
• Expert in multi-tasking, time management and planning of work
• Excellent presentation skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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