Systems and Cloud Architect Lead (NAWAH)

Job Purpose

The System & Cloud Architect Lead is responsible for defining the cloud strategy using a comprehensive view, ensuring that it fulfills all the requirements set forth by ENIC. This includes managing cloud systems architecture, installation, and configuration; designing, planning, executing, and upkeeping cloud infrastructure services; and managing maintenance-related activities in the cloud environment.

Key responsibilities include establishing performance and resource utilization metrics, actively monitoring progress against these metrics, investigating incidents' root causes, and implementing corrective and preventative measures. The role also involves proactively managing capacity across all cloud infrastructure environments and leading the automation of operational tasks, health checks, and performance monitoring. Additionally, support for internal and external audits, vendor audits, and true-up exercises is required, including carrying out support outside of regular working hours and on weekends.

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

Enterprise and Business Architecture – Level 6

1. Develops enterprise-wide architecture and processes to embed the strategic application of change in the management of the organization.
2. Leads the creation and review of a systems capability strategy that meets the strategic requirements of the business, ensuring buy-in from all key stakeholders.
3. Captures and prioritizes market and environmental trends, business strategies, and objectives, identifying business benefits of alternative strategies. Develops and presents business cases for approval, funding, and prioritization of high-level initiatives.
4. Sets strategies, policies, standards, and practices to ensure compliance between business strategies, technology strategies, and enterprise transformation activities.

Solution Architecture – Level 5

1. Leads the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure, or functional areas.
2. Leads the preparation of technical plans and ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available.
3. Provides technical guidance and governance on solution development and integration, evaluating requests for changes and deviations from specifications and recommending actions.

Emerging Technology Monitoring – Level 5

1. Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies.
2. Assesses and documents the impacts, threats, and opportunities to the organization.
3. Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others.

Demand Management – Level 5

1. Implements demand management analysis and planning activities.
2. Provides advice to help stakeholders adopt and adhere to the agreed demand management approach.
3. Maintains a register of business requests and routes requests to the right place, reporting on the status of each request.
4. Reviews new business proposals and provides advice on demand issues, working with business representatives to agree and implement short-term and medium-term modifications to demand.

Professional Certifications

• Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure)
• Cloud Automation (CloudFormation Templates, ARM Templates)
• Federation Services
• Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Shell, etc.)
• Microsoft Windows Server and Linux Server (OS)
• DNS / DHCP / Group Policy

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a closely related field is required.
• Broad IT domain experience in one or more of the following areas: Network Development and Design, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Vendor Management, Quality Assurance, Infrastructure, and Maintenance and Support.
• Familiarity with company structure and operations outside of IT.

Experience