General Manager Enterprise Architecture

Listing reference: eskom_000787
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 29 October 2025
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Architecture
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Position/Task Grade: EEE. Department: Enterprise Architecture. Business Unit: Information Technology. Location: Megawatt Park-Sunninghill. Reporting to Chief Technology and Information Officer, the General Manager Enterprise Architecture will be responsible for providing an enterprise architecture framework and roadmap for all Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems for current and future use across the organisation.
Job description

·       Skills and Competencies Required:

·       Behavioral:

o   Integrity

o   Honesty

o   Trustworthiness

o   Professionalism

o   Accountability

 

·       Leadership:

o   General management and expertise

o   Build effective relationships and deliver on expectations

o   Coaching and mentoring

o   Promote teamwork

o   Ignite passion

 

·       Knowledge:

o   Business relationship

o   Stakeholder management

o   General IT and technical understanding

o   Control objectives for information and related technologies (COBIT) and total open group architecture framework      (TOGAF)

o   Information technology infrastructure library (ITIL)

o   Enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks and building blocks

o   Middleware business architecture

o   Application Programme Interface Design (API)

o   Business, process, applications, network, infrastructure database infrastructure

 

·       Skills:

o   Strong financial

o   Business acumen

o   Risk analysis

o   Strategic, critical and analytic thinking

o   Decision making

o   Project and contract management

o   Strong design

o   Strong framework planning

o   Strong integration mapping

o   Strong innovation

o   Strong problem solving

o   Futuristic planner

o   Strong communication

o   Networking

o   Problem solving

o   Negotiation

 

·       Key Responsibilities

·       Develop and maintain strategic road maps.

·       Evaluate emerging IT and OT Technology and drive innovation.

·       Develop strategies for integration of various IT and OT systems.

·       Map road maps for future IT and OT systems to be used in the architecture roadmap.

·       Establish and maintain architectural IT and OT frameworks.

·       Map roadmaps for IT and OT legacy decommissioning.

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s): 

o   B Degree in Information Technology/ Computer Science / Engineering/ Business Administration/ Business Management at NQF7 with 360 credits or a

o   B Tech in Information Technology/ Computer Science / Engineering/ Business Administration/ Business Management at NQF7 with 360 credits or

o   Advanced Diploma in Information Technology/ Computer Science / Engineering/ Business Administration/ Business Management at NQF7 with 360 credits.

 Related Minimum Experience: 

o   10 Year’s extensive experience as an enterprise architect for IT or OT systems in large and complex organisations.

 

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