Senior Solutions Architect

4 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Planet10 Full time

As a Senior Solutions Architect:

  • You are responsible for leading the design and assisting with the implementation of complex technology solutions that meet current and future business needs.
  • In addition to technology components, solution architecture advises on changes to services, processes, organisation, and operating models.
  • You will be working closely with clients and cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and ensuring technology solutions meet those requirements.
  • You will work with senior engineers and Technical Leads across the division(s) to realise solutions.
  • Make sure designing of systems consider relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) and those existing and planned solution components remain compatible.
  • You will be responsible for estimating the technical feasibility of high-level backlog items and projects and provide high-level impact assessments.
  • You will be required to investigate new technologies, understand their importance and relevance to the organization.
  • You will be required to provide justifications for new technologies by engaging with other Architects in various Architectural Forums.
  • You will be required to provide cost estimates and evaluations in the context solutions and the procurement of new technologies.
  • Should have experience working with different technologies, such as web services, databases, and cloud computing. In addition to that architectural pattern such as microservices/monolithic systems.

Qualifications

  • Diploma in IT or Computer Science.
  • Certification in Cloud Application Design and Development (advantageous).
  • TOGAF (optional)

Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Solution Architecture or 10+ years in software development.
  • Experience and understanding of architectural styles like microservices and monoliths.
  • Experience in various architectural patterns (example Event Driven Architectures).
  • Documentation tools like Confluence, Draw.io, EA Sparx, Visio, Yed or similar.
  • Experience with designing or building highly available and scalable systems.
  • Proficient understanding of Cloud services (AWS advantageous).
  • Experience designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on Cloud platforms (advantageous).5
  • Exceptional knowledge of Webservice, Java, Nest JS, REST, AWS, C# .Net (advantageous).
  • CI/CD knowledge.
  • Solid understanding of Agile methodologies, SCRUM experience would be advantageous.
  • RDBMS experience.
  • Experience working with NoSQL databases.
  • Experience in distributed caching technologies.
  • Exposure to full life cycle systems development.
  • Solid understanding of Industry recommended Software Engineering Principles.
  • Solid development background (advantageous).
  • Competent development in Java, Python, Node.js (advantageous).

Technical Competencies

  • Customer Oriented.
  • Architectural Design.
  • Micro-Services Architecture.
  • Cloud Architecture and Development.
  • High Availability and Fault Tolerant Application Development and System Design.
  • Software Engineering Principles.
  • Software Risk Governance.
  • Lead the development of architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external, and internal customers.
  • Take full responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
  • Establish policy and strategy for the selection of systems architecture components, and coordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency.
  • Ensure that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to.
  • Within a business change programme, manage the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects within the programme.
  • Create high-level impact assessments for backlog items.
  • Identify the communications needs of each stakeholder group in conjunction with business owners and subject matter experts.
  • Translate communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific tasks.
  • Facilitate open communication and discussion between stakeholders, acting as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
  • Engage with other Architects across the Group to realise solutions spanning multiple organization units.
  • Engage with third parties, both local and international, to procure, understand, and guide the implementation of said third party technologies.
  • Build and maintain relations with internal and third parties.
  • Assist local or team-based standards for programming tools and techniques, including security guidelines, and the selection of appropriate development methods.
  • Advise on application of standards and methods and ensures compliance.
  • Take technical responsibility for all stages and/or iterations in a software development project, providing method specific technical advice and guidance to project stakeholders.
  • Assign work packages, monitors performance and manages change control dynamically, to optimise productivity.
  • Provide advice, guidance and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required.
  • Strategically run POCs to assess various technologies and patterns for implementation or to write a reference implementation for development teams.
  • Provide guidance to the delivery team on solutions.
  • Provide guidance to the Product team and the wider organization on strategic decisions.

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