Solution Architect Ii
2 days ago
**Purpose of the Job**:
**Job Objectives**:
- Develop and maintain an understanding of the business strategy and business priorities for FinTech services.
- Develop the company’s FinTech landscape roadmap and blueprints in line with the strategic business direction.
- Analyse and understand FinTech business requirements and translate the requirements into the most effective solution architecture with mínimal customization and/or advise on suitable solution alternatives.
- Serve as the primary solution architecture and design authority for all project and operational stakeholders and ensure architecture quality across all solutions that enable the FinTech business domain.
- Be clearly identified as the senior design authority as it relates to the FinTech business domain and provide technical guidance and leadership in solution proposals, RFIs, RFPs, and project teams.
- Partner with the Enterprise Architect and other Solution Architects in support of the definition and development of the overall retail solution landscape.
- Detect critical deficiencies in the FinTech architectures and recommend improvements.
- Contribute to solution architecture and design standards and SDLC governance requirements:
- Maintain and manage FinTech related architecture artifacts in the Enterprise Architecture repository and ensure that the content is effectively organized and controlled so as to maintain architectural consistency.
- Contribute to the definition of a framework for Solution Architecture and the policies, procedures and templates that guide and govern Solution Architecture processes.
- Contribute to the development of architecture principles and compliance criteria to guide technology decisions.
**Qualifications**:
- Degree in Information Systems / B Sc Computer Science (or similar)
- Architecture Framework certification (e.g., TOGAF)
**Experience**:
- 7-10 Years’ Working experience within the IT industry
- 5+Years’ Experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis, architecture, system analysis and design through development, testing, implementation, and production support (SDLC)
- 5+ Years’ Excellent design and architecture skills and proven track record delivering well designed complex enterprise class systems
- 5+ Years’ Identification and formulation of solution architecture and solution alternatives and their assessment
- 2-3 Years’ Experience with current research and standards in Solution Architecture
- 5-10 years’ Experience implementing solutions in an architecture capacity in the FinTech industry
- 3-5 years’ Experience in architecting FinTech solutions from a security perspective
- 3-5 years’ Experience in architecting payment platforms and supporting technologies
**Knowledge and Skills**:
- Architecture and design of high transaction volume
- Financial Services systems and technical knowledge of Cloud architectures (Cloud, APIs, micro services, omni-channel, etc.) and integration to other solutions
- Commercial and business understanding of the broader Value-Added Financial Services and retail services industry
- Architecture Framework certification (e.g., TOGAF)
- Software development frameworks and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and logical skills Excellent team-working, interpersonal skills
- Develop of proposals and excellent written communication & presentation skills
- Excellent organisation and facilitation skills
- Strong conflict management skills
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