Banking Solutions Architect - AWS Cloud & Security

Africonology; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Africonology in Johannesburg, Gauteng, seeks a Solution / Technical Architect for a three‑month contract to define, develop and maintain architectures for banking solutions and align roadmaps with business goals.

You will guide cross‑functional teams, establish patterns, ensure security and regulatory compliance (PCI-DSS, POPIA), and design APIs, data flows, and cloud‑native architectures to scale with demand.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualifications in information technology, computer science, software engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable knowledge of architectural frameworks and methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with system integration, cloud technologies, and modern software development practises.

Responsibilities

• Define the end-to-end architecture for product solutions, including channels, APIs, orchestration, data, security, and integrations.
• Establish architectural principles, patterns, and standards tailored to regulatory and banking requirements.
• Create solution architecture documents, integration diagrams, and technical models for all project components.
• Create high-level and low-level architecture diagrams covering channels, APIs, integration layers, orchestration, data stores, and observability.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and the bank’s long-term technology roadmap.
• Design flows for authorization, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, exception handling, and dispute processes.
• Ensure compliance with scheme rules and payment rails (local and international).
• Define API specifications, integration patterns, and data contracts for internal and external services.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Africonology in Johannesburg, Gauteng, seeks a Solution / Technical Architect for a three‑month contract to define, develop and maintain architectures for banking solutions and align roadmaps with business goals.

You will guide cross‑functional teams, establish patterns, ensure security and regulatory compliance (PCI-DSS, POPIA), and design APIs, data flows, and cloud‑native architectures to scale with demand.