Engineering Lead II (Solutions Architect)

Nedbank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Johannesburg is seeking an Engineering Lead II (Solutions Architect) to oversee the evolution of technology assets. The role involves analyzing problems, collaborating with stakeholders, and mentoring software practitioners. Candidates should have extensive IT experience and knowledge of various technologies including Java, Microservices, and cloud services.

Qualifications

• Min 10 years IT Experience.
• Experience in IBM- FileNet P8 platform.

Responsibilities

• Analyse problems and formulate solutions based on architecture and constraints.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and obtain buy-in for solutions.
• Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners.

Skills

Security patterns

Load Balancer integration

API integration platforms

Microservices

Web Services

CI/CD

Object Oriented Programming

Java

Spring Boot Framework

.Net Framework

MSFT C#

XML

JSON

Kafka

ELK Stack

IBM Liberty Profile

IBM WebSeal

AWS

Azure Cloud

MS SQL

Power BI

Dynatrace

Education

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

BSC Computer Science

Job description

Engineering Lead II (Solutions Architect)

Details

Location:

Johannesburg, ZA

Date: 16 May 2025

Reference: 137833

Job Classification

Job Family

Information Technology

Application Development

Manage Self: Professional

Job Purpose

To actively own and be accountable for the overall evolution of multiple Technology or Domain assets while influencing and maintaining the health of the asset. Play a leadership role on the associated COE’s

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assist software designers with lower level designs.
• Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
• Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset.
• Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
• Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners.
• Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
• Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.
• Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability.
• Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter.
• Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking

Required Technical Knowledge

• Security patterns
• Load Balancer integration (e.g. F5 and cloud-based services), ISAM, AZP
• API integration platforms (e.g. IBM DataPower, IBM API Connect)
• Microservices
• Web Services
• CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment)
• Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Java (preferably Java 17 or higher)
• Spring Boot Framework
• .Net Framework
• MSFT C#
• XML and JSON
• Kafka
• ELK Stack
• IBM Liberty Profile
• IBM WebSeal
• AWS and Azure Cloud
• MS SQL
• Power BI
• Dynatrace

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

BSC Computer Scienceor other IT Qualification

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 10 years IT Experience
• Security technologies
• Software development and application Integration
• Middleware concepts and can associate most of the concepts into designs and argue them in context
• Exposure to Microservices
• Experience in IBM- FileNet P8 platform
• CmoD – Content Management

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Asset management
• Data Warehousing
• Information Technology (IT) Architecture
• Decision Making
• Courage
• Stress Tolerance
• Quality Orientation
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Resolving Conflict

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