Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect – Cloud & Transformation

Catalyst24; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyst24 is seeking a Lead Architect to own architecture and integration across the organization’s platforms in Cape Town. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and IT teams to design enterprise-grade solutions and lead a team of domain architects to delivery excellence.

The role requires deep expertise in enterprise architecture, governance, and financial services experience, with a focus on secure, scalable IT design.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership experience and mentoring of architecture teams.
• Experience designing and deploying Cloud and On-Prem solutions.
• Knowledge of IT governance and operations.
• Experience with Banking Switch platforms (Base24, Postilion).
• Enterprise and solution architecture roles within financial services.
• Certified Architect or equivalent qualification.
• About 15 years of relevant experience.
• Technical skills: Cards Payments, PHP (Laravel/Lumen), GoLang, Java, Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the architecture team of IT domain architects.
• Define skills and training plans for Architecture team.
• Translate business problems into technical designs for IT solutions.
• Ensure secure IT architecture aligned with Enterprise Architecture strategy.
• Balance standards with business needs and constraints.
• Govern IT change governance and maintain Architecture Repository.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, Change, and IT teams.
• Drive continuous improvement within the IT organization.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud & On-Prem

Enterprise Architecture

Banking Switch Platforms

Base24

Postilion

PHP (Laravel/Lumen)

GoLang

Java

Python

Communication

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Leadership Development

Education

Certified Architect or equivalent

Tools

Base24

Postilion

Job description

Catalyst24 is seeking a Lead Architect to own architecture and integration across the organization’s platforms in Cape Town. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and IT teams to design enterprise-grade solutions and lead a team of domain architects to delivery excellence.

The role requires deep expertise in enterprise architecture, governance, and financial services experience, with a focus on secure, scalable IT design.