Senior Azure Solutions Architect — Healthcare & Integration

Altron Digital Business; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Altron Digital Business in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to provide strategic architecture leadership across healthcare technology. This hands-on role involves evaluating environments, identifying gaps, and guiding technology decisions to deliver immediate business value while supporting long-term goals.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture and Business teams to design secure, scalable Azure-based solutions, define integration strategies, and ensure

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in Solution Architecture, Systems Architecture, Software Engineering or Technical Design roles.
• Strong Azure architecture experience, including cloud, hybrid and integration-focused environments.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale integrations, APIs, distributed systems and data flows.
• Strong understanding of security, identity and access management, resilience, performance and operational supportability.
• Experience leading solutions from requirements through implementation and operational handover.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and guide technical decision-making at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Assess the current application and technology landscape and identify opportunities for optimisation, modernisation and automation.
• Develop solution architectures and transition roadmaps aligned to business objectives and product strategies.
• Evaluate architectural options and make informed recommendations considering cost, risk, scalability, maintainability and time-to-value.
• Define future-state architectures and technology direction while balancing immediate business needs.
• Translate business and operational requirements into end-to-end technical solution designs.
• Design and govern integration architectures across internal applications, external partners and third-party platforms.
• Define APIs, integration patterns, data flows, security controls, resilience requirements and deployment approaches.
• Support delivery teams by providing practical architectural guidance throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Lead the design of Azure-based cloud solutions across hybrid, hosted and on-premises environments.
• Drive automation initiatives that improve quality, delivery speed and operational efficiency.
• Apply modern architecture practices, DevSecOps principles and cloud-native design patterns.
• Leverage approved AI tools responsibly to support requirements analysis, solution design and proof-of-concept development.

Skills

Azure

Solution Architecture

Security & IAM

API & Integration

Cloud architectures

Leadership & Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Altron Digital Business in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to provide strategic architecture leadership across healthcare technology. This hands-on role involves evaluating environments, identifying gaps, and guiding technology decisions to deliver immediate business value while supporting long-term goals.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture and Business teams to design secure, scalable Azure-based solutions, define integration strategies, and ensure