Senior Digital Solutions Architect — E‑commerce & Data

YUM

Johannesburg

Hybrid

ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

KFC Africa is seeking a Solution Architect to own the solution design and architecture standards across its digital ecosystem. This role aligns to the D+T strategy and global standards to ensure secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective architectures across channels and back-end platforms.

You will translate the future architecture roadmap into reference architectures, patterns, and reviews so squads and vendors can deliver on-standard and on-time, while maintaining governance and security

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Owns reference architectures and patterns for journeys and services across POS, loyalty, payments, and analytics.
Produces architecture artefacts: diagrams, data contracts, NR checklists, and design reviews.
Sets standards for security, privacy, availability, performance, and observability.
Leads vendor engagements and architecture decisions aligned to roadmaps and TCO.
Defines data contracts, event schemas, and consent flows with analytics and CRM teams.
Establishes cost guidance and reliability targets with FinOps considerations.