Senior Solution Architect

Altron; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Part time

Job summary

Altron Digital Business in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to define Azure-based architectures for healthcare products, translating business goals into practical, secure, and scalable designs. The role requires guiding end-to-end integration and delivery, with a focus on interoperability and governance.

This is a hybrid, fixed-term 6-month contract based in Woodmead. Candidates should have a strong track record across legacy and modern platforms, and be able to lead

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Software or Systems Eng or equivalent.
• Typically 8+ years in solution or systems architecture and related fields.
• Experience delivering end-to-end solution design and operational handover.
• Experience across legacy and modern platforms with multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Architecture direction and roadmap.
• Solution design and delivery enablement.
• Healthcare data, security and interoperability.
• Resilience, operations and responsible innovation.
• Governance and capability development.

Skills

Solution architecture

End-to-end design

Azure cloud architecture

APIs and integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software or Systems Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

Azure services

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Position Description

Senior Solution Architect

Position Number

7532

Reference Number

2027155

Introduction

Business Unit: Altron Digital Business
Department: Software Engineering
Location: Woodmead, Johannesburg
Appointment Type: 6- Months Fixed Term Contract

The Senior Solutions Architect defines and guides practical, secure and supportable Azure-based solution architectures for The role translates business and product objectives into solution and integration architectures, technical decisions and delivery guidance that address immediate customer needs while supporting longer-term product and technology direction. The architect uses approved AI tools as part of day-to-day requirements analysis, design, option evaluation and proof-of-concept work, applying professional judgement and validating outputs.

The architect works across varied healthcare product and technology landscape. The role supports deliberate convergence through clear standards, reusable patterns and sequenced transition choices; it does not assume that every product must move to a single technology stack

Required Tasks

• Architecture direction and roadmap
• Solution design and delivery enablement
• Healthcare data, security and interoperability
• Resilience, operations and responsible innovation
• Governance and capability development

Requirements

• Education and experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software or Systems Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Typically 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems architecture, software engineering or technical design in complex environments, including substantial responsibility for end-to-end solution design.
• Demonstrated experience taking solutions from requirements and design through implementation, deployment and operational handover.
• Experience working across legacy and modern platforms, multiple teams and integration-heavy environments.
• Essential technical capabilities
• Solution, application and integration architecture, including the ability to design and explain end-to-end integration patterns, APIs, distributed systems, data flows and system boundaries.
• Azure cloud architecture and services are required. Ability to design Azure-based solutions and account

General Comment/s

This is hybrid model position