Senior Solution Architect — Digital Platform & Data

KFC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

KFC Africa is seeking an experienced Solution/Enterprise Architect to lead the design of its digital ecosystem across channels including App, Web, Kiosk, WhatsApp, and back-end platforms. You will translate the future roadmap into actionable architectures and ensure on-time delivery with secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

Responsibilities include creating reference architectures, governance, data contracts, and coordinating with squads and vendors to align with the D+T strategy and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7–10+ years in solution/enterprise/application architecture for consumer digital or e-commerce.
• Strong grounding in cloud architectures, networking, security, and integration patterns.
• Leadership on non-functional requirements (security, privacy, performance, availability, observability).
• Experience with data contracts, event schemas, identity/consent, analytics and customer data platform activation.
• Ability to produce clear architecture artefacts and guide vendors to comply.

Responsibilities

• Reference architectures and patterns: approved designs for journeys and services.
• Designs and artefacts for initiatives: diagrams, non-functional checklists, data contracts.
• Standards and governance: security, privacy, availability, performance, observability.
• Data layer and contracts: event schemas, identity/consent, data platform integration.
• Cost and reliability guidance: FinOps guardrails and SLAs; design reviews.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud architectures

Security by design

Data contracts

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

KFC Africa is seeking an experienced Solution/Enterprise Architect to lead the design of its digital ecosystem across channels including App, Web, Kiosk, WhatsApp, and back-end platforms. You will translate the future roadmap into actionable architectures and ensure on-time delivery with secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

Responsibilities include creating reference architectures, governance, data contracts, and coordinating with squads and vendors to align with the D+T strategy and