Senior Solution Architect: Payments & Cloud

PayInc; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PayInc in Johannesburg seeks an experienced Solution Architect to translate business strategy into scalable technical architectures. You will define architectures, roadmaps, and design principles that align with enterprise standards while balancing functional and non‑functional requirements.

You will collaborate with product owners, engineers, and SMEs to deliver integrated solutions across applications, data, security, and infrastructure in an agile environment, ensuring governance and

Qualifications

• Related degree or diploma in IT or a closely related field.
• Relevant IT and architecture certifications (TOGAF, Cloud, Agile, Zachman).
• Experience translating business strategy into IT architecture and roadmaps.
• Knowledge of modern platforms, APIs, and microservices.
• Understanding of security, data, and integration considerations.

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain solution recommendations, designs, and roadmaps to support PayInc’s current and future business and technical strategies.
• Documenting and sharing best practice knowledge for new solutions.
• Advocating for process improvements and helping develop solutions.
• Design, specify and select application/information system solutions, considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance.
• In collaboration with the Product Owners and peer architects, to develop and maintain current and future state architecture outcomes across all technical domains including application, security, data and infrastructure.
• Conduct reviews and validate solutions designs from other team members.
• Participate in business case delivery for recommended technology solutions and ensure adherence to architecture and other governance and approval processes.
• Work with the project, technical and business peers to craft out appropriate projects or release train schedules and technical runways for resourcing and delivery planning.

Skills

TOGAF

Cloud architecture

Agile

Zachman framework

Security architecture

API & microservices

DevOps

Education

Related Degree or Diploma in IT

IT certifications (TOGAF, Cloud, Agile, Zachman)

Job description

PayInc in Johannesburg seeks an experienced Solution Architect to translate business strategy into scalable technical architectures. You will define architectures, roadmaps, and design principles that align with enterprise standards while balancing functional and non‑functional requirements.

You will collaborate with product owners, engineers, and SMEs to deliver integrated solutions across applications, data, security, and infrastructure in an agile environment, ensuring governance and