Senior Solutions Architect — Enterprise & Cloud Architecture

Clicks Group Limited; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail group is seeking a Solutions Architect based in Cape Town to design effective IT solutions and lead systems analysis, design, and development. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in applications development, with at least 4 years in application design and technical leadership roles. This role is pivotal for advancing the enterprise architecture capability within the organization.

Qualifications

• 10 years in applications development practice.
• 4 years in application design using industry-standard development methodologies.
• 2-3 years in line management or technical leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Design effective IT solutions that meet business needs/requirements.
• Responsible for systems analysis, design, and solution development.
• Establish and mature enterprise architecture capability.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)

Integration technologies and patterns (e.g., APIs, ESB, microservices)

Cloud platforms and architecture (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP)

Security and compliance principles

DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Data architecture concepts (e.g., data lakes, warehouses, MDM)

Software design patterns

Business process modeling (e.g., BPMN, UML)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems

Job description

A leading retail group is seeking a Solutions Architect based in Cape Town to design effective IT solutions and lead systems analysis, design, and development. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in applications development, with at least 4 years in application design and technical leadership roles. This role is pivotal for advancing the enterprise architecture capability within the organization.