Solution Architect

Vodafone; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking a Solution Architect to design and implement solutions for the Airtime Advance business. Responsibilities include translating digital vision into solutions, defining technical stories, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure alignment with architecture. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree, extensive experience in architectures, and a strong grasp of agile methodologies.

Benefits

Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages

Retirement funds and medical aid benefits

Cell phone and data benefits

Exclusive staff discounts with partner companies

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in technical, solution architecture, or application development.
• Experience with agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
• Knowledge of digital and telecommunications industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions and cross-domain integration.
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level technical support on Airtime Advance related incidents.
• Collaborate on planning the release of technical stories.

Skills

Solution feasibility analysis

Business capability modeling

Software solution architecture

Excellent written and verbal communication

Collaboration skills

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

At Vodacom, we're working hard to build a better future.

A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world.

As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world.

Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Role purpose / Business Unit The Solution Architect is responsible for designing and leading the implementation of solutions and capability architecture for the Airtime Advance business capability / user journey, according to the overall digital vision and target architecture.

This role is responsible for the technical analysis and holistic solution design of future capabilities and features, including external dependencies, cross-domain APIs, and technical enablers / stories.

This role is responsible for reviewing the target architecture vision and roadmap, evaluating and prioritizing roadmap items, and translating them into designs and non-functional requirements.

This incumbent is responsible for providing support to engineering to ensure development of technical stories are aligned to defined architecture paradigms, principles, and patterns.

Your responsibilities will include : Translate the overall Airtime Advance digital vision and target architecture into corresponding solution designs and change requirements Design end-to-end solutions and cross domain integration and APIs Define non-functional, operational, and quality requirements for solutions Define technical stories to enable business capabilities, fostering re-use of existing components, and accept technical features following demos Collaborate to plan the release of technical stories Provide guidance to the delivery teams to ensure alignment Provide 2nd and 3rd level technical support on Airtime Advance related incidents and problems Facilitate solution compliance to security, privacy, and regulatory needs Manage technical debt and technology obsolescence at solution level Advocate adoption of new technologies into solutions The ideal candidate for this role will have : Must have technical / professional qualifications : Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, or other related field Five to seven years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments Extensive experience in business capability modelling and technical and solution architecture development in a digital business context Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, and BDD Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred Core competencies, knowledge and experience : Sound working knowledge and experience in software solution architecture and design Solution feasibility analysis Business capability / customer journey architecture governance in agile software delivery Technical enablers, integration APIs, and detailed technical and operational story design Technology Innovation : scouting, screening and evaluation Web-scale cloud-native architectures including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data technologies and architectures Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with both technical and business audiences Excellent relationship building, teamwork, and collaboration skills that enables the provision of effective support and guidance across multiple DevOps teams Ability to understand long-term ('big picture') and short-term perspectives of events and change and how they relate to achieving business outcomes Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls We make an impact by offering : Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fiber connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies Closing date for Applications : 24 January The base location for this role is, Vodacom Midrand Office The Company s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.

Commitment from Vodacom Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded.

We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people's individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too.

At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.