Solutions Architect

wePlace (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 1.200.000 - 1.800.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The unknown bank is seeking a Solutions Architect with extensive IT delivery experience and a strong background in architecture and solution design. You will lead technical design for complex applications and drive end-to-end, full-stack solutions across platform and cloud environments.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in IT delivery, 4+ years in architecture and in solution design, plus financial services exposure. AWS and Kubernetes skills are highly valued in this role.

Formación

• 10+ years IT delivery, 2+ years architecture
• 4+ years in solution design
• 4+ years as a Solutions Architect

Responsabilidades

• Lead apex technical design for applications and solutions
• Design end-to-end and full-stack solutions across components, including cloud services
• Work with AWS, domain-driven design, and Kubernetes to deliver resilient systems

Conocimientos

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Commercial Thinking

Facilitation Skills

Business Process Modelling

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Educación

Relevant IT qualification

Grade 12 National Certificate/Vocational

Herramientas

AWS

Descripción del empleo

Reference: JHB000736-LG-1

An industry leading Bank has an exciting opportunity available for a Solutions Architect to join their dynamic team.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose Statement
As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for the success of a product, acting as the apex technical leader for your application. You will bring deep technical knowledge of at least one programming paradigm, preferably object-oriented or functional programming, and be comfortable working with languages like C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Additionally, you will have experience with both relational and non-relational databases, as well as AWS cloud skills. You will have the opportunity to learn and work with domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, and Kubernetes. You will be a problem solver at heart, with the ability to think critically and creatively to find innovative solutions.

Experience

• 10+ years' experience in IT Delivery, including a minimum of 2+ years' experience in architecture
• 4+ years' experience in solution design
• 4+ years' experience as a Solutions Architect
• Financial Services experience
• Experience must be in designing end-to-end and full stack
• End-to-end - able to design solution, which includes all components, ensuring that all end users are serviced correctly in production
• Full stack - able to design for each component within the solution addressing the functional (application), non-functional (platform) and infrastructure and cloud services

Qualifications

Minimum:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Ideal:

• A relevant post graduate degree
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate and/or Professional Certification

Knowledge

Minimum:

• System architecture (technical design and implementation processes)
• Systems analysis and design
• Agile systems development processes (CI/CD standards and agile delivery methods)
• A solid understanding of modern software development environments
• Component-based and Service-oriented Architecture
• Designing and delivering resilient solutions
• Policies, standards, patterns, and best practices
• Financial Services solutions environment

Ideal:

• Solid understanding of Banking business model
• Business process modelling
• Business analysis
• Cloud architectures
• Big data
• DevOps development culture and principles
• Various development technologies (preferably Cobol, Java, .NET, JavaScript, and Python ecosystems)

Skills

• Communication Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Commercial Thinking Skills
• Facilitation Skills
• Business Process Modelling skills (IDEF-0, Financial Modelling, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, etc.)
• Negotiation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Analytical Skills

Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.

You can visit our website for more vacancies: www.wePlace.co.za / LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/wePlace