Solutions Architect

FirstRand; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution in Johannesburg is looking for a professional to design and govern IT solutions that address business needs. The role requires strong skills in troubleshooting, relationship management, and the ability to implement technological solutions efficiently. Success in this position demands collaboration with various stakeholders, ensuring optimal processes while complying with governance requirements. Candidates must apply before the closing date of 06/02/26.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering IT innovations or efficiencies.
• Skilled in troubleshooting complex problems.
• Ability to manage relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement IT solutions to meet business needs.
• Provide guidance on architectural standards.
• Oversee testing environments and ensure performance.

Job description

Overview

Job DescriptionTo design, recommend and govern implementation of solutions across the bank to address business needs and solve business problems.

Responsibilities

• Devise and implement IT innovations or methodologies that achieve efficiencies and reduce cost based on time, risk and process.
• Reduce cost by identifying inappropriate technologies for the organisation.
• Provide guidance in architecting solutions that yield the highest return on investments.
• Deliver a service which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service. Maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders ensuring appropriate IT solutions are developed.
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end‑users, SME’s, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements. Collaborate with and transfer knowledge with internal and external teams.
• Provide functional expertise to troubleshoot highly complex problems, or present/market new technology or solutions for business.
• Establish architectural standards and frameworks and assess functional and process risks on projects by collaborating with other architects to translate the customer’s requirements.
• Identify, justify and design a specific solution that meets business requirements.
• Provide guidance to operations teams and other architects on the design, development, and testing of a new solution, and work with assigned project teams to ensure a smooth implementation of changes to existing systems.
• Implement all technical support request escalated and ensure effective resolution within the Service Level Agreement.
• Create, maintain and oversee test environments with appropriate data to support unit testing from end to end to ensure testing yields an acceptable level of performance for the changes being delivered and the application is not adversely affected.
• Analyze, estimate and execute all approved development and configuration items through delivery of the best technical solutions to deliver the required functionality.
• Provide input and assist business to achieve efficiencies through optimized processes.
• Assess process and business risks relating to systems to ensure minimal risk to the organisation.
• Comply, understand and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements for IT Solutions.
• Analyse and/or identify problems/requirements to determine impact, patterns and trends, best fit alternatives and best practice IT solutions.
• Determine the estimated resources and timelines required to deliver the required functionality.
• Review proposed solutions and provides quality assurance on IT solutions. Provides expertise and guidance on the best method to ensure quality and cost effectiveness.
• Keep up to date with own area of expertise to develop and maintain own professional knowledge base in order to provide effective support and advice.
• Supervises the work of other developers.
• Provides technical assistance to other developers and Information Technology (IT) team members.

Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below 06/02/26. All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.