Solutions Architect

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking a Solutions Architect (Expert) in Pretoria to lead hands-on architecture across the full stack, from design to deployment. You’ll architect, build, break, fix, deploy, and continuously improve secure, scalable services within a global tech environment focused on a major Zero Trust transformation.

Ideal candidates will have deep Java/Spring Boot and Node.js experience, plus Cloud-native AWS, microservices and API design expertise.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with Java (Spring Boot) for backend development and scalable services.
• Strong proficiency with Node.js for backend development and scalable services.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and relational SQL databases; solid understanding of database concepts, query languages, relationships and how to create and maintain scalable schemas.
• Deep experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs and integrations using JSON/ XML and API design best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices and event‑driven architectures; integrate with message and event systems to enable real‑time and asynchronous workflows.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and application security frameworks.
• Cloud‑native development and publishing experience on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, IAM).
• Experience designing, building and operating CI/CD pipelines with Git and tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline; understanding of CI/CD concepts is required.
• Solid understanding of Git and source control workflows.
• Curiosity and drive: actively seeks out unknowns, experiments to learn, and enjoys solving complex technical problems.
• Systems thinking: understands how components interact, anticipates downstream impacts, and designs solutions with an end‑to‑end perspective.
• Strong problem‑solving: breaks down ambiguous problems, proposes pragmatic solutions, and measures outcomes.
• Adaptability and collaboration: works well with changing priorities, values feedback, and partners effectively across cross‑functional teams.
• Agile working: comfortable in iterative delivery, sprint cadences, and delivering incremental value with engineering discipline.
• Clear communication: explains technical choices to technical and non‑technical stakeholders and documents decisions clearly.
• Continuous learning: keeps skills current and stays up to date with best practices.
• Strong ownership and leadership skills: drive technical topics, communicate effectively with stakeholders and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, deploy and maintain secure, production-ready services across the stack.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Drive technical decisions and lead end-to-end implementation in a Zero Trust initiative.

Skills

Java (Spring Boot)

Node.js

MongoDB/SQL

REST & GraphQL APIs

Microservices & event-driven

Secure coding practices

AWS Cloud-native

CI/CD pipelines

Git & workflows

Systems thinking

Education

Degree in IT or related

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS)

ServiceNow dev

Graph databases (Neo4j)

Kafka / RabbitMQ

AWS monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus)

Job description

Pretoria, South Africa

We're looking for a Solutions Architect (Expert) who doesn't just draw architecture diagrams and disappear into meetings.

We want someone who can architect it, build it, break it, fix it, deploy it and make it better.

You'll be joining a global technology environment working on a major Zero Trust transformation initiative, helping create secure, scalable and intelligent services across identity, connectivity, data, applications and security.

This is a genuinely hands‑on architecture role where you'll operate across the entire technology stack and help turn complex technical challenges into elegant, production‑ready solutions.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Strong proficiency with Java (Spring Boot) for backend development and building scalable services.
  
• Strong proficiency with Node.js for backend development and building scalable services.
  
• Hands‑on experience with both NoSQL (MongoDB) and relational SQL databases; solid understanding of database concepts, query languages, relationships and how to create and maintain scalable schemas.
  
• Deep experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs and integrations using JSON/ XML and API design best practices.
  
• Experience designing and implementing microservices and event‑driven architectures; integrate with message and event systems to enable real‑time and asynchronous workflows.
  
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and application security frameworks.
  
• Cloud‑native development and publishing experience on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, IAM).
  
• Experience designing, building and operating CI/CD pipelines with Git and tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline; understanding of CI/CD concepts is required.
  
• Solid understanding of Git and source control workflows.
  
• Curiosity and drive: actively seeks out unknowns, experiments to learn, and enjoys solving complex technical problems.
  
• Systems thinking: understands how components interact, anticipates downstream impacts, and designs solutions with an end‑to‑end perspective.
  
• Strong problem‑solving: breaks down ambiguous problems, proposes pragmatic solutions, and measures outcomes.
  
• Adaptability and collaboration: works well with changing priorities, values feedback, and partners effectively across cross‑functional teams.
  
• Agile working: comfortable in iterative delivery, sprint cadences, and delivering incremental value with engineering discipline.
  
• Clear communication: explains technical choices to technical and non‑technical stakeholders and documents decisions clearly.
  
• Continuous learning: keeps skills current and stays up to date with best practices.
  
• Strong ownership and leadership skills: drive technical topics, communicate effectively with stakeholders and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
  

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS

• Python (for scripting, tooling, automation or data‑processing tasks).
  
• Knowledge or hands‑on experience with Zero Trust principles and integrations (e.g., identity‑aware access, least‑privilege, secure service‑to‑service authentication and authorization).
  
• Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform to provision and manage AWS infrastructure.
  
• Docker fundamentals and container‑based delivery experience (builds, images, registries, basic runtime patterns).
  
• Experience with ServiceNow development from a developer perspective (Service Catalog / catalogue builder workflows).
  
• Familiarity with Graph databases and query languages (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune) and experience building graph/network views of relationships.
  
• Experience with event‑streaming platforms and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) and architectural patterns for high‑throughput messaging.
  
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration (EKS) for scalable deployments.
  
• Observability tooling experience (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, log aggregation) and secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault).
  
• Experience with Terragrunt, GitOps workflows, and policy‑as‑code approaches.
  
• Exposure to SAP integration patterns is a plus.
  

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• A degree in IT or equivalent qualifications, or established certifications.
  
• Proven track record delivering production‑grade applications involving databases (MongoDB, SQL), API integrations, microservices and cloud deployments on AWS.
  
• Cutting edge global IT system landscape and processes.
  
• Flexible working of 1960 hours in a 12‑month period.
  
• High Work‑Life balance.
  
• Remote / On‑site work location flexibility.
  
• Highly motivating, energetic, and fast‑paced working environment.
  
• Modern, state‑of‑the‑art offices.
  
• Dynamic Global Team collaboration.
  
• Application of the Agile Working Model Methodology.