Strategic Solutions Architect: AI, Zoho & Cloud

Centrax Digital UK; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Travel to client sites

21 days annual leave

BCEA leave entitlements

Job summary

Centrax Digital is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design integrated, defensible solutions spanning Zoho One, custom development, AI, cloud infrastructure and security. You will produce architecture documents for each engagement and guide delivery teams to align with the architecture.

You’ll lead architectural decisions, review work for adherence, design POPIA-aware data flows, and mentor senior consultants. Hybrid work and client travel are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/SE or related field; post-graduate IT/business qualification is an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years in software delivery, with at least 3 years in solution design or architecture.
• Experience designing solutions across SaaS, custom code and integrations.
• Experience leading technical conversations with senior client stakeholders.
• Zoho Architect or equivalent certification preferred; cloud and SAFe/TOGAF certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Produce solution architecture documents covering business, application, integration and data architecture and security baseline.
• Support pre-sales by sizing solution effort, spotting delivery risks and reviewing proposals.
• Make architectural decisions and record them in an architectural decision register per engagement.
• Review consultants’ and developers’ work for adherence to architecture; course-correct as needed.
• Design POPIA-aware solutions; document data flows, residency, retention and access controls.
• Design integrations between Zoho One and ERP, accounting, banking, payment and identity platforms.
• Provide architectural input on AI solution design with the AI Practice on safe, evaluable builds.
• Maintain Centrax reference architectures, integration patterns and security baselines.
• Mentor senior consultants on architectural thinking and decision documentation.

Skills

Solution architecture

Client stakeholder engagement

Cloud architecture

AI delivery patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Software Engineering

Post-graduate IT/business qualification (advantage)

Tools

Zoho Architect certification

TOGAF Foundation

SAFe Architect

Cloud architecture certifications

Job description

Centrax Digital is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design integrated, defensible solutions spanning Zoho One, custom development, AI, cloud infrastructure and security. You will produce architecture documents for each engagement and guide delivery teams to align with the architecture.

You’ll lead architectural decisions, review work for adherence, design POPIA-aware data flows, and mentor senior consultants. Hybrid work and client travel are expected.