WFS Solutions Architect: Cloud

Woolworths Financial Services; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 850 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services provider in Cape Town seeks a Solutions Architect: Cloud to design and implement cloud solutions. This role requires a minimum of 10 years of IT experience and 5 years in cloud environments (AWS, Azure). Key duties include creating cloud architecture, developing strategies, and collaborating with stakeholders. Candidates should have TOGAF certification and experience in both agile and waterfall methodologies. The position offers a comprehensive understanding of cloud technologies and contributes to strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• 10 years IT experience.
• 5 years of solid cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Create and manage cloud architecture solutions.
• Collaborate on cloud strategy development.
• Coordinate with vendors for cloud solutions.
• Ensure project outcomes align with cloud specifications.
• Work with the Architecture Review Board for quality assurance.

Skills

Architecture skills (TOGAF, UML, Archimate)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Cloud programming languages

AWS Control Tower and Security Tooling

Network routing and DNS management

Agile and traditional waterfall environments

Broad general IT knowledge

Education

TOGAF certification

AWS/Azure certifications beneficial

Job description

Woolworths Financial Services | Full time

WFS Solutions Architect: Cloud

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 01/28/2025

WoolworthsFinancial Services, or WFS as it is better known, is a JointVenture with Absa Bank, that supports the Woolworths retailbusiness by providing in-storecredit inthe formof the Woolworths StoreCard andoffering value-addedservices including credit cards, personal loans and short-terminsurance as well as life insurance linked to otherproducts.

Job Description

Main Purpose

TheSolution Architect (Cloud) will be responsible for planning, maintaining anddesigning cloud solutions. He/she will have to translate business requirementsinto proposed architectural solutions across business units and businessprocesses. Responsible for formulating the future cloud state architecture fora particular initiative and for providing a high level roadmap for theimplementation of the cloud solution architecture.

Key Responsibilities

TechnologySolutions

• Accountable for the creation of cloudarchitecture solutions to meet business requirements, in line with the ITstrategy and architecture.Businessrequirements to be provided by the business analysis team.
  
• Collaborate and support the developmentof the cloud strategy and plan.
  
• Ensure that the outcomes delivered byprojects are consistent with the original cloud solution specified by IT e.g.supports the project manager to resolve technical issues during build.
  
• Work with the vendors, business analystsand system analysts to design cloud solutions
  
• Manage the relationship with our CloudMSP and direction of our cloud strategy.
  

Subject matterExpertise

• Provide ad-hoc consultancy as required tosenior business stakeholders on matters relating to cloud solutions.
  
• This will involve provide specificcontent knowledge of WFS solution components.Although detailed SME input will be provided by vendors the CloudSolution Architect with be required to co-ordinate this activity.
  
• Adding clarity to business requirements;challenging business requirements and demands to ensure high quality candidatesolutions are created.
  
• Thinking outside of the box to supportthe business in delivering its strategic objectives rather than just respondingto a pre-defined request.
  
• Advising on supplier and cost options,and ensuring that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented andconsidered in any RFI/RFP process, or in the creation and evaluation of proofof concept solutions.
  

Methodology andQuality Assurance

• Work with the Architecture Review Board to consult onthe quality of the IT business solution and architectural soundness of thedesign.
  
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve andstreamline cloud business solutions
  
• Management of the CloudCentre of Excellence with the focus on architecture governance.
  

Requirements

• Strong architecture skills(TOGAF, UML, Archimate
  
• Infrastructureas Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  
• Knowledge of one or morecloud programming languages available for today’s cloud computing (i.e.,SQL data, XML data, R math, Clojure math, Haskell functional, Erlangfunctional, Python procedural, and Go procedural languages)
  
• AWS: Control Tower,Organizations, Landing Zone, Security Tooling (AWS Securityhub, AWSInspector, AWS Guarduty, AWS Detective, NGFW’s)
  
• AWS Identity and Access Management: Candidate needs toillustrate his/her understanding of the IAM Policy evaluation logic
  
• AWS VPC: Hub and Spoke Designwith AWS Transit Gateway, AWS Site-To-Site VPN, AWS Client VPN, SecurityGroups
  
• AWS Resource Access Manager
  
• Network routing and DNS management, Route Tables, S2Sand Direct Connect, etc.
  
• Working within both Agile andtraditional waterfall environments
  
• Analysis and design
  
• Broad general IT knowledge.
  
• Good knowledge of traditionalinfrastructure and shifting toward cloud.
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• TOGAF certification
  
• AWS/Azure certifications beneficial
  

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• 10 years IT experience
  
• 5 Years of solid cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)