Solution Architect

Key Performance Areas:

• What do you have to be able to do to achieve the desired results of your job?
• Include management and leadership responsibilities for work team leaders

Solution Architecture:

• Define and design solutions that encompass all architecture domains and in line with business requirements, enterprise architecture principles and ICT standards to ensure standardisation and risk management
• Review and ensure solution architecture designs provide seamless integration, scalability, and security in accordance with the prescribed enterprise architecture
• Update and maintain the architecture repository with all architecture artifacts as part of architecture implementation governance
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams

Stakeholder Management:

• Work closely with ICT and business stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that the solution meets the agreed upon requirements
• Work within budget constraints and manage resources efficiently
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with the various teams and stakeholders

Education, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science
• TOGAF Certification is a requirement. Knowledge of other frameworks (e.g., Zachman) would be an advantage
• Minimum three (3) years experience in Enterprise Architecture tools like Case wise, Visio, or Sparx Enterprise Architect
• Minimum ten (6) years experience working in development and integration of large-scale
• solutions involving multiple technologies, functions, and interfaces across in-house and vendor supplied system
• Minimum ten (6) years experience with best practices and design patterns when designing distributed systems, systems integrations and microservices
• Minimum three (6) years experience in designing solutions (business, data, application, infrastructure and security domains) as a Solution Architect
• In-depth understanding (and expertise in at least one) in system analysis, software development, databases, networks, security, and infrastructure
• Solid knowledge in development of system requirements from business requirements specification documents including server infrastructure, capacity planning, storage requirements, virtualisation and networking protocols for cloud and/or on-premises environments
• In-depth understanding of cloud architecture, with a focus on Azure. This includes cloud infrastructure, scalability, monitoring and security within solution architecture designs
• Ability to guide project teams to ensure that solutions are developed and deployed in accordance with approved solution architecture
• Solid knowledge in one or more of the following technology concepts: Big Data, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, AI, Data Mining, ETL for cloud and/or on-premises environments
• Ability to recognise functional interdependencies, to assimilate and correlate disconnected procedures and process, and articulate their collective relevance to the organisation
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work with cross-functional teams