Senior Solutions Architect

SUMMARY:
The Solution Architect primarily works with the product owner team by providing
business process alignment and technical leadership to craft a solution that is fit for
purpose from a business perspective.
Consequently they focus their attention on both smaller and large facet of the
solution to make sure that it engineered and fit the operate model
- Focusses on the technical and business feasibility of a solution and ensure
that it fits within well-established patterns and guidelines laid down by the
enterprise architects and Lead solution architects.
- Takes responsibility for the quality, commercial compliance and technical
integrity of the solution being delivered back into the business.
- Works actively with senior technology / platform systems analysts from
across the operational space (both internal subject matter experts and
those of the chosen suppliers).
- Work with other domain architects in the programme including cloud
infrastructure, technology and domain specific architects.

POSITION INFO:
Compliance
- Ensures delivery fits within the guidelines laid down by the enterprise /
solution practice architects and is in compliance with the IT strategy.
- Oversees the implementation of new solutions to ensure they adhere to the
signed off solution architecture designs.
Financial Control
- Understands the fiscal components of a solution to ensure it satisfies the
commercial requirements of the business and is sustainable, adaptable
and practical within the RUN model.
Personal Effectiveness
- Ability to operate in a dedicated agile environment and to use typical
agile method tools
- Ability to explain the complex in laymans terms to bring technology to the
masses
- Accepts and lives the company values
- Accountable for service delivery through own efforts
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
- Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality
for periods of 3 months to 1 year.
- Plans workload vs work demand for a small team of solution architects.
Strategy
- Models and defines the financial implications and considerations of
potential solutions.
- Models, defines and collaborates around designs with business and
enterprise stakeholders.
- Provides options and recommendations to business stakeholders to ensure
that they can make the best business decisions based on the different
solution alternatives and patterns.
Technical Consultation
- Analyses business processes to determine how IT investment could deliver
value through improved cycle times, lower costs, improved quality.
- Builds the detailed transition plan for the more effective exploitation of IT
investments.
- Defines a solution and ensure that it:
o Meets the business requirements
o Meets the non-functional requirements
o Fits within the guidelines laid down by the enterprise / solution
practice architects
o Is in compliance with the IT strategy.
o Can be readily leveraged by other parts of the business
- Responds to stakeholder

Requirements
- Matric
- BSC.
- IT Technical skills. (AWS, APIs, Serverless)
- Software modelling.
- Grasp of IT concepts, patterns, principles
- Policy Administration knowledge
- Cloud certification

Competencies
- Strategic

- Leading with Influence
- Collaboration (Relating)
- Customer First
- Execution
- Innovation (Perspective)
- Personal Mastery (Learning)

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