Senior Specialist : Solution Architect

Recruiter:

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

JHB000248/VB

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location:

Midrand, South Africa

JOB SUMMARY:
Our client in the Telecommunications Sector requires a Senior Specialist: Cloud Solution Architect.

The Solution Architect is responsible for designing and leading the implementation of a solutions and capability architecture for a particular business capability / user journey, according to the overall digital vision and target architecture. This role is responsible for the technical analysis and holistic solution design of future capabilities and features, including external dependencies, cross-domain APIs, and technical enablers / stories. This role is responsible for reviewing the target architecture vision and roadmap, evaluating, and prioritizing roadmap items, and translating them into designs and non-functional requirements. This incumbent is responsible for providing support to engineering to ensure development of technical stories are aligned to defined architecture paradigms, principles, and patterns.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience [max 5]:

Solution architecture and design
Feasibility analysis
Business capability / customer journey architecture governance in agile software delivery
Technical enablers, integration APIs, and detailed technical and operational story design
Infrastructure design
Estimation techniques for scaled agile
Technology Innovation: scouting, screening, and evaluation
Cost of ownership of technology, application portfolio management
Web-scale cloud-native architectures including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
Design of web-scale architectures and systems of innovation and engagement
DevOps practices and automation tools
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data technologies and architectures
Management of technical debt
Excellent analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, with high levels of creativity
Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with both technical and business audiences
Excellent relationship building, teamwork, and collaboration skills that enables the provision of effective support and guidance across multiple DevOps teams
Understanding of both the current Telecommunications and digital services market and emerging business and technology trends
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies, with natural intellectual curiosity and integrity
Vendor and technology neutral –driven primarily by long-term business outcomes rather than personal preferences
Sound business understanding and market awareness
Ability to understand long-term (‘big picture’) and short-term perspectives of events and change and how they relate to achieving business outcomes
Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, or other related field
Five to seven years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment
Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
Extensive experience in business capability modelling and technical and solution architecture development in a digital business context
Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, and BDD
Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred

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