Solution Architect

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Join a forward-thinking organization at the forefront of banking, financial services, and fintech innovation. Our client, an established leader in these industries, is seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect to shape and drive their technology landscape, ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient solutions that meet their strategic goals. What You'll Do: Define and lead the software architecture strategy, standards, and technology roadmaps. Evaluate, recommend, and implement innovative architectural solutions to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate project delivery. Assess existing technology environments and identify modernization opportunities. Provide architectural leadership to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable. Collaborate with stakeholders across business and technical teams to translate business needs into effective architectural designs. Establish and maintain governance frameworks, reference architectures, and technology standards. Lead the design of complex applications, APIs, cloud solutions, and enterprise platforms. Conduct architecture reviews and ensure solutions meet all functional, security, and compliance requirements. Analyze business requirements and develop architecture blueprints, technical specifications, and implementation roadmaps. Identify, assess, and mitigate architectural and technical risks. Guide development teams on best practices, cloud-native principles, and emerging technologies such as AI. Support DevSecOps, CI\/CD initiatives, and platform engineering for improved deployment and operational efficiency. Create and maintain architecture artifacts, including diagrams and standards documentation. Collaborate with operational teams to ensure solutions are supportable and aligned with operational needs. Lead proof-of-concepts, technology evaluations, and modernization initiatives including cloud migration, microservices, and AI enablement. Mentor and coach architectural and engineering teams on best practices and industry trends. Requirements: Proven experience in architecture design within banking, financial services, fintech, or IT sectors. Strong expertise in Java and R programming languages. Minimum of 5 years in a solution architecture role, with demonstrated leadership. Excellent understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and enterprise integration. Solid knowledge of cybersecurity, compliance, and operational best practices. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. Experience with architectural frameworks and software development methodologies. Proven ability to lead modernization and digital transformation initiatives. Familiarity with the following is advantageous: Cloud-native architectures and AI technologies. DevSecOps, CI\/CD pipelines, and platform automation. Event-driven architectures and API-led integration. What We'll Give You: Competitive salary package ranging from R800,000 to R1,500,000 per year (Cost to Company), negotiable. Hybrid work environment supporting work-life balance. Opportunity to lead transformative projects within a dynamic industry. Professional growth through exposure to cutting-edge technologies and innovation. If you are ready to influence the future of financial technology and bring impactful solutions to life, apply now and be part of a visionary team dedicated to excellence and innovation.