TJ 405799 - SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Employer Description

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organizations care for and reward their employees and members.

Job Description

• Design comprehensive architecture for solutions that support business delivery on key projects and strategic objectives
• Analyse business requirements to determine viable options for solution design and ensure implementation addresses key issues, business strategic objectives and end to end solution design.
• Define and communicate business and solution architecture requirements to inform business cases in line with requirements
• Design technical solutions that support the value chain and align to the overall enterprise architecture.
• Ensure that the business requirements are reflected in the design and that the appropriate business and technical services are reflected in the overall architecture.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and business analysts to understand and meet business requirements.
• Drive the implementation and governance of standards for the design, implementation and functioning of various solutions across the business.
• Manage the overall design, implementation and functioning of solutions in line with business requirements
• Effectively prioritise projects and solutions based on the business’s strategic priorities and manage stakeholder expectations accordingly.
• Coordinate various teams to ensure holistic and integrated solution design and delivery in line with business Requirments

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Skills

• 5 years'' relevant experience or exposure as a Solutions Designer, Development Manager or Team Leader
• At least 5 years'' relevant experience or exposure in software development
• Exposure to Agile Development environment, system development and implementation of large object orientated solutions
• Experience in the financial services industry with general knowledge of underlying IT architectures and technologies
• Knowledge of database management system software (SQL, no-SQL, ERDs, DB modelling, transactions, object-relational-mapping)
• Exposure to development environment software
• Knowledge of object or component-oriented design / development software
• Knowledge of operating system software
• Knowledge of business process modelling and design
• Knowledge of web platform development software
• Exposure to Lean and Agile methodology tools
• Knowledge of design across multiple domains (UI design and technologies including web and mobile, business logic, service, database)
• Development and design knowledge in relevant languages and platforms used by the business area •Exposure to unified modelling language (UML)
• Knowledge of DevOps philosophy and practices
• Exposure to documentation of solutions using notation and method most appropriate to consuming stakeholders
• Knowledge of application servers
• Knowledge of integration patterns and middleware

Benefits

• Med Aid
• Provident