Senior Solutions Architect Job at NTT DATA (Johannesburg)

Senior Solutions Architect

NTT DATA

Location:
South Africa , Johannesburg

Category:
IT - Administration

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Job Description:

The Senior Solutions Architect at NTT DATA will play a pivotal role in consulting with clients and internal teams to develop strategies and architectural visions that meet client needs. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of cloud applications and application lifecycle management, along with strong client engagement and technical consulting skills. A qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems is required, and familiarity with ITIL and Enterprise Architecture methodologies is preferred. The role offers a hybrid working environment and requires a minimum of 7 years of advanced professional technical experience in a large-scale technology services environment.

Job Responsibility:

Consult with client and work with internal teams to create strategies, transformational designs and the architectural vision for solutions that address the clients’ needs
Provide multi-technology consulting services on all aspects of application software, infrastructure (where needed to support applications) and related technology components
Become versed in the technical aspects of client offers and be the local subject matter expert that liaises with the global teams, to bring these solutions to clients in South Africa
Understand client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution
Create and contribute to the development of proposed solutions to the client requirements
Support sales and business development team members, as the technical expert on the solutions domain you own
Identify and evaluate alternative architectures and/or applications and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability
Produce specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into 'quote ready' designs using selected services and products
Create reports and technology roadmaps and share knowledge and insights with clients and others
Create multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders of the architecture and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements, including proof of concept (POC)
Operate across both the technical levels within the enterprise architecture and the value chain in order to develop holistic and integrated solutions

Requirements:

Qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems
Working knowledge of ITIL or qualification
Working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)
Project Management experience or qualification (Prince 2
other)
Any certifications on hyper-scaler applications e.g. Microsoft, AWS, Other
Advanced professional technical, IT or Operations experience within a large scale (preferably multi-national) technology services environment on the following areas: Software Development, Application Support and Application Enhancement services
Advanced client engagement and consulting experience coupled with solid experience in client needs assessment and change management
Advanced experience in integrating the solution for the particular project with the business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, established patterns and best practices
Experience working in an application services field

Nice to have:

Project Management experience would be preferred but not essential
familiarity with ITIL and Enterprise Architecture methodologies is preferred

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 24, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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