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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 Responsibility:
Translate the overall digital vision and target architecture into corresponding solution designs and change requirements
Design end-to-end solutions and cross domain integration and APIs
Define non-functional, operational, and quality requirements for solutions
Define technical stories to enable business capabilities, fostering re-use of existing components, and accept technical features following demos
Collaborate to plan the release of technical stories
Provide guidance to delivery teams to ensure alignment
Facilitate solution compliance to security, privacy, and regulatory needs
Manage technical debt and technology obsolescence at solution level
Advocate adoption of new technologies into solutions
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, or other related field
5 – 7 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 multi-tier environment
Min 5 years’ knowledge and experience of implementing Oracle Fusion, Web services, SOAP and RESTful interfaces, and XML
Min 5 years’ experience and knowledge of IP networks and related solutions
Min 5 years’ experience and knowledge of micro services architectures
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
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
What we offer:
Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies