Introduction
The Senior Solution Architect primarily works with the business domain experts and business leadership to craft a solution that is fit for purpose from a business perspective.
Consequently, they focus their attention on a smaller facet of service (the solution package) to make sure that it operates effectively as part of the whole as well as independently as a stand-alone solution.
Duties & Responsibilities
Compliance
- Ensures delivery fits within the guidelines laid down by the enterprise/solution practice architects and is in compliance with the IT strategy.
- Oversees the implementation of new solutions to ensure they adhere to the signed off solution architecture designs.
- Understands the fiscal components of a solution to ensure it satisfies the commercial requirements of the business and is sustainable, adaptable, and practical within the RUN model.
Personal Effectiveness
- Ability to explain the complex in layman's terms to bring technology to the masses.
- Accepts and lives the company values.
- Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
- Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks, and output quality for periods of 3 months to 1 year.
- Plans workload vs work demand for a small team of solution architects.
- Models and defines the financial implications and considerations of potential solutions.
- Models, defines, and collaborates around designs with business and enterprise stakeholders.
- Provides options and recommendations to business stakeholders to ensure that they can make the best business decisions based on the different solution alternatives and patterns.
Technical Consultation
- Analyses business processes to determine how IT investment could deliver value through improved cycle times, lower costs, and improved quality.
- Builds the detailed transition plan for the more effective exploitation of IT investments.
- Defines a solution and ensures that it:
- Meets the business requirements.
- Meets the non-functional requirements.
- Fits within the guidelines laid down by the enterprise/solution practice architects.
- Is in compliance with the IT strategy.
- Can be readily leveraged by other parts of the business.
- Responds to stakeholder needs and influences the development of alternative solutions.
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Matric.
- BSC.
- Broad IT knowledge and strong problem-solving skills.
- IT Technical skills (Java, JavaScript).
- Able to model different architecture views including conceptual, logical, and detailed physical designs in order to facilitate discussions with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Grasp of IT concepts, patterns, principles.
- Policy Administration knowledge.
- Cloud certification, specifically AWS.
- SAFe architecture certification or familiarity with Agile architecture.
Interested?
- Hybrid working environment, 2 days on-site in Cape Town required.
- 6 month contract (with renewal till Dec. 2024).
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