Our client in the Banking industry is looking for a Solution Architect /Designer that will join their team in Sandton.

Job Purpose
To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering led practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.

Job Responsibilities
• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology)
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assist software designers with lower-level designs
• Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery
• Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset
• Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking)
• Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners
• Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders
• Craft the end-to-end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints
• Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability
• Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter
• Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability
• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the company Culture building initiatives (e.g., staff surveys etc.)
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking

Qualifications
• Diploma – Essential
• BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems) Professional Qualification Level 6 (Look at new degree naming conventions) Preferred Qualification
• TOGAF Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent (Preferred Certifications)
Key skills:
• Solution architecture cross multiple technologies and teams, including an understanding of infrastructure
• Previous experience in trading, stock broking applications, global markets – Added advantage
Type of Exposure
• Management and integration of tooling related to DevOps practices in a Cloud environment
• Accuracy of realisation of design
• Multiple operating systems.
• Application programmes; Operating systems; IT infrastructure and system analysis
• Working with relevant software development languages
• Experience in complex, enterprise size environment: Azure, Unix, Oracle, PostGress, MS SQL, end to end
• Integration to various applications/organizations such as JSE, STRATE, SARB, various vendors.
• Strong Integration experience
• Experience in middleware solutions (no configuration experience necessary)
• WAS and DataPower nice to have
• High level view experience in technology and solutions across different platforms
• Creation of concept diagrams, component design and how it fits in the solution
• Understanding of Java (no coding required)
• Work with dev, integration resources, process engineers
• To gather information and create a solution
• Holistic resource, all-rounder

Technical / Professional Knowledge
• IT Architecture
• IT Concepts
• Systems Analysis and design

Behavioural Competencies
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Decision Making
• Collaborating
• Innovation
• Influencing
• Managing Work
• Continuous Learning
• Coaching

For more information, please contact Pheliswa 011 234 0404, alternatively email your updated CV to Pheliswa@esmartgroup.co.za