Job opening:
Solution Architect

Job Title/Reporting to

Solution Architect reporting to the Head of Pre Sales located in Centurion, Pretoria  

Job Purpose

The Solution Architect 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 role requires excellent project management and communication skills.  

Key Result Areas (Major Accountabilities)

• Creates and leads the process of integrating IT systems for them to meet an organization’s requirements.
• Conducts a system architecture evaluation and collaborates with project management and IT development teams to improve the architecture.
• Evaluates project constraints to find alternatives, alleviate risks, and perform process re-engineering if required.
• Updates stakeholders on the status of product development processes and budgets.
• Notifies stakeholders about any issues connected to the architecture.
• Fixes technical issues as they arise.
• Analyzes the business impact that certain technical choices may have on a client’s business processes.
• Supervises and guides development teams.
• Continuously researches emerging technologies and proposes changes to the existing architecture.

 

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

Knowledge:

• Vendor and technology neutral driven primarily by long-term business outcomes rather than personal preferences
• Ability to understand long-term (‘big picture’) and short-term perspectives of events and change and how they relate to achieving business outcomes

 

Skills:

• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum
• Project management skills
• Communication skills

 

Professional Experience:

• Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
• Experience in business capability modelling and technical and solution architecture development in a digital business context
• Experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred

 

Educational Background:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis preferred

 

Competencies:

Change management

• Develops workable implementation plans.
• Communicates changes effectively.
• Builds commitment and overcomes resistance.
• Prepares and supports those affected by change.
• Monitors transition and evaluate results.

Leadership

• Exhibits confidence in self and others.
• Inspires respect and trust.
• Accepts feedback from others.
• Gives appropriate recognition to others.

Judgment

• Displays willingness to make decisions.
• Exhibits sound and accurate judgment.
• Supports and explains reasoning for decisions.
• Includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
• Makes timely decisions.

Motivation

• Sets and achieves challenging goals.
• Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
• Measures self against standard of excellence.
• Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.

 

Values and Behaviours:

• We are honest and respect each other.
• We challenge issues but honour commitments.
• We believe that innovation is a way of life.
• We have a passion to win; a freedom to fail; but only once for the same reason.
• We take responsibility for our actions; we are accountable for achieving results and we take ownership of our mistakes.
• We do the right thing for the right reason.
• We are part of the solution, not part of the problem.
• We are fearless with nerves of steel.
• We believe in teamwork and partnership.
• We are diverse yet united.
• We are involved yet independent.
• We believe in learning and continuous improvement.

 

Remuneration & Benefits:

• Annual Salary CTC
• Wellness Programs 
• Flexible / Remote Working