Job Description

The main purpose of this position is to develop and implement the architectural design of solutions to support the business goals and to ensure alignment of business and information technology (IT) at a solution level for the Financial Surveillance Transformation Programme (1FinSurv Programme) within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:


Develop solution architectures for different projects and govern the end-to-end delivery of solutions to business. Combine various domains (business, data, application and technology) and architectural as-is (baseline) and to-be (target) models with roadmaps to create an overall solution architecture and roadmap with the supporting transition architectures. Collaborate with the Lead Solution Architect and ensure alignment between the enterprise architecture, solution architecture, architecture principles and information and communications technology (ICT) standards to ensure standardisation and reduce risk. Ensure the developed solutions meet the business and technical requirements, both functional and non-functional. Review of developed solutions, assist with root cause analysis of solution problems, and propose solution updates. Ensure that solutions implemented match the architectural designs (quality control). Contribute to the development of evaluation criteria for product evaluations, requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposal (RFPs). Assist the Lead Solution Architect to evaluate products and partners, based on evaluation criteria, RFIs and RFPs. Contribute to advancing ICT standards and the optimisation of the ICT facilities in the SARB. Demonstrate leadership by driving collaboration and a culture of knowledge sharing and teamwork. Stay abreast of industry trends and proactively introduce improvements to existing solutions. * Provide technical expertise and assist the team in troubleshooting complex technical issues.