Solution Architect

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Job Description


Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities - plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.



To develop, design and maintain the solution architectures for specific business functional/technical areas. To participate in the definition of the higher-level functional and non-functional requirements, analyse technical trade-offs, determine the major components and subsystems, and define the interfaces and collaborations between them, safeguarding the strategic alignment of technology architecture with the agreed business outcomes.

  • Adhere to Agile methodologies and follow Agile principles through work outputs and behaviours and strive to reach mature levels on the Continuum model by building own competence to work in a continuous delivery environment
  • Articulate solution risks and impacts to relevant stakeholders
  • Collaborate with stakeholders from different disciplines in a cross-functional team to deliver against iteration target
  • Communicate with all stakeholders across all levels to accept and adopt architectures and/or solutions
  • Conform with the approved Enterprise Architecture Governance Framework and Decision Model, as well as with architecture governance body and personal individual Architect mandates
  • Coordinate activities across areas and domains to facilitate and deliver relevant artefacts in achievement of relevant domain/client segment architectures
  • Create domain/client segment architectures by collaborating with key stakeholders, peers and/ or feature teams, aligned to reference architectures and client segment and domain architectures, patterns and roadmaps
  • Design, develop, and maintain solution architectures for specific business functional/technical areas and actively participate in the programme to ensure implementation on the evolving solution of an application
  • Determine the technical design within the architectural guidelines
Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required
Enterprise Technology & Solutions Architecture
Technology
5-7 years
Experience in multiple IT disciples e.g. Dev Hardware, analysis, design, service management, architecture

5-7 years
Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams. Experience gained in the management of platforms and operating systems

8-10 years
Experience in designing innovative solutions within technology businesses such as Authentication Systems, System, Platform, and Account Migrations, Enterprise Solution Architecture (ESA), Business Architecture, Information Architecture, Application Architecture or Technology Architecture with a balanced mix of skills covering technologies and industry knowledge

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:
  • Adopting Practical Approaches
  • Articulating Information
  • Checking Details
  • Developing Expertise
  • Documenting Facts
  • Embracing Change
  • Examining Information
  • Interpreting Data
  • Managing Tasks
  • Producing Output
  • Taking Action
  • Team Working
Technical Competencies:
  • Emerging Technology Monitoring
  • Information Technology Architecture
  • Internal & External IT Environment
  • IT Applications
  • IT Knowledge
  • Solutions Assessment
  • Stakeholder Management (IT)

Standard Bank

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  • Job Id
    JD1255590
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Education
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