Job Description

Systems Architect

Duration: 12 months

Location: Midrand

Key Role Responsibilities

Intentional Architecture design and Emergent Design:

Define a set of purposeful architectural strategies and initiatives which enhance solution design, performance and usability Provide guidance for inter-team design and synchronise architectural implementation activities of systems Designing architecture that enables testability, deployability and releasability Provide the technical basis for a fully evolutionary and incremental implementation approach helping developers and designers respond to immediate user needs allowing the architectural design to evolve.

Architecting for DevOps and Release on Demand:

Ensuring solutions are architected for continuous deployment and delivery by decoupling deployments from releases Defining a Minimum Viable (just enough) Architecture supporting the creation and evolution of systems and systems interfaces Fostering architecture as code through common naming conventions, attributes and annotations Build quality in by automating architectural compliance checks Promoting and building trust in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline for Agile Release Trains to independently explore and test ideas in a true production environment

Support Alignment:

Collaborating with Solution Architects to ensure discrete solutions created by ARTs and Suppliers fit into and support the larger capabilities of the overall solution Participate in backlog refinement and prioritisation sessions Define enabler capabilities and NFRs Participate in regular Architect Sync sessions to ensure consistency in emerging designs and managing trade-offs across all ARTs and Shared Service teams Participate in Pre- and Post-PI Planning to work with relevant stakeholders and define the architectural approach and high-level objectives for the upcoming PI planning Participate in regular System Demo sessions to demonstrate new implemented approaches and assessing fitness for purpose Collaborate with Product Managers and the Release Train Engineer to assess releasability of elements of the solution in line with the Release Strategy Actively working with Agile Teams to ensure that emergent design choices minimise technology complexity and avoid unnecessary duplication of capabilities

Essential

10+ years technical background inclusive of systems architecture, systems design, software development lifecycle Experience in design and architecture of large, complex, business critical infrastructure and systems Design and Architecture of cloud services and cloud computing

Desirable

A hands-on system architect capable of sharing best principles and practices with the Architecture Team Ability to mentor/coach developers and other architects in architecture principles Strong business acumen and leadership mindset with the ability to communicate and influence others Has demonstrable knowledge and experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies Science/Computer Science/Engineering related degree or equivalent work experience Certification in Solution Architecture, TOGAF, Cloud expertise is desired * Domain experience in Financial Services and Financial technologies will be an added advantage