Solutions Architect

One of our clients in the Banking industry has a contract vacancy available for a Solutions Architect.

The main purpose of this position is to architect solutions to support the business goals and objectives; and ensure alignment of business, information, and technology strategies at a solution level for new initiatives, projects and programmes emanating from the Corporate Services Department.

Job Description

• Provide the following solution architecture services for the CSD Portfolio: (Projects, Programmes and new Demands):
• Develop the solution architectures for the different projects within the CSD Portfolio and guide the end-to-end delivery of the solutions.
• Combine architectural as-is (baseline) and to-be (target) models for various domains (business, data, application, and technology) to create an overall solution architecture and roadmap with the supporting transition architectures.
• Ensure alignment between the enterprise architecture, related solution architectures, architecture principles, and information and communications technology (ICT) standards to ensure standardisation and reduce risk.
• Ensure that the solutions meet the business requirements while complying to standards and principles, traceability to enterprise reference models, and alignment with the target enterprise architecture vision.
• Ensure that proposed solutions are peer reviewed by the EA division and presented to the Enterprise Architecture Governance forums for approval.
• Take accountability for overseeing the end-to-end delivery of the solutions for the business and ensure that solutions implemented match the architectural designs (implementation governance).
• Develop evaluation criteria to support cross-functional teams in evaluating product identification and selection processes including proofs of concept (POC), requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposals (RFPs).

Minimum Requirements

• A tertiary qualification (NQF6), degree (NQF7) or Honours degree (NQF 8) in the field of specialisation OR equivalent industry-specific certifications.
• Minimum five years experience in application analysis/architecture and/or design and/or enterprise architecture and/or solutions architecture.
• A postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• A formal architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF, BIZBOK) will be an advantage.