(996) Solution Architect – 1FinSurv Programme – BSTD needed at South African Reserve Bank

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.

Qualifications

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honours degree in Informatics, Computer Science or Engineering or related NQF8-equivalent qualification; and
• at least eight years’ experience in application development (Java, Javascript, MS SQL) architecture, design, DevSecOps, enterprise architecture and/or solution architecture. 

The following would be an added advantage:

• relevant exposure in the payments ecosystem for interbank transfers, SWIFT and/or ISO 20022;

certification and/or experience in:

• architecture frameworks and methods such as the Open Group architecture framework (TOGAF) and application data management (ADM).
• architecture notations, such as ArchiMate 3.
• unified modelling language (UML). 
• business process model and notation (BPMN); and
• Openshift Container Platform (OCP).