Job Reference Number: Ref#238/239
Department: Work Orders (WO)
Business Unit:
Industry: Information Technology
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 2
Salary: Market Related
The Solutions Architect is responsible for defining, designing, and governing end-to-end technology solutions across multiple software application development initiatives, with a strong focus on innovation, digital transformation, and modernisation of enterprise systems. Driving the evolution of legacy application landscapes into modern, scalable, cloud-native architectures.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Solution Architecture & Design:
- Design and develop end-to-end solution architectures aligned to business and enterprise architecture strategies.
- Define architecture blueprints, solution designs, and integration patterns across multiple systems.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned to cloud-native principles.
- Drive adoption of microservices architecture, API-driven design, and event-driven patterns.
Modernisation & Innovation:
- Lead and contribute to application modernisation initiatives, including legacy system transformation.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, optimisation, and automation across business processes and system landscapes.
- Drive adoption of containerisation platforms and cloud-native architectures.
- Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies aligned to organisational strategy.
Technology Leadership:
- Provide technical leadership to development teams across Java and .NET technology stacks.
- Guide engineering teams on architecture principles, best practices, and design standards.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and platform engineering practices.
Platform & Infrastructure Alignment:
- Design solutions leveraging:
o Containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
o OpenShift platform
o Cloud-native architectures (public/private/hybrid cloud)
- Ensure solutions are optimised for performance, scalability, and high availability.
- Align solutions with enterprise infrastructure and platform standards.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage with business, delivery, and technical stakeholders to define solution requirements and architecture direction.
- Facilitate architecture design sessions and technical workshops.
- Provide clear communication of complex technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders.
Governance & Compliance:
- Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture governance, standards, and policies.
- Conduct architecture reviews and ensure alignment across projects.
- Maintain architecture documentation, including solution diagrams, design specifications, and technical standards.
Closing date: 19th of June 2026.
Contract position until the 31st of March 2027.
Hybrid and successful candidates must be based in the Gauteng province.
Open to people with disabilities.
Job Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
Qualification:
- Relevant Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field; or relevant Diploma with at least 10 years of software development experience and at least 5 years proven experience as a Solutions Architect.
- Relevant Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Cloud Certifications – AWS/Azure)
Experience:
- Minimum 10 years’ experience as a Software Developer
- Minimum 5+ years’ solid experience in Solutions Architecture
- Proven experience in enterprise-scale application design and delivery
- Demonstrated experience in modernisation and transformation initiatives
- Experience working across multiple concurrent projects
Required Technical Skills & Competencies
Core Technical Skills:
o Java technology stack
o .NET technology stack
- Extensive experience with:
o OpenShift platform
o Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
o Cloud-native architectures
o Microservices architecture
o API design and integration
o DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
Architecture Capability
- End-to-end solution design
- Integration architecture (REST, SOAP, messaging patterns)
- Data architecture (high-level)
- Security and performance considerations
- Infrastructure and platform alignment
Key Deliverables
- Solution architecture designs and blueprints
- Technical design documentation
- Architecture review outputs and governance artefacts
- Integration and system design specifications
- Contribution to modernisation roadmaps
- Alignment with enterprise architecture frameworks
Advantageous Experience
- Experience in public sector / enterprise environments
- Experience with digital transformation programmes
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms
- Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF)
Behavioural & Leadership Competencies
- Strong innovation mindset and forward-thinking approach
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing ability
- Ability to operate in complex, high-pressure environments
- Strategic thinking with strong delivery focus
- Strong communication and presentation skills
