Cape Town City Centre: Solution Architect

About the Role

The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing, guiding, and assuring the delivery of end-to-end technology solutions that meet business objectives and are scalable, secure, and sustainable. This role requires architectural leadership/support across the full solution lifecycle — from concept and design through implementation and transition into operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architectures aligned to business strategy, enterprise standards, and technology roadmaps.

• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.

• Evaluate technology options and provide clear architectural recommendations.

• Ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, security, resilience, and compliance.

• Take ownership of the architecture across the entire solution delivery lifecycle.

• Ensure third party service providers build technical solutions in accordance with the RCS and/or infrastructure/solutions design standards.

• Provide architectural guidance and decision-making support to delivery teams.

• Ensure architectural integrity is maintained throughout implementation.

• Identify and proactively manage technical risks, dependencies, and constraints.

• Support successful transition of solutions into operational support.

• Engage proactively with business stakeholders to understand needs and shape solution direction.

• Communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and business-friendly manner.

• Facilitate design workshops, architecture reviews, and decision forums.

• Build trusted relationships across business and technology teams.

• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles and standards.

• Take ownership and/or support the architecture governance and review processes.

• Document architecture decisions, assumptions, and designs clearly.

• Identify opportunities to improve architecture practices, delivery approaches, and technology usage.

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

• Mentor and guide other architects and technical team members where required.

Requirements

Broad technical background across multiple technology domains (e.g., applications, integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, security).

Strong understanding of solution architecture principles and design practices.

Experience working across full solution delivery lifecycles.

Ability to assess and select appropriate technologies and platforms.

Understanding of system integration patterns and distributed architectures.

Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern application architectures.

Working knowledge of software development practices and methodologies.

Prior hands-on technical experience (development and infrastructure) is required, although active coding is not expected.

Qualifications

Degree in IT, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems.

Salary & Benefits