Solutions Architect - Insurance & Presales

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POSITION INFO:

Purpose Statement
We are looking for a Solutions Architect to join a product team the largest
retail bank in South Africa. We pride ourselves in having a tangible client-first
culture that attracts 200,000 new clients every month. As a Solutions Architect, you will be
responsible for the success of a product. You will have full autonomy over your
application, acting as the apex technical leader for your product. The scale and growth of
the client base means that you get to solve complex problems at scale.

You will bring deep technical knowledge of at least one programming paradigm, preferably
object-oriented or functional programming, and be comfortable working with languages
like C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Additionally, you will have experience with both
relational and non-relational databases, as well as AWS cloud skills. You will have the
opportunity to learn and work with domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, and
Kubernetes. You will be a problem solver at heart, with the ability to think critically and
creatively to find innovative solutions.

You will have the opportunity to explore new skills and technologies, while
working with a team of dedicated professionals in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
If you are passionate about technology and have a desire to make a real impact, we would
love to hear from you!

Experience

• 10+ years' experience in IT Delivery, including a minimum of 2+ years' experience in
  architecture
• 4+ years' experience in solution design
• 4+ years' experience as a Solutions Architect

Financial Services experience

• Experience must be in designing end-to-end and full stack
• End-to-end - able to design solution, which includes all components, ensuring
  that all end users are services correctly in production
• Full stack - able to design for each component within the solution addressing the
  functional (application), non-functional (platform) and infrastructure and cloud
  services

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Ideal:

• A relevant post graduate degree
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate and/or Professional Certification

Minimum:

• System architecture (technical design and implementation processes)
• Systems analysis and design
• Agile systems development processes (CI/CD standards and agile delivery
  methods)
• A solid understanding of modern software development environments
• Component-based and Service-oriented Architecture
• Designing and delivering resilient solutions
• Policies, standards, patterns, and best practices
• Financial Services solutions environment

Solid understanding of:

• Banking business model
• Business process modelling
• Business analysis
• Cloud architectures
• Big data
• DevOps development culture and principles
• Various development technologies (preferably Cobol, Java, .NET, JavaScript, and
  Python ecosystems