Job Description:Our client, a leader in the Global Engineering Information Technology Industry, is seeking to URGENTLY appoint a visionary Engineering Lead Solutions Architect to be stationed in their Offices based in Johannesburg, South Africa.Main Purpose for the Role:To envision, lead, and develop fit-for-purpose, integrated end-to-end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organization, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. To provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product/program alignment.Key Competency Requirements:At minimum a bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in development and design (Application, Infrastructure, etc.), or a bachelor's degree in either Information Systems, Informatics or Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent work experience).An Information Technology Architect Certification (ITAC) (Open Group).A Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent.Solid practical software engineering, programming, and design experience.Experience with the solution engineering of Banking applications in an integrated Banking environment.Strong technical acumen on how the technical landscape fits together: Broad understanding of end-to-end landscape, specialization in one domain.Hands-on experience with following technology stack: CICS, Cobol, JCL, MQ, JSON, REST, DB2.Experience in end-to-end system, security, integration, and infrastructure design.Architectural thinking.Strong financial background either fintech banking start-up or financial e-commerce.Technical leadership: mentoring, coaching, and developing a talent pipeline.A proven track record in decision making.Troubleshooting in software solution development.DevOps experience and exposure to agile methodologies.Experience in technical design modeling and methods.Require a broad understanding of end-to-end landscape and specialization in one or more domains.Exposure to Support and Maintenance.Key Roles and Responsibilities:Analyze problems and formulate solutions based on organization's boundaries, architectures, and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.Design detailed solution architecture using new technologies in consultation using the patterns approved by Enterprise Architecture and technology domain SMEs.Design with a holistic, robust, and sustainable mindset.Apply a product management mindset (long-term thinking).Collaborate with the Architecture team to identify the right technologies to be used in the applications.Work with technology domain SMEs to shape, contribute and to integrate a solution across the technology stack, from database and DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous deployment.Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).Collaborate, communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.Assist software designers with lower-level designs.Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs.Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.Craft the end-to-end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems, and data.Future-proof end-to-end solutions as far as possible within the organization's constraints.APPLY NOW! WILLINGNESS TO RELOCATE TO JOHANNESBURG IS ESSENTIAL. SHOULD THIS OPPORTUNITY NOT BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR CAREER ASPIRATIONS, KINDLY FORWARD IT TO A FRIEND.#J-18808-Ljbffr
