Solutions Architect - Cape Town, South Africa - F & G Sourcing Specialist

F & G Sourcing Specialist
F & G Sourcing Specialist
Verified Company
Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Thabo Mthembu

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Description
Our insurance client is seeking a
Solution Architect to join their team in Cape Town.


Salary:
Market Related


Requirements:


  • Tertiary IT qualification or qualification through experience
  • Minimum 6 years' IT development experience
  • Experience in design and development
  • Application of IT governance principles
  • Experience in messaging middleware, web services, SOAP, REST, JSON, SOA, ESB, SMTP, FTP, secure FTP
  • Experience in systems development upper life cycle quality assurance

Key Skills:


  • System Development Life Cycle
  • Agile Scrum
  • Atlassian Tools
  • Java, Groovy, C#, SQL, Application Servers
  • Experience in SOA
  • Troubleshoot and resolve software, and integration problems
  • Risk Management
  • Quality, risk and organisational change management
  • Investigation and analysis of information
  • Planning
  • Communication of technical guidance and instruction to users
  • Ability to write technical instructions in the use of programs and / or program modifications
  • Interpersonal skills, ability to engage with senior business stakeholders as well
  • Ability to accept accountability for actions and decisions
  • Problem resolution
  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Leadership
  • Building networks and good relationships
  • Develop and implement strategy
  • IT language knowledge

Responsibilities:


  • Accountable for design of solutions to meet the business requirements
  • Consulted in the provision of cost estimates
  • Assessment of the impact of new business solutions on the Information Technology landscape. Includes execution of technical due diligence across all dimensions of IT
  • Defines high level data flows between solutions
  • Identification of potential risks / issues and give input into risk plan
  • Active engagement with technology partners to deliver an integrated solution across platforms
  • Ensure that the Solution implementation is coherent and consistent with technology strategies, governance and architecture
  • Provide advice and consultancy across the team on the above strategies and architecture
  • Participate in reviews and provide guidance to teams to ensure that the architecture and strategies are followed
  • Establish and participate in design reviews, regular architectural reviews and technical issue management meetings
  • Ensure that design is optimised for use on the organisations infrastructure
  • Provide support to other members of the Development Team and members of the Business Management team as required
  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the internal workings of software packages
  • Work effectively in a team with other Solution Architects, Business Architects and Lead developers to consider design alternatives and agree on appropriate design decisions in support of business requirements
  • Maintains and publicizes interfaces between internal and external systems
  • Facilitates design and implementation of interfaces between internal and external systems
  • Ensures interfaces defined by different teams are consistent
  • Maintains a register of published interfaces
  • Reviews designs to avoid duplication and proliferation of interfaces
  • Defines messaging architecture and standards
  • Review agreed implementation, to ensure correct interpretation of the requirements and architecture and strategies
  • Ensure there is adequate testing of configuration or bespoke development
  • Facilitate and lead the quality assurance processes for design and development to ensure the ongoing integrity of the endtoend Systems landscape

Experience:


  • IT Development: 6 years (required)
- design and development: 5 years (required)

  • Application of IT governance principles
: 5 years (required)
- messaging middleware: 5 years (required)
- web services: 5 years (required)

  • SOA: 4 years (required)
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