Solutions Architect - Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa - ooba

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    ooba Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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    Job title : Solutions Architect jobs in Western Cape

    Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

    Deadline : April 28, 2024

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    JOB DESCRIPTION

    As a Solutions Architect you will play a key role in the strategic business enablement team (SBE). You will have both a strategic and operational view of the architecture, defining and maintaining the strategic architecture blueprint and roadmap, as well as designing architecture for projects on an ongoing basis, always working towards the strategic view. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, and be able to clearly articulate the architecture to a number of stakeholders, including board members, business partners, system administrators and software developers. You will be working on multiple projects and initiatives at the same time. You will assist with project scoping and sizing, and help to define solutions using repeatable and reusable patterns.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

  • You will be knowledgeable about current IT trends, and assist the organization to make the best technical choice, taking into account current reality and future goals.
  • You will work in our Agile methodology, and assist the BA's, project managers and developers with Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming etc).
  • You will consider the trade-off between scope, time, benefit and cost, and be willing to push back on requirements where appropriate. You will work closely with the software developers to ensure they understand the architecture, that code complies to the architecture, and for technical mentorship

    QUALIFICATIONS
  • 7+ years working in IT
  • 2 + Years working in Architecture
  • Strong technical development background
  • Architectural viewpoint modelling
  • API Service interface design and documentation (REST/JSON)
  • System Integration design
  • Security patterns
  • Relational database modelling and design
  • AS-IS/TO-BE modelling and documentation
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Event Driven Architecture

    IDEALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE FOLLOWING PATTERNS AND TOOLS:
  • Event-based architecture
  • Open source development frameworks (eg Java, SpringBoot, Angular, RabbitMQ, GIT)
  • DevOps, DevSecOps, GitOps and related patterns and principles
  • API gateways, including security features and patterns associated with gateways
  • Oracle/MySQL databases
  • IAM patterns, including OAUTH2 and OIDC
  • Cloud Native and 12 Factor Application Principles

    DESIRABLE:
  • UML or C4 modelling
  • ArchiMate modelling
  • Architecture-related qualification such as TOGAF
  • A Cloud Native Certification (CKA, OpenShift or related Certification)

    SKILLS:
  • Ability to think at both the conceptual and detailed level
  • People management
  • Project costing and sizing
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Willing to chair technical design sessions
  • Used to working using AGILE project methodology
  • Work with stakeholders at various levels (colleagues, managers and venders)

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