Vacancies at Momentum – Solutions Architect

• Coordinate various teams to ensure holistic and integrated solution design and delivery in line with business requirements.
• Collaborate with various teams to conduct Solution Architect reviews for a broad set of projects in order to meet business requirements.
• Ensure that the business requirements are reflected in the design and that the appropriate business and technical services are reflected in the overall architecture.
• Drive the implementation and governance of standards for the design, implementation and functioning of various solutions across the business.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and business analysts to understand and meet business requirements.
• Manage the overall design, implementation and functioning of solutions in line with business requirements.
• Contribute to the analysis and development through facilitating and engaging in collaborative analysis sessions, ensuring integration through all affected systems.
• Define and communicate business and solution architecture requirements to inform business cases in line with requirements.
• Operate across the technical levels within the enterprise architecture as well as the value chain in order to develop holistic and integrate solutions.
• Design technical solutions that support the value chain and align to the overall enterprise architecture.
• Analyse business requirements to determine viable options for solution design and ensure implementation addresses key issues, business strategic objectives and end to end solution design.
• Review and provide input into functional and non-functional requirements in line with the overall architecture.
• Effectively prioritise projects and solutions based on the business’s strategic priorities and manage stakeholder expectations accordingly.

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of design across multiple domains (UI design and technologies including web and mobile, business logic, service, database)
• Knowledge of DevOps philosophy and practices
• Exposure to development environment software
• Exposure to Agile Development environment, system development and implementation of large object orientated solutions (essential)
• Exposure to unified modelling language (UML)
• Knowledge of object or component oriented design / development software
• Knowledge of web platform development software
• Exposure to Lean and Agile methodology tools
• Knowledge of business process modelling and design
• Knowledge of database management system software (SQL, no-SQL, ERDs, DB modelling, transactions, object-relational-mapping)
• Development and design knowledge in relevant languages and platforms used by the business area
• Knowledge of operating system software

Qualification & Experience:

• At least 5 years’ relevant experience or exposure in software development
• Experience in the financial services industry with general knowledge of underlying IT architectures and technologies (essential)
• At least 4 years’ relevant experience or exposure as a Solutions Designer, Development Manager or Team Leader
• Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent
• 8-10 years’ of relevant experience or exposure of IT solution delivery (essential)