Senior Solutions Architect

apartmentGolden Rule placeJohannesburg calendar_month 

Job Purpose

To envision, architect, and lead the development of fit-for-purpose, integrated end-to-end technology solutions across multiple platforms and cloud environments. Provide technical leadership in designing scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective cloud-native architectures while driving modernisation, innovation, governance, and engineering excellence across the organisation.

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Key Responsibilities
  • Design and govern cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud solutions.
  • Lead architecture decisions across Azure.
  • Define cloud adoption, migration, modernisation, and optimisation strategies.
  • Design scalable, secure, highly available distributed systems.
  • Establish cloud architecture standards and reference architectures.
  • Drive Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps adoption.
  • Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical governance.
  • Lead application modernisation using microservices, containers, Kubernetes and serverless technologies.
  • Mentor and coach engineering practitioners.

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Minimum Experience

Minimum 8+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and technology leadership roles, including at least 3-5 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud solutions on Azure.

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Technical / Professional Knowledge
  • Cloud Architecture and Design Patterns
  • Azure, Kubernetes and Containers
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • DevOps and DevSecOps
  • Distributed Systems Design
  • Cloud Security and Identity Management
  • FinOps and Cost Optimisation
Preferred Certifications
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • AWS Solutions Architect
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • HashiCorp Terraform Associate
  • TOGAF
  • ITIL

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