Digital Solution Architect
DIGITAL SOLUTION ARCHITECT
WOOLWORTHS FINANCIAL SERVICES
OBSERVATORY
MAIN PURPOSE:
The digital software solution architect will be responsible for planning, maintaining and designing digital artifacts (mobile applications and applications hosted in the cloud). He/she will have to translate business requirements into proposed digital architectural solutions across business units and business processes. Responsible for formulating the digitate state architecture for a particular initiative and contributing to the high level roadmap for the implementation of the digital architecture.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technology Solutions
- Accountable for the creation of digital architecture solutions to meet business requirements, in line with the IT strategy and architecture. Business requirements to be provided by the business analysis team.
- Collaborate and support the development of the digital strategy and plan.
- Ensure that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the original digital solution specified by IT e.g. supports the project manager to resolve technical issues during build.
- Work with the vendors, business analysts and system analysts to design digital solutions.
Subject matter Expertise
- Provide ad-hoc consultancy as required to senior business stakeholders on matters relating to digital solutions.
- This will involve provide specific content knowledge of WFS solution components. Although detailed SME input will be provided by vendors the Digital Software Solution Architect will be required to co-ordinate this activity.
- Adding clarity to business requirements; challenging business requirements and demands to ensure high quality candidate solutions are created.
- Thinking outside of the box to support the business in delivering its strategic objectives rather than just responding to a pre-defined request.
- Advising on supplier and cost options, and ensuring that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFP process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof of concept solutions.
Methodology and Quality Assurance
- Work with the Architecture Review Board to consult on the quality of the IT business solution and architectural soundness of the design.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline digital business solutions
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Strong architecture skills (TOGAF, UML, Archimate)
- Software development skills (Java preferred)
- General development skills (Java/.NET)
- Experience in an agile environment, as well as traditional waterfall environment
- Developing in a cloud environment (AWS)
- Mobile skills (iOS, Android, Hybrid)
- DevOps skills (Docker, GitHub, Jenkins)
- Strong data skills (SQL)
- General cloud knowledge (AWS)
- Broad general IT knowledge.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION
- Computer Science/Information Systems/Mathematics/Engineering degree
- TOGAF certification
- AWS/Azure certifications beneficial
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- 8 years IT experience
- Solid development experience is ESSENTIAL
- At least two years as a digital/solution/software/java architect Understanding of the enterprise architecture to ensure on-going alignment, driving the technical roadmap for key applications and platforms
- Knowledge of different SDLC Methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc)
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