# Senior Software Engineer (Solution Architect)

SUMMARY: - POSITION INFO: Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Solution Architect) – Fixed Term Contract Generic Market Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Overall Purpose of the Job (Please provide a summary of why the job was created and what the main responsibilities are) The Senior Software Engineer (Solution Architect) is responsible for the design, build, secure delivery and operational readiness of custom developed software. The role covers the founding platforms of the Software Engineering and AI capability, namely the Communications Platform, the Emeris Student Application and the Group Integration Project, together with the wider custom developed and platform as a service estate. The role is deliberately dual. It carries hands on engineering accountability for working software in production, and solution architecture accountability for the design decisions behind it. The jobholder works inside the Group technology blueprint, produces the solution design and architecture decision records for each product increment, and hands a supportable service over to IT Operations. AI augmented engineering is the preferred delivery method, as set out in the Group SDLC and AI Aug

- **Id**: 3779131
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/idbase-software-senior-software-engineer-solution-architect>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sandton, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 26
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2664
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497322
- **Name**: iDbase Software
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/idbase-software>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 26

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T00:03:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 53
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.831
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 26
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: seen:26, velocity, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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