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$27k – $62k per year (Estimated)
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Remote/Hybrid (South Africa)
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Architect · 10+ years exp
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Full-Time
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Job Mail is a South African online job board offering a large selection of vacancies across the country and some positions abroad. Job seekers can search and apply for jobs online, upload a CV and receive job alerts, while employers and recruitment agencies can advertise positions to a broad national audience. The brand is one of the longer-established names in South African job advertising and is operated from South Africa.
We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade technology solutions within a highly regulated financial services environment.

Key Requirements:

  • 10+ years' software development experience with at least 3 years leading development teams and driving solution architecture.
  • Strong experience with distributed systems, enterprise integration, microservices, and API-led architectures.
  • Proven delivery experience within Agile/Scrum environments.
  • Experience designing solutions in regulated industries, ideally banking or financial services.
  • Strong understanding of security, compliance, governance, and risk management principles.
  • Hands-on experience with technologies including:
    • Java
    • GoLang
    • Angular
    • SQL Server / PostgreSQL / Oracle / MySQL
    • MongoDB / CosmosDB / DynamoDB
  • Experience applying design patterns such as DDD, TDD, Repository, Factory, Mediator, and Command patterns.
  • Practical experience with application modernisation, including legacy platforms, would be advantageous.

Responsibilities:

  • Design secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise solutions.
  • Align solution designs with enterprise architecture standards and target-state roadmaps.
  • Support architecture governance, technical design reviews, and solution assurance processes.
  • Guide delivery teams through technical planning, risk identification, and implementation.
  • Integrate modern platforms with core banking and legacy systems using API-led and event-driven approaches.

Advantageous:

  • AWS / Cloud architecture exposure
  • Kubernetes / Docker
  • DevOps and CI/CD practices
  • Event-driven architecture and messaging platforms

Reference Number for this position is GZ61342 which is a contract position based in Sandton / Hybrid offering a cost to company salary of R1300k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on [email protected] or call him on011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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