Technical Architect

Location

Gauteng, Johannesburg Metro, Johannesburg

Contract Type

12-month contract, full-time hours, onsite

Primary and Secondary Industry

Banking and Finance

Job Description

The Technical Architect plays a pivotal role in designing and implementing robust technical solutions that align with the strategic objectives of the banking and finance sector. The role requires collaboration with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable and secure architectures, ensuring best practises in technology standards and governance. The successful candidate will lead technical design efforts, oversee system integration, and provide guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Role Purpose

To define, develop and maintain the technical architectures and designs for specific business functional/technical areas and provide high-level roadmaps for the implementation of the solutions, aligning to a common technical direction ensuring accomplishment of the roadmaps.
To define and oversee the project’s technical solutions, ensuring system scalability, security, and alignment with business requirements.
To guide development teams, make key architectural decisions, and ensure the delivered solution meets project standards and long term technology goals

Deliverables/Outputs

All deliverables must follow Business Online+ Analysis & Architecture templates, be version-controlled, and traceable in Jira/Confluence. These deliverables will be based on scope and demand as per the goals of the project

Experience/Requirement

• High‑Level Architecture (HLA
• Detailed Solution or Technical Architecture Document
• ·AWS service topology diagrams
•  Network architecture (VPC, subnets, routing, firewall policies)
•  Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
•   Integration and component interaction diagrams
•  Non‑functional requirements (NFRs) specificationCloud cost estimation model (AWS Pricing Tool–based)

Other Deliverables

• Architecture Definition & Governance
• Product (Payments) Domain Solutioning
• API, Integration & Event Architecture
• Security, Compliance & Risk Management
• High Availability, Scalability & Resilience
• Data Architecture & Observability
• Technical Leadership & Delivery Support
• Governance, Documentation & Stakeholder Management
• Performance Engineering & Non-Functional Requirements

• High‑Level Architecture (HLA)
• Detailed Solution or Technical Architecture Document
• AWS service topology diagrams
• Network architecture (VPC, subnets, routing, firewall policies)
• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• Integration and component interaction diagrams
• Non‑functional requirements (NFRs) specification
• Cloud cost estimation model (AWS Pricing Tool–based)