Solution Architect at eHealth Systems Africa

Purpose of the position 

• The Solution Architect will be responsible for the analysis and evaluation of alternatives and arriving at the best technology solution to solve specific business problems. He / She will be responsible for translating requirements into process and technical designs that meet customer expectations and technical standards.
• He / She will lead architecture design for specific systems, products or platforms and collaborate with the organization’s leaders to prioritize solution delivery.

Keywords: SDLC, TOGAF, Android, IOS, Scrum, Agile

What you’ll do  

• Evaluate alternatives and arrive at the best technology solution to solve specific business problems.
• Provide technical direction, oversight of technical design and architecture and effort estimation and for all software solutions
• Leads the estimation and assessment of the feasibility of solutions and their business impact
• Lead the establishment and enforcement of related architectural governance and ensure alignment with industry frameworks.
• Identifies and manages the organizational impact (on skills, processes, structures, and culture) and financial impact of proposed architectural solutions.
• Continuously assesses the systems' architecture currently in place and works with technical staff to recommend and implement solutions to improve it.
• Provides technical design and architectural leadership for the development of solution prototypes to justify the suitability of recommended solutions
• Analyze and study complex systems requirements and prepare design documentation.
• Provides updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs, and budgets
• Contribute toward the continuous improvement of project management methodology utilized within the Development team
• Continually research the current and emerging technologies and propose changes where needed
• Describes the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders
• Provides mentorship to junior architects and developers
• Performs miscellaneous projects and duties as assigned to support the management team

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field. A postgraduate degree is desirable.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in engineering and software architecture design
• Minimum of 4 year as a solution architect
• Working experience of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)
• Working experience of development frameworks and methodologies (Agile, DevOps, Scrum)
• Development experience in at least one of the following: .Net, Java, SQL, React, Angular, Python, etc.
• Mobile development experience (Android, iOS)
• Fluent in English.
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical mindset
• Project and resource management aptitude
• Excellent collaboration and team working skills