Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.
- Between 3 and 5 years of relevant experience in business architecture, solution architecture, business analysis, technology consulting or enterprise solution delivery.
- Experience across at least two industry sectors, preferably including Financial Services or Utilities.
- Strong understanding of business processes and technology-enabled transformation.
- Customer-facing experience in consulting, system integration or enterprise solution delivery.
- Experience conducting requirements, process-mapping and solution-design workshops.
- Experience reviewing business requirements and preparing technical specifications.
Exposure to cloud-based solutions is required, although deep cloud infrastructure experience is not mandatory.
Industry Experience
Candidates must demonstrate experience across at least two industry sectors. Experience in one or both of the following is strongly preferred:
- Financial Services, and Utilities
- Other industries
Experience in government, transportation, infrastructure, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing or logistics is also relevant.
Solution Architecture Competencies
- Application and solution architecture
- API and system integration
- Data flows and information requirements
- SaaS, PaaS and cloud-enabled solution patterns
- Functional and non-functional requirements
- Security, availability, scalability and performance principles
- Solution-option and vendor evaluation
- Technology roadmap development
- Architecture diagrams and solution blueprints
- Technical proposal and scope development
Cloud Knowledge
Candidates should possess working knowledge of:
- Public, private and hybrid cloud concepts
- AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud
- SaaS, PaaS and cloud-native services
- Cloud migration and application-modernisation approaches
- Cloud security, identity and data-protection principles
- Availability, backup and disaster-recovery concepts
- Cloud consumption, licensing and cost considerations
The role does not require hands-on ownership of cloud infrastructure, network engineering or platform operations.
Preferred Certifications
Candidates should preferably hold at least one or two certifications from the following disciplines. Certifications are advantageous but not mandatory:
- Business analysis or business-process management
- AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud
- Application, integration or data architecture
- ITIL or service management
- TOGAF or another architecture framework