OM Bank - Senior Solutions Architect
OM Bank - Senior Solutions Architect
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Job Description
At OM Bank we strive to attract great people who are passionate about coming together for a higher purpose- building something unique and aspirational always aiming to be the best they can be. We are rooted in our purpose of inspiring and enabling our customers to grow and sustain their prosperity.The Senior Solution Architect primarily works with the product owner team by providing business process alignment and technical leadership to craft a solution that is fit for purpose from a business perspective.
Consequently they focus their attention on both smaller and large facet of the solution to make sure that it engineered and fit the operate model
KEY RESULT AREAS
- Focusses on the technical and business feasibility of a solution and ensure that it fits within well-established patterns and guidelines laid down by the enterprise architects and Lead solution architects.
- Takes responsibility for the quality commercial compliance and technical integrity of the solution being delivered back into the business.
- Works actively with senior technology / platform systems analysts from across the operational space (both internal subject matter experts and those of the chosen suppliers).
- Work with other domain architects in the programme including cloud infrastructure technology and domain specific architects.
Compliance
- Ensures delivery fits within the guidelines laid down by the enterprise / solution practice architects and is in compliance with the IT strategy.
- Oversees the implementation of new solutions to ensure they adhere to the signed off solution architecture designs.
Financial Control
- Understands the fiscal components of a solution to ensure it satisfies the commercial requirements of the business and is sustainable adaptable and practical within the RUN model.
Personal Effectiveness
- Ability to operate in a dedicated agile environment and to use typical agile method tools
- Ability to explain the complex in laymans terms to bring technology to the masses
- Accepts and lives the company values
- Accountable for service delivery through own efforts
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
- Individually accountable for managing own time tasks and output quality for periods of 3 months to 1 year.
- Plans workload vs work demand for a small team of solution architects.
Strategy
- Models and defines the financial implications and considerations of potential solutions.
- Models defines and collaborates around designs with business and enterprise stakeholders.
- Provides options and recommendations to business stakeholders to ensure that they can make the best business decisions based on the different solution alternatives and patterns.
Technical Consultation
- Analyses business processes to determine how IT investment could deliver value through improved cycle times lower costs improved quality.
- Builds the detailed transition plan for the more effective exploitation of IT investments.
- Defines a solution and ensure that it:
- Meets the business requirements
- Meets the non-functional requirements:
- Fits within the guidelines laid down by the enterprise / solution practice architects
- Is in compliance with the IT strategy.
- Can be readily leveraged by other parts of the business
- Responds to stakeholder needs and influences the development of alternative solutions.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Relevant tertiary qualification (BSC)
- Minimum of 8 years experience in a similar role
- IT Technical skills. (AWS APIs Serverless)
- Software modelling.
- Grasp of IT concepts patterns principles
- Policy Administration knowledge
- Cloud certification
Skills
Adaptive Thinking Application Development Database Administration Database Queries Data Classification Data Compilation Data Compression Data Controls Data Encoding Data Modeling Data Recovery Executing Plans Gateway Servers IT Architecture Test Case ManagementCompetencies
Cultivates InnovationDrives ResultsEnsures AccountabilityManages ComplexityOptimizes Work ProcessesPersuadesPlans and AlignsStrategic MindsetEducation
Bachelors Degree (B)Closing Date
02 September 2025 23:59The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
