Role Purpose
The Solution Architect is responsible for designing and leading the implementation of a solutions and capability architecture for Vodacom Business customers, according to the overall digital vision and target architecture. This role is responsible for the technical analysis and holistic solution design of future capabilities and features, including external dependencies and technical enablers / stories. This role is responsible for reviewing the target architecture vision and roadmap, evaluating
Key Accountabilities
- Translate the overall digital vision and target architecture into corresponding solution designs and change requirements
- Design end-to-end solutions
- Define non-functional, operational, and quality requirements for solutions
- Define technical stories to enable business capabilities, fostering re-use of existing components, and accept technical features following demos
- Responsible with Solution design, technical RFPs and technical support for the Sales
- Collaborate with account managers to plan the release of technical stories to customers
- Provide guidance to delivery teams to ensure alignment
Competencies
- Solution architecture and design
- Feasibility analysis
- Sound Technical Solution Selling skills
- Business capability / customer journey architecture governance
- Technical enablers and detailed technical and operational story design
- Infrastructure design
- Estimation techniques for scaled agile
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, or another related field
- 2 to 3 years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment
- Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
- Extensive experience in business capability modelling and technical and solution architecture development in a digital business context
- Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred