Lead Architect (Digital and Cloud)

Lead Architect (Digital & Cloud) Location: Remote (Cape Town) Reporting Line: Chief Information Officer (CIO) Join a team that shapes the digital future at one of South Africa's leading financial services institutions. We're searching for a visionary Lead Architect (Digital & Cloud) who thrives on designing and implementing cutting-edge cloud and digital solutions. If you have a strategic mindset, technical excellence, and passion for innovation, we want to hear from you. Position Overview: As our Lead Architect, you'll be instrumental in planning, maintaining, and designing our digital solutions hosted in cloud environments, setting strategic direction for our cloud technologies, and transforming business requirements into effective architectural solutions. You will define our future-state digital and cloud architectures, ensuring alignment with overall IT strategy and driving innovation through robust solution roadmaps. Key Responsibilities: Technology Solutions: Design and implement cloud architecture aligned with business goals and IT strategies. Develop innovative digital architecture solutions in collaboration with business analysts. Support and contribute to cloud and digital strategy formulation. Ensure project outcomes align with initial cloud architecture designs; actively troubleshoot and resolve technical issues alongside project teams. Collaborate closely with vendors, business analysts, and systems analysts to deliver optimal digital and cloud solutions. Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a trusted advisor, providing strategic consultation on digital and cloud solutions to senior business stakeholders. Clarify business requirements and coordinate vendor engagements to ensure robust, efficient solution development. Challenge assumptions constructively to ensure high-quality, innovative solutions. Guide vendor selection processes, provide cost-benefit insights, and validate solutions during evaluations and proof-of-concept phases. Methodology and Quality Assurance: Participate actively in the Architecture Review Board, ensuring solution quality and architectural integrity. Continuously identify and implement improvements to streamline and enhance cloud-based business solutions. Skills & Technical Expertise: Proficiency in architecture frameworks: TOGAF, UML, Archimate Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation Programming skills in cloud-centric languages: SQL, XML, Python, Go (others advantageous) Deep AWS knowledge (Control Tower, Organizations, Security Hub, IAM, Networking, CloudWatch, CloudTrail) Proven experience with mobile development frameworks (iOS, Android, Hybrid) Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices (Docker, GitHub, Jenkins) Broad understanding of IT infrastructure, networking, and cloud computing best practices Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering TOGAF Certification (required) AWS/Azure certifications (highly advantageous) Experience: Minimum 10 years' overall IT experience At least 5 years' hands-on AWS cloud experience Minimum 2 years' experience in cloud architecture Minimum 2 years' experience in digital architecture Significant software development background Proven experience working within varied SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.) Why Join Us: This is your opportunity to join a dynamic organization dedicated to pushing technological boundaries and providing solutions that drive business success. We offer a collaborative environment where your expertise will directly impact strategic decisions and innovation. Take the lead in shaping the digital future. Apply now!