Solution Architect – Ecommerce

Department: Information Technology (IT) – Architecture Team

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Durban

Department: Information Technology (IT) – Architecture Team

Industry: Retail / ECommerce / Information Technology

We are seeking an innovative, technically strong and experienced Solution Architect – ECommerce to join the IT Architecture team in Durban.

The successful candidate will be responsible for analysing business requirements and available technologies to design, recommend and support the implementation of scalable, cohesive and pragmatic technical solutions.

The role requires a strong software development foundation, Solution Architecture experience, exposure to customer-facing technology domains and the ability to work across complex enterprise environments. The Solution Architect will collaborate with enterprise architects, domain architects, developers, project teams and business stakeholders to shape the organisation's ECommerce and retail technology landscape.

• Analyse business strategies, priorities, processes and requirements to determine appropriate technology solutions.
• Design enterprise-scale applications, services and technical solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable and cohesive technical designs.
• Understand and manage interactions and integration points between multiple applications and systems.
• Design solutions that are scalable, maintainable, secure, reliable and aligned with future business growth.
• Define and manage non-functional requirements, including:
• Performance
• Availability
• Security
• Scalability
• Reliability
• Break complex technical problems into manageable solution components.
• Ensure technical solutions comply with relevant governance, risk and legislative requirements.

• Participate in the selection of appropriate:
• Technology platforms
• Technology stacks
• Frameworks
• Architectural patterns
• Integration approaches
• Balance individual solution requirements with enterprise architecture standards and guidelines.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps, conceptual models, architectural frameworks and enterprise technology strategies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Recommend opportunities for technology optimisation, improvement and innovation.
• Provide architectural direction throughout the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Apply strong software development knowledge when designing technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across:
• Development
• Programming
• Application integration
• Testing
• Deployment
• Design and support API and enterprise integration architecture.
• Ensure different applications, platforms and services integrate effectively.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure architectural designs are implemented appropriately.

No specific programming language is mandatory.

• Provide architectural leadership within the ECommerce and retail technology landscape.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between technical solutions and strategic business objectives.
• Provide technical thought leadership and influence technology decision-making.
• Drive innovation across customer-facing digital platforms.
• Apply knowledge from different business and technology domains to solve complex problems.

Experience in customer-facing domains such as ECommerce, Point of Sale and Fin Tech is particularly relevant. Exposure across multiple domains such as ECommerce, finance and logistics will be considered a strong advantage.

• Share Solution Architecture standards and best practices.
• Mentor and coach developers and other technical team members.
• Lead and contribute to architectural discussions.
• Provide technical guidance during solution implementation.
• Support the development of future Solution Architects.
• Promote continuous learning and adoption of appropriate new technologies.

A Bachelor's Degree or BTech in one of the following areas is preferred:

• Computer Science
• Info…