Solutions Architect at Nedbank

Job Purpose


To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.


Job Responsibilities


Design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions for the Generic Lending Platform using Java 17, Spring Boot, microservices, distributed systems, metadata‑driven architecture, and modern integration patterns.
Architect, optimize, and support containerized workloads on OpenShift, including CI/CD pipelines, observability, performance tuning, and adoption of container best practices.
Design and govern REST APIs, SOAP services, Kafka/event-driven components, DB2/PostgreSQL data structures, JSON/XML schemas, and system resilience mechanisms to ensure reliable end-to-end platform behavior.
Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
Assist software designers with lower level designs.
Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset.
Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners.
Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs.
Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.
Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability.
Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter.
Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability
Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking


Essential Qualifications - NQF Level


Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees


Preferred Qualification


BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems).
Professional Qualification Level 6 (Look at new degree naming conventions)


Preferred Certifications


Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent


Minimum Experience Level



Min 8 Years experience in similar roles.



Technical / Professional Knowledge


IT Architecture
IT Concepts
Systems Analysis and design