Solutions Architect (NH3412)

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On application

Type

Contract

Sector

IT & Internet

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in 30 days

Recruiter

Mediro ICT · All jobs at Mediro ICT

About the role

Our client, a Global Leader in the engineering industry is looking for a Solutions Architect to join their team. To be based in Pretoria and home office on a rotational basis. (hybrid) Contract position up to the end of December 2029. Requirements: Strong proficiency with Java (Spring Boot) for backend development and building scalable services. Strong proficiency with Node.js for backend development and building scalable services. Proven experience with frontend development using Angular, TypeScript and modern JavaScript for building responsive interfaces and developer-facing UI components. Hands-on experience with both NoSQL (MongoDB) and relational SQL databases; solid understanding of database concepts, query languages, relationships and how to create and maintain scalable schemas. Deep experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs and integrations using JSON/ XML and API design best practices. Experience designing and implementing microservices and event-driven architectures; integrate with message and event systems to enable real-time and asynchronous workflows. Knowledge of secure coding practices and application security frameworks. Cloud-native development and publishing experience on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, IAM). Experience designing, building and operating CI/CD pipelines with Git and tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline; understanding of CI/CD concepts is required. Curiosity and drive, actively seeks out unknowns, experiments to learn, and enjoys solving complex technical problems. Systems thinking, understands how components interact, anticipates downstream impacts, and designs solutions with an end-to-end perspective. Clear communication, explains technical choices to technical and non-technical stakeholders and documents decisions clearly. Strong ownership and leadership skills: drive technical topics, communicate effectively with stakeholders and deliver end-to-end solutions. Advantageous: Python (for scripting, tooling, automation or data-processing tasks). Knowledge or hands-on experience with Zero Trust principles and integrations (such as identity-aware access, least-privilege, secure service-to-service authentication and authorization). Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform to provision and manage AWS infrastructure. Docker fundamentals and container-based delivery experience (builds, images, registries, basic runtime patterns). Experience with event-streaming platforms and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and architectural patterns for high-throughput messaging. Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration (EKS) for scalable deployments. Observability tooling experience (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, log aggregation) and secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault).

• Lead and drive technical topics across the full stack, from requirements, architecture and design through implementation, testing and production operations.
• Architect, implement and maintain backend services using Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js that expose RESTful and GraphQL APIs for internal and external consumers.
• Design and build responsive front-end applications and developer-facing interfaces using Angular and TypeScript.
• Create and maintain databases and relationships; ensure database solutions are scalable, performant and maintainable.
• Design and implement microservices and event-driven architectures; integrate with message and event systems to enable real-time and asynchronous workflows.
• Define and implement API contracts, versioning strategies and consumer-producer agreements (OpenAPI, GraphQL schema, contract testing).
• Build and operate CI/CD pipelines, containerised builds and deployment automation; ensure reliable release processes and rollback strategies.
• Instrument applications and infrastructure with observability (metrics, logs, traces); define and meet SLOs and participate in incident response/on-call rotations as required.
• Drive secure coding practices and perform threat modelling where required.
• Integrate systems with third-party APIs and internal services, ensuring robust error handling, retries and idempotency.
• Collaborate with initiative streams, stakeholders and technical peers to ensure the best technical solutions are implemented and to provide input on roadmap topics.

What they're looking for

• Degree in IT or equivalent qualifications, or established certifications.
• Extensive hands-on experience (6+ years) in full-stack development with demonstrable projects using Java (Spring Boot), Node.js,
• Angular, TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
• Proven track record delivering production-grade applications involving databases (MongoDB, SQL), API integrations, microservices and cloud deployments on AWS.