Job Summary
At Dotcom Consulting, we take pride in our business and technical professionals, who guide organisations in achieving goals as well as leading strategic direction. A Dotcom Software Consultant guarantees an experienced voice, along with the necessary skills, to enhance business performance and processes, whether your needs are technical, strategic and/or managerial.
Role Overview:
We are looking for a passionate and detail-oriented Solutions Architect with Infrastructure background to join our growing team. In this role, you will lead the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements.
Location: Sandton
12 months contract
Hybrid: 2 days onsite & 3 days remote
Possible start date: January
Responsibilities:
- Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements.
- Manages trade-offs and balances functional, service quality, cost efficiency and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation. Communicates proposed decisions to stakeholders.
- Coordinates and manages the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives.
- Maintains a stable, viable architecture and ensures consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives.
- Essence of the level of responsibilities: The SA has significant organisational influence, makes high-level decisions, shapes policies, demonstrates leadership, promotes organisational collaboration, and accepts accountability in key areas.
Technical skills, experience, and certifications:
- Practical technical experience prior to their architecture career. 10-12 years in either infrastructure or development backgrounds.
- In addition to general IT experience, recommended at least 4-5 years specific experience in Solutions Architecture.
- Experience leading a large-scale solutions from inception to implementation.
- Developing and maintaining disaster recovery plans.
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Equivalent qualifications or experience will also be considered.
- Bonus: Have a valid TOGAF certification - this illustrates at least a foundational knowledge of architectural concepts, artifacts, architecture domains, architecture knowledge management, and how a SA works together with the bigger EA team.
- Bonus: Have a valid certification in Azure AZ-305 or AWS Solutions Architect Professional.
Development background:
- Experience with DevOps and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with security and compliance best practices.
- Network engineering experience (Strong understanding of networking principles and
- protocols, including experience with routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers)
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or KVM.
- Knowledge of various storage technologies, including SAN, NAS, and DAS, as well as
- experience with storage management and data backup solutions.
- Proficiency in managing and maintaining physical servers, including installation,
- configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with managing and maintaining virtual servers - both Linux and Windows.
If you believe that you’re a fit and feel as if Dotcom is an environment, you can thrive in... then WE WANT YOU!