About the position
We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and supportable technology solutions within a complex enterprise healthcare environment.
This role will play a critical part in defining and evolving solution architecture, driving integration strategies, and shaping modern Azure-based platforms. You will work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, engineering teams, security specialists, and operations teams to translate complex business requirements into practical, future-ready technology solutions.
This is an exciting opportunity for a solution architect who enjoys working at the intersection of business and technology while influencing architecture strategy, governance, innovation, and long-term platform evolution.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Leadership
- Develop and maintain solution and transition architectures aligned to business and product strategies.
- Evaluate architecture options and recommend fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Establish and drive architecture standards, principles, and reusable patterns.
- Identify architectural risks, dependencies, and technical constraints early in the delivery lifecycle.
- Support the long-term evolution of enterprise platforms and products.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical direction to delivery teams.
Solution Design & Integration
- Translate business, operational, and product requirements into end-to-end solution designs.
- Design integration solutions across internal systems, external providers, partners, and third-party platforms.
- Define and govern
- API architectures
- Integration patterns
- Data mappings
- Security controls
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Resilience and versioning strategies
- Produce architecture artifacts including:
- Architecture diagrams
- Technical specifications
- Data flow models
- Design decision documents
Healthcare Data & Security
- Design solutions supporting healthcare, billing, claims, and patient-related systems.
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements such as POPIA.
- Support healthcare interoperability and data integration initiatives.
- Apply healthcare data standards and industry best practices where applicable.
- Promote security-by-design and governance throughout the solution lifecycle.
Cloud, Resilience & Innovation
- Architect Azure-based solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
- Define and validate non-functional requirements including:
- Scalability
- Availability
- Performance
- Resilience
- Disaster Recovery
- Monitoring and Observability
- Leverage AI tools to support architecture design, requirements analysis, documentation, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
- Drive responsible and secure AI adoption across solutions.
- Contribute to continuous innovation and platform modernization initiatives.
Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
- Facilitate architecture review boards and solution discussions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship across teams.
- Guide architects, analysts, engineers, and developers.
- Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support effective knowledge transfer and sustainable solution ownership.
- Collaborate closely with business leaders, product owners, security teams, and operational teams.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Software Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Or a related discipline
Equivalent industry experience will also be considered.
Required Experience
- 8+ years of experience in:
- Solution Architecture
- Systems Architecture
- Technical Design
- Software Engineering
- Proven experience delivering solutions from design through deployment and operational handover.
- Experience working within integration-heavy enterprise environments.
- Exposure to both legacy and modern technology ecosystems.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership experience.
Essential Technical Skills
- Azure Cloud Architecture
- Solution Architecture
- Application Architecture
- Integration Architecture
- REST APIs
- Distributed Systems
- Data Modelling
- Data Integration & Data Flows
- Security-by-Design
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Architecture Documentation
- Technical Specifications
- SQL & Data Analysis
- Testing & Production Support
- AI-Assisted Solution Design
Advantageous Experience
- Healthcare Technology Platforms
- Medical Schemes
- Patient Management Systems
- Clinical Systems
- Billing & Claims Solutions
- HL7 FHIR Standards
- AWS Cloud
- AI-Enabled Products and Services
- TOGAF Certification
- ArchiMate Certification
- Microsoft Azure Architect Certifications
Desired Skills:
- AI tools to support architecture design
- Data mappings
- Identity and Access Management
