Architect, Solutions, Salesforce

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To develop, design and maintain the solution architectures for specific business functional/technical areas. To participate in the definition of the higher-level functional and non-functional requirements, analyse technical trade-offs, determine the major components and subsystems, and define the interfaces and collaborations between them, safeguarding the strategic alignment of technology architecture with the agreed business outcomes. Drive the Design Authority's objectives, especially Defining Architectural Standards, Solution Design Review, and Promoting Reusability.

Qualifications

• Salesforce Administrator or Platform App Builder Certification required as minimum while Architect-level certifications, such as Salesforce Data Architect, Sharing and Visibility Architect, System Architect and Application Architect certifications will be hugely advantageous
• 8-10 Years proven experience in designing solutions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards (e.g., data modelling, security, integration, performance); the role requires a holistic view of the Salesforce platform and its integration capabilities
• Expertise in Technical Governance, including enforcing adherence to architectural standards through technical reviews such as code reviews and platform health checks. Should be capable of implementing automated compliance monitoring
• 5-7 Years' knowledge of or experience in Salesforce platform programming languages (Visualforce, LWC, APEX, SOQL, SOSL) and development best practices is required 

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information

Technical Competencies:

• Emerging Technology Monitoring
• Information Technology Architecture
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Applications
• IT Knowledge
• Solutions Assessment
• Stakeholder Management (IT)