Blue Pearl HQ

Solution Architect (Master / Principal Level)

Blue Pearl HQ  •  South Africa (Hybrid)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description


The Solution Architect is responsible for
designing, governing, and evolving enterprise-grade software architectures

that enable scalable, secure, and resilient digital platforms. Operating at a
Master / Principal seniority level

, this role provides strategic technical leadership across complex systems, integrations, and transformation initiatives.


The architect makes
high-level decisions on technology, frameworks, and system design

, ensuring long-term maintainability while aligning architecture with business objectives.


Requirements


Key Responsibilities


  • Define and evolve enterprise and solution architectures

    across multiple platforms and domains


  • Design
    scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable system architectures


  • Establish and enforce
    technical standards, architecture principles, and governance frameworks


  • Lead
    architecture reviews

    and provide guidance across delivery teams


  • Guide implementation teams in resolving
    complex technical challenges


  • Drive
    system integration strategies

    across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments


  • Evaluate
    emerging technologies

    and assess their applicability to the enterprise roadmap


  • Translate business requirements into
    robust technical solutions


  • Partner with stakeholders, engineering leads, and product teams to ensure architectural alignment


  • Contribute to
    technology roadmaps

    , modernization strategies, and transformation programs


  • Mentor senior engineers and architects, elevating architectural maturity across the organization


Required Skills & Expertise

  • Proven experience as a
    Solution Architect / Software Architect

    in complex environments


  • Deep knowledge of:


    • Distributed systems and microservices architectures


    • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)


    • Integration patterns, APIs, and event-driven architectures


    • Security, scalability, and performance design principles


  • Strong understanding of
    architecture governance and standards


  • Ability to balance
    strategic vision

    with practical delivery constraints


  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and technical leadership skills


Seniority Level

Master / Principal Architect

This role requires
expert-level architectural judgment

, strategic influence, and a track record of leading large-scale, mission-critical solutions.


This position plays a critical role in
shaping the organisation’s technology future

, ensuring platforms are future-ready, resilient, and aligned to business growth.

Blue Pearl HQ

About Blue Pearl HQ

Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client.

We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation.

Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
2013
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