ROLE PROFILE
Job TitleLead ArchitectReports toPrincipal ArchitectJob GradeL2DivisionArchitecture and TechnologyDepartmentTechnologyLocationCape Town
1. Job Purpose Statement
The person appointed will be part of the IT Team and will be responsible for leading the architecture and integration of all the IT Systems across the PayFast by network platforms, to support the business strategy.
The role will principally involve managing relationships with Business Stakeholders, Change and IT to help deliver the enterprise solutions.
This position has management responsibility for a team of domain architects, achieving results through effective delegation to team members.
2. Principal Accountabilities
Responsible for managing and mentoring the architecture team consisting of IT domain architects.
Define the required skills and competencies for the Architecture team, and work with the team to put in place appropriate training and development plans to ensure these are met.
Able to look beyond the immediate technical problem and identify the wider implications, understanding how current work fits into the broader context and identify deeper underlying problems and opportunities.
Effective communicator, able to translate technical concepts across teams, expressing these in appropriate language so that they are understood by all.
promote the Architecture practice and ensure that the purpose and processes of the practice are understood and followed.
Assist in the embedding of a continuous improvement mindset within the IT team to continually improve services.
Continue to populate and maintain the Architecture Repository, to act as a record of IT assets in use or planned, and as a foundation for future IT initiatives.
Responsible for architecture and technical design governance for all IT change in line with the Enterprise Architecture and Strategy to ensure consistency and service is met.
Able to balance architecture standards and technical best practice against business ambition, risk appetite and financial constraints to achieve cost effective and proportionate business outcomes.
Using technical experience to translate business problems into technical designs and assist the business stakeholders in selection of suitable IT Solutions and products keeping user requirements and business needs in mind.
Design and deliver secure IT architecture in line with the Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy to minimise and mitigate security breaches and risks.
3. Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge and Experience
Strong leadership experience of guiding, developing, mentoring, to create an effective, well-functioning team environment.
Experience designing and deploy Cloud and On-Prem Solutions
Knowledge of IT governance and operations
Experience working with Banking Switch platforms, i.e. Base24, Postilion
Experience with Enterprise and solution architecture roles within financial services
Certified Architect or equivalent
Key competencies/behaviors
Influence and negotiate.
Collaborative well with others.
Ability to effectively prioritise tasks/work items.
Inquisitive mind, always seeking to improve or solve problems.
Critical thinking.
Proactive
Skills Required
- Leadership experience guiding, developing, and mentoring architecture teams
- Experience designing and deploying Cloud solutions
- Experience designing and deploying On-Prem solutions
- Knowledge of IT governance and operations
- Experience with banking switch platforms (Base24, Postilion)
- Experience in enterprise and solution architecture within financial services
- Certified Architect or equivalent certification
Network International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Network International and has not been reviewed or approved by Network International.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Pay is considered decent in some roles and is often paired with bonuses. Phrases like 'salary plus bonuses' indicate variable pay is a meaningful component for certain positions.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage extends to employees, spouses, and up to three children, alongside life insurance. This breadth signals a robust healthcare baseline for the region.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and termination benefits align with UAE/GCC norms, including pension contributions for nationals and end‑of‑service gratuity for expatriates. Such provisions indicate structured, region‑appropriate retirement support.
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What We Do
Over the past 30 years, we have built a business based on long-standing and trusted relationships with many of the leading merchants, financial institutions and payment networks operating in the Middle East and Africa. Such relationships are based on our comprehensive capabilities, scale, local presence in the multiple markets in which we operate, alongside our trusted reputation. This gives us significant scale and leadership in the region, where we operate in more than 50 countries, serve over 130,000 merchants and 250 financial institutions and fintech customers, whilst managing more than 16 million customer credentials. We have a diversified business model and operate across the entire consumer payments value chain. We do this with a growth-focused strategy through two business lines: • That enables our merchant customers to ‘take payments’, by providing them with various payment acceptance methods, both online and offline. • Which supports our financial institution, fintech and other payment issuing institution customers in enabling consumers ‘make payments’, by managing and processing their consumer payment credentials and transactions.
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