Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect

Absa Group

Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect at Absa delivering complex technology solutions aligned with business strategy. Collaborating with teams to document architecture and designs in a banking environment.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeRandburg • 🇿🇦 South AfricaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDNSFlashGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxOpenShiftVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the design and delivery of complex fit for purpose, business strategy-aligned, high impact, cross domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions
Build architectural capability in Dev teams across an estate
Work with the Infrastructure and applications teams
Responsible for documenting Infrastructure Solution Architectures and Designs
Focused on the technical solution design and implementation verification of the various components of the solution architecture
Requires a high level of in-depth expertise
Closely aligned to relevant technical SME’s for collaboration
Responsible for the preparation of artefacts for operational handover
Responsible for informing stakeholders about potential threats and misalignment of solutions, including areas for improvement and optimization

Requirements

What you’ll need

A minimum of 8 years experience in Infrastructure Architecture
Infrastructure architecture and/or infrastructure solution design in a banking or similar large corporate environment
Working knowledge of server hardware and virtualisation technology
Working knowledge of server operating systems (RHEL, Windows Server)
Working knowledge of storage systems (SAN and IP Storage)
Working knowledge of data centre networking (DNS, GSLB, IP Routing)
Gathering business and application requirements and translating that into an infrastructure architecture/design artefact
Hybrid Cloud (e.g AWS, Azure, VMware, Azure Local, RedHat OpenShift, Nutanix, HCS - Huawei Cloud Stack)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Windows Server
IBM Flash Storage
Pure Storage
Dell PowerScale (Isilon) ECS, PowerFlex
Familiarity with enterprise grade networking technologies
Kubernetes experience is advantageous
Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) experience and certification is advantageous

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Infrastructure Solution DesignServer Hardware KnowledgeVirtualisation TechnologyKubernetes ExperienceIBM Flash StoragePure StorageDell PowerScale (Isilon) ECSPowerFlexRed Hat Enterprise LinuxCloud Experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)