Solution Architect

Location: South Africa
Industry: Financial Services / Banking
Contract/Perm: Open
Certifications: TOGAF (Enterprise Architecture), Salesforce & MuleSoft
Experience: 12+ Years

We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and governance of enterprise-scale solutions across Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC), MuleSoft, and SAP. The ideal candidate will have deep architecture expertise, strong integration capabilities, and proven experience aligning to enterprise standards within a complex financial environment.

• Architect end-to-end enterprise solutions leveraging Salesforce FSC, MuleSoft, and integration into SAP and other core banking systems.

• Define, document, and govern solution architectures in alignment with ABSA's Enterprise Architecture principles and technology standards.

• Ensure data models, especially the FSC object model, are correctly designed, extended, and integrated across platforms.

• Lead the development of integration architectures, API-led connectivity, and event-driven designs within MuleSoft.

• Collaborate with security, data, and infrastructure teams to ensure robust security, data strategy, and compliance throughout solution designs.

• Facilitate architecture workshops, solution reviews, and approval boards with senior stakeholders.

• Provide guidance to technical delivery teams, ensuring alignment to the architectural blueprint and best practices.

• Support cloud governance, solution assurance, and performance optimisation initiatives.

• 12+ years' experience in solution architecture within enterprise financial environments.

• TOGAF certified, with strong understanding of EA frameworks and governance.

• Proven expertise across Salesforce FSC, MuleSoft, and integration to SAP or other ERP systems.

• Strong background in enterprise integration patterns, API design, data strategy, and security principles.

• Experience working within large-scale financial institutions, ideally familiar with ABSA's architecture standards.

• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and reusable architectural designs.

• Excellent documentation and architecture modelling skills (UML, ArchiMate, or similar).

• Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF )

• Salesforce FSC architecture & object model design

• MuleSoft API-led connectivity & integration patterns

• SAP integration

• Data modelling & data strategy

• Security & compliance frameworks

• Stakeholder engagement & solution governance

• Cloud platform and integration experience (AWS/Azure advantageous)

• Drive high-impact architecture initiatives in a leading financial institution.

• Work with cutting-edge Salesforce, MuleSoft, and SAP technologies in a complex enterprise environment.

• Play a key role in shaping the organisation's digital and integration landscape.