Microservices & System Architect at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Competencies and Recquirements

• At least 2 years’ experience as a system/solutions architect in tech companies.
•  Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience developing/architecting web applications (full stack client and server) with knowledge of multiple programming languages and technology stacks (e.g. Java, C#, Python, Javacript) 
• At least 2 years of experience with Azure (MUST) including knowledge of platform services such as Azure Blob, Hadoop, Spark, Azure DevOps, API Gateway etc. Same experience of AWS is an advantage. 
• Proven experience in architecting and refactoring complex systems, as an architect, team-leader or a senior team-member. 
• Proven ability to understand business problems and requirements and design systems to meet both the functional AND non-functional requirements. 
• Deep analytical abilities in system design and requirements decomposition 
• The ability to communicate effectively both in writing and in face to face conversation in English. Other language skills are a plus, but high level of English is required. 
• Experience with CI/CD practices, pipelines, containers/containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices patterns 
• Strong SQL experience with common relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server) and Data Warehouses (e.g. knowledge in star schema design) 
• High level of independence – can work to bring ideas and concepts to full solution and implementation
• Quick self-learner (autodidact) and love of problem-solving with an ability and eagerness to constantly learn and teach others 
• Strong ability to write documentation of processes & technical information for components and services for which you are responsible 
• Ability to lead without formal authority, serve as principal engineer and mentor to other Architects, lead tasks of several Architects and multiple engineering teams

Advantage

• Experience deploying systems in cloud based architecture and strong familiarity with Linux based systems (e.g. Ubuntu) 
• Expert SQL analytical abilities 
• Experience with Big Data, Talent, Hadoop, Speak, ETL and data pipelines and data streaming 
• Experience in volume & performance analysis, testing and architectural patterns for solving bottlenecks 
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training 
• Strong troubleshooting skills – ability to assist/lead other teams in investigation and root cause analysis and resolution 
• Previous experience in Big Data and Cloud environmentwithin Enterprise Companies (not just Startups)

Output and Accountabilities

• Responsible for the execution of the system architecture roadmap within a line of Product, or for a main platform (or Platform component) as well as contribute new strategic ideas, technologies and solutions to business and technical challenges.
•  Lead the engineering transformation from old legacy monolith solutions/products to Microservices architected cloud solutions.
•  Lead architectural analysis, notes, diagrams and system design for systems and features while working closely with architects, product managers and engineers • Own E2E architectural vision and system design for company products and system components / microservices while interfacing with other system architects, software engineers, QA, BI analysts, data scientists, product managers.
•  Lead Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) from a to z and solutions for existing and new systems, data flows, performance, scalability redundancy, security, and others.
•  Lead/Implement proof of concept activities for new technologies and solutions (Cloud, SaaS, open source, etc) and competing approaches to meeting functional and/or non-functional requirements. Ability to initiate and lead proof of concepts.