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FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (FIC)
SOLUTION ARCHITECT
Organizational Unit Financial Intelligence Centre -> Corporate Services -> Enterprise Architecture
Job Type Permanent
Education Bachelors Degree
Career Level Skilled
Location Pretoria - Centurion, GP 0157 ZA (Primary)
Travel No Travel Required
Desired Race Not Applicable
Desired Gender Not Applicable
Closing Date 30/10/2026
The FIC is an equal opportunity employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants in line with our employment targets and our commitment to diversifying our workforce. As part of our recruitment and selection process, persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All appointments are subject to satisfactory reference checks and security clearance.
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
Apply technical knowledge and expertise to design integrated solution architecture and support the implementation of enterprise and specialised solutions that are aligned to the FIC strategy and targets of the Enterprise Architecture Business Unit.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Solution Architecture Design
- Engage with relevant business units to understand project requirements and translate complex business requirements into clear, comprehensive, and actionable technical specifications and architectural blueprints.
- Define solutions that encompass all architecture domains outlining solutions in line with business requirements, enterprise architecture principles and ICT standards to ensure standardisation and risk management.
- Design end-to-end solutions, including defining system components, interfaces, integration patterns, data flows, and infrastructure requirements.
- Research, evaluate, recommend and select appropriate commercial off-the-shelf and custom-built technologies, platforms and vendors to meet functional and non-functional requirements.
- Research, evaluate, and prototype new technologies, tools and architectural patterns to address emerging business needs or improve existing solutions.
- Review and ensure that solution architecture designs provide seamless integration, scalability, performance, cost effective measures and security in accordance with the prescribed enterprise architecture.
- Perform feasibility studies and experiments to determine the resolution of an identified business need.
- Translate complex solutions concepts and architectural designs into clear and understandable language for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Develop and maintain traceable solutions architecture blueprints for technical solutions, including technical specifications, diagrams and design patterns.
- Develop and maintain all solutions architecture templates and provide input for templates in other architecture domains for consistency.
- Interpret and apply approved enterprise architecture principles, policies, procedures in architecture work.
Enterprise Architecture Change Management
- Update and maintain the solutions architecture repository with all architecture artifacts as part of architecture implementation governance.
- Provide input into the maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture repository.
- Maintain the established solutions architecture domain (as-is, to-be and transition architecture) for the FIC.
- Perform impact assessment and options analysis as part of Enterprise Architecture facilitation.
- Present all technical solutions related changes to the organisation’s Governance structures as guided by policies.
Solutions Project Planning and Management
- Provide input to project schedules and related plans required to perform solution architecture tasks end-to-end.
- Contribute to the development and/or evaluation of Terms of Reference documents to assist business and ICT teams during RFI, RFQ, and RFP processes.
- Take accountability for the end-to-end delivery of solution/applications/systems and ensure alignment to the approved architecture.
- Develop and/or provide input into business cases as part of business change.
- Provide guidance in the implementation of solutions architecture to support efficient deployment and integration.
Data Governance
- Propose quality checks and validation processes to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- Perform quality assurance tests on technical solutions to support systems integrity and quality protocols.
- Ensure the classification and protection of solutions assets as per agreed protocols.
- Maintain accurate and complete solution architecture documentation.
- Ensure that solution architecture designs adhere to set data governance protocols.
Architecture Advocacy and Awareness
- Provide guidance and technical advocacy on matters related to the solutions architecture domain in all enterprise architecture services as guided by Enterprise Architecture standards, procedures, and policies.
- Provide training and/or awareness to relevant stakeholders on advanced technical architecture solutions.
- Participate in the transfer of skills to team members to enhance overall effectiveness and capacity.
- Advise management of solutions architecture challenges as appropriate.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices and new technologies in the enterprise architecture environment.
Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate briefings and presentations with internal stakeholders to gain insight and determine requirements for architectural and business intelligence support.
- Collaborate with relevant teams to provide solution architecture support as required.
- Ensure continuous stakeholder interface for seeking clarities, closing gaps, and enriching the solution architecture to enhance business decisions.
- Participate in cross-functional projects when required to ensure the execution of planned projects against agreed timeframes.
- Represent the organisation at working groups, meetings, conferences and seminars when required.
- Participate in the procuring of relevant technology services to enhance architecture solutions.
Risk and Compliance Management
- Provide input in the development and enhancement of standards, processes, and policies within the Enterprise Architecture division.
- Provide input into tactical plans and targets when required.
- Implement fraud controls, risk prevention principles, sound governance and compliance processes, and tools to identify and manage risks within the business unit.
- Assist in the monitoring of changes in the regulatory environment and the implementation of appropriate operational controls to address new requirements.
- Support and provide evidence to internal and external audit requirements when required.
- Maintain quality risk management standards in line with the organisation’s risk management framework.
- Maintain and enforce all related Service Level Agreements to minimise business risk and ensure business continuity.
- Adhere to all relevant laws, policies and Standard Operating Procedures throughout the organisation
REQUIRED EDUCATION
- Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics or Business Intelligence (NQF 7).
- TOGAF Certification.
REQUIRED JOB OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 8 Years in Information Technology or Solutions Architecture
- 3 Years in Enterprise Architecture tools
- 6 Years in Solutions design, development and administration for large scale solutions
- 6 Years in solutions architecture design
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE (ADVANCED)
- Systems Analysis principles
- Scripting Languages
- Azure Cloud Platform
- Data Storage and Processing protocols
- Data Encryption Protocols
- Data Modelling principles and techniques
- Big Data technologies
- Open-Source Intelligence Collection
- Advanced analytics techniques
- Metadata Management
- Financial Intelligence Centre Act as amended
- AI and Machine Learning
- Scoping procedures
REQUIRED SYSTEMS/SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE (ADVANCED)
- Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- IBM Analyst Notebook
- GoAML Anti-Money Laundering System
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Azure Cloud Platform
- ETL/ELT for Cloud environment
- AI and Machine Learning platforms
- Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft Productivity Tools
- Sparx Enterprise Architecture
TEST ANALYST
Organizational Unit Financial Intelligence Centre -> Corporate Services -> Information and Communication Technology
Job Type Permanent
Education National Diploma / Higher Diploma
Career Level Skilled
Location Pretoria - Centurion, GP 0157 ZA (Primary)
Travel 0 - 10%
Desired Race African
Desired Gender Female
Closing Date 30/10/2026
The FIC is an equal opportunity employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants in line with our employment targets and our commitment to diversifying our workforce. As part of our recruitment and selection process, persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All appointments are subject to satisfactory reference checks and security clearance.
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
To perform software testing and quality assurance activities by analysing requirements, designing and executing test cases, identifying defects, and supporting user testing to ensure that FIC software solutions meet business and technical requirements and are fit for purpose.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Gather, analyse and perform detailed test review of system documentation: Business requirements specification and Functional requirements specifications (BRS, FRS).
- Identify, document and raise issues, gaps, ambiguities and risks in business and functional requirements documentation.
- Analyse and extract test requirements from business and functional specifications and maintain test artefacts in approved testing tools.
- Design, maintain and execute test cases using appropriate testing techniques to ensure software solutions meet quality standards and testing procedures.
- Ensure that test entry and exit criteria are met in accordance with approved testing methodologies and standards.
- Collaborate with ICT teams, project teams and business stakeholders on requirements, testing activities and change initiatives.
- Support and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with business stakeholders and ensure that UAT test cases are fit for purpose and executable.
- Compile and communicate test progress, test metrics, defects and test reports to relevant stakeholders when required.
- Perform peer reviews of test cases and other testing artefacts to ensure quality and completeness.
- Identify, create and maintain test data required for testing activities.
- Contribute to test coverage by mapping test cases to business and system requirements.
- Execute manual regression test packs.
- Log clear, reproducible defects with useful evidence, verify fixes and track issues through to closure.
- Provide regular feedback to the testing team and Test Manager on testing activities, risks, issues and testing progress.
- Participate in retrospectives and suggest improvements. Contribution to continuous process improvement.
- Collaborate closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, and project teams.
EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Relevant ICT diploma, NQF 6.
- ISTQB Foundation Level Certification or equivalent ISEB certification will be an added advantage.
- 3–5 years’ relevant experience in manual software testing, including test analysis, test design, test execution and defect tracking preferably in the financial services or regulatory environment.
- Experience in using testing and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Azure DevOps, JIRA, Xray and Confluence.
- Experience in maintaining test artefacts, defects, test suites and test execution records within testing platforms.
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, quality assurance practices, and testing methodologies.
- Experience in various types of testing including Functional Testing, Component Integration Testing (CIT), System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Risk based testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Exposure to automated testing practices will be an added advantage.
- Ability to work well with test and project team members and share knowledge and expertise.
- Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively at all levels of organisation, engage with stakeholders (both business and technology).
