Solutions Architect: Insurance

We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented, driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees. Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to building a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

Who We Are

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable, and delivered through personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better.

Why Choose Us

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put the Client first, act with Energy and take Ownership. And to support people in being their best, our Employee Value Proposition offers every value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well as employee benefits and savings. We make it a priority to ensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow.

About the role

The role of a Solutions Architect in the Insurance team at Capitec Bank involves developing, maintaining, and enhancing the technology strategy and target state solution architecture. This position requires deep technical knowledge in programming, databases, and cloud skills, with a focus on designing scalable and resilient solutions. The Solutions Architect will act as the technical leader for their product, ensuring it meets business requirements and supports Capitec Insurance’s strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• At least 5 years’ relevant design and development experience.
• At least 3 years’ proven experience as an Architect (pre-sales advantageous) in the insurance or banking industry.
• Evidence of delivering Proof of concept solutions to third parties.
• At least 4 years’ experience in:

- Presenting to Mid-senior level management to convey technical concepts in a simplified, understandable language.

- Analysis, design and writing technical specifications.

- Constructing detailed technical design and non-functional requirements.

- Designing and delivering scalable and resilient solutions.

Ideal Experience

• Deep understanding of continuous availability.
• Commitment to frequent incremental release philosophy and practice.
• Insurance, Banking and Finance experience.
• Understanding relational database design concepts, and familiarity with 3NF & de-normalised database solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology.
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational.
• Data flow diagrams and high-level systems diagrams.
• Application development / Software development (typed and scripting coding languages).
• Waterfall and Agile systems development processes (Prince II / Safe).
• CI/CD standards and agile delivery methods.
• Service-Oriented Architecture.

Ideal Knowledge

• Banking systems and Insurance systems.
• Knowledge of UML and Cloud architectures.
• Working knowledge of AWS / Azure.

Skills

• Attention to Detail.
• Analytical Skills.
• Facilitation Skills.
• Business Process Modelling skills (IDEF-0, Financial Modelling, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, etc.).

Conditions of Employment

• Clear criminal and credit record.

If you are interested in being part of this dynamic team, on a mission to build the best bank in the world through unlocking the potential of its people, please apply. We would love to hear from you!

Capitec is committed to diversity and, where feasible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals.

Capitec Bank is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 46669) and registered credit provider (NCRCP13). Capitec Bank Limited Reg. No: 1980/003695/06