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Ikue is a tech start-up with a clear purpose and vision - to provide telecommunications operators with a superior product to deliver outstanding customer experiences.

We are building a diverse team, all unified by a desire to unleash the data needed by marketers. Creativity is at the core of Ikue and is something we are looking to further strengthen in 2025! There are no typical profiles; each team member shares our vision and wants to be part of its success.

We offer an internationally competitive salary, an employee share incentive scheme, and the opportunity to work fully remote.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a financially backed, pioneering start-up at an early stage with creative license to drive the company's technical vision.

Recently, we completed a funding round in the US and UK, backed by successful Silicon Valley and UK SaaS entrepreneurs who have previously exited other ventures.

The Solutions Architect will leverage their expertise in designing solutions with AWS technologies to:

• Take ownership of the overall solution and design of our innovative platform, enabling marketers to deploy data pipelines via a user-friendly interface without relying on IT.
• Collaborate with industry leaders to ensure the architecture is fit-for-purpose.
• Define a technology strategy supporting the platform's evolution and roadmap.
• Lead design activities to transform our current capabilities into a multi-tenant SaaS product.
• Work within cross-disciplinary teams of UI/UX designers, architects, engineers, and data scientists across various domains.

The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic self-starter prioritizing personal development, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and work with talented teams.

We seek a highly skilled SaaS Solution Architect with experience in the telco industry, responsible for designing and optimizing our cloud-native SaaS solutions tailored for telecommunications providers. Experience with similar telecom products is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Design: Develop and maintain the architectural vision for our telco-focused SaaS products, aligning with industry standards.
• Scalability: Design solutions that are high-performance and scalable to meet telecom demands.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams, including telco experts, developers, DevOps, and product managers.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed architectural documentation.
• Technology Selection: Choose appropriate telco-specific technologies, tools, and frameworks.

Requirements and skills

1. Cloud-Native Expertise (preferably AWS): Deep understanding of microservices, containerization, serverless, and orchestration technologies in telco contexts.
2. Telecom-Specific Security: Designing products with industry-leading security measures, data protection, and compliance.
3. Event-based Integration using Kafka/Kinesis
4. Performance Optimization: Addressing telco-specific performance bottlenecks and optimizing solutions.
5. Product Modeling for catalogue-driven sales and orchestration
6. Familiarity with TMF or similar frameworks for channel architecture development.

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Solution Architect

We are looking for a Solution Architect to join us in driving significance together.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall application systems design, balancing requirements against resource utilisation, architectural factors and provisioning cloud-based security architecture solutions for clients that meet regulatory obligations and data protection requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in either Information Systems, Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or any other relevant field.
• Honours or Master’s in information systems, Informatics, Computer Science or Engineering is preferred.
• Certified as a Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (or near completion).
• TOGAF/Zachman certification would be beneficial.
  
  

• 10 years of working experience in the relevant industry and/or discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years experience within the solution design or architecture sphere.
• Software Development experience is an advantage.
• Experience in migrating from on-premise infrastructures to cloud environments.
• Knowledge of database platforms and design.
• Knowledge and experience in identifying gaps in existing architectures.
• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS) and network security methodologies.
• Knowledge of network access, identity, and access management (e.g. public key infrastructure, Oauth, OpenID, SAML, SPML).
• Knowledge of application firewall concepts and functions (e.g. single point of authentication enforcement, data anonymization, DLP scanning, SSL security).
• Knowledge of identity and access management methods.
• Experience with Azure.
• Azure performance and cost optimisation experience.
• AWS and Google Cloud experience will be beneficial.
• Knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery operation plans.
• Knowledge of development and architectural standards and principles.
  
  

• Gather functional requirements by working closely with sales team members and enterprise architects to gain a complete sense of client expectations and limitations before undertaking a major development project.
• Develop specifications by using the familiarity with functional requirements and existing systems to develop project specifications.
• Required to develop schedules and test plans, prepare documentation based on analyst reports, and assemble documents presenting project guidelines and milestones to team members. At the same time, identify potential issues between systems and client specifications and propose new solutions to work around these limitations.
• Determine a project's scope before developers begin any major work. Conduct extra research on a client's existing systems and configurations to determine whether added time and work are necessary to align the project with enterprise-level systems.
• Identify areas where implementation may require more solutions to be successful. Throughout this process, one should communicate directly with enterprise architects, developers, and clients.
• Throughout the development lifecycle, one should direct and oversee the activities of a team of developers, answering questions or helping to resolve issues as they arise. This aspect of the role requires one to ensure that specifications and requirements are clearly articulated to their development teams. Monitor timelines and progress to ensure that team members are adhering to these specifications. May also serve as a liaison between client-facing personnel and developers.
• Interface directly with clients from the initial conversations to determine project scope and specifications to the final presentation of software solutions, one meets directly with clients to provide feedback and updates on development projects.
• Prepare reports and presentations, as well as demonstrations, to keep the client informed about issues that arise during development and report on integration and deployment. Receive updated specifications and requirements from clients throughout the development lifecycle.
• For many projects, one will work with outside vendors to develop and implement specific aspects of the software solution. This aspect of the role may require you to consider costs and timelines and ensure that vendors meet deadlines for deliverables and project elements.
• Review proposals and estimates from these vendors and determine whether they fit into existing budgetary and time restrictions and ensure that external solutions work with internal development projects.
  
  

• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Excellent communication skills: Ability to engage with C-level stakeholders, both verbal and non-verbal and communicate a deep understanding of the business and a broad knowledge of technology and applications.
• Technical Literacy: Possess a high level of technical literacy, which helps them determine how a software solution fits into an organization’s current structure and assists in the development of specifications and requirements.
• Analytical Assessment: A high level of analysis to examine current systems and determine overall project needs and scope.
• Schedule Management: Extensive time management skills to determine development schedules and milestones and ensure that deliverables are completed on time for oneself and your team.
• Team Leadership: To oversee and direct development teams throughout the project development lifecycle, experience with team leadership and motivation is essential.
• Ability to translate strategy and strategic objectives into measurable and executable projects.
• Experience working on a large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards.
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

We are looking for a Solutions Architect to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 6-months contract role.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop practical implementation architectures (not just “perfect-world” blueprints) for the immediate needs, with transition plans for cloud-migration where applicable.
• Own the solution delivery alongside the project manager.
• Support and guide development teams through architectural oversight and technical coaching (Design patterns, libraries and frameworks).
• Engage with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide architectural governance and conduct technical reviews for smaller BAU-type projects.
• Support both on-premise and AWS cloud transition planning.
• Handle integration-heavy projects
• Work with Devs, Dev Leads, Testers, PMs, BAs, and UX/UI teams to ensure architectural alignment.
  
  

• Completed BSc / IT degree or other related fields
• 7+ years of software solution architecture experience.
• Hands-on experience in SDLC (especially Microsoft/.NET-heavy environments).
• Strong grasp of integration architecture, API strategy, and defining transitional designs.
• Able to engage with developers on design patterns, frameworks, and best practices.
• Comfortable guiding AWS cloud-native architecture discussions.
• Strong communicator able to interface with both business and technical teams.
• Logical thinker with proven experience in breaking down complex problems into practical architectural roadmaps.
  
  

• 70% Microsoft (.NET) stack
• 30% Java/Postgres/Oracle/MySQL/Other
• AWS cloud (existing and target)
• Emphasis on API integration, off-the-shelf platforms, and pragmatic implementation
• Strong preference for buying solutions and integrating them instead of building.
  
  

• .Net
• Java
• MySQL
• AWS

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Let's build the future together!

Ikue is a tech start-up with a clear purpose and vision - to provide

Let's build the future together!

Ikue is a tech start-up with a clear purpose and vision - to provide

telecommunications operators with a superior product to deliver superior

customer experiences.

We are building a diverse team, all unified by a desire to unleash the data needed

by marketeers. Creativity is at the core of Ikue and is something we are looking to

further strengthen in 2025! There are no typical profiles, each and every team

member shares our vision and wants to be part of its success.

Internationally Competitive Salary, Employee Share Incentive Scheme and opportunity to grow

fully remote

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a financially backed, pioneering start-up at an early stage with creative license to drive the technical vision for the company as you see best.

We have recently finished a round of funding in the US and the UK, and are funded by successful Silicon Valley/UK SaaS entrepreneurs who’ve previously raised investment before exiting prior venture.

The Solutions Architect will use their deep expertise in designing solutions using AWS technologies to:

Take ownership of the overall solution and design of our innovative platform, which is unlike anything else in the industry, enabling marketeers to deploy data pipelines on the fly via the User Interface, without relying on IT.

Work alongside innovators and leaders in the telecommunications and data space, drawing on industry-critical experience to Ensure the architecture is fit-for-purpose.

Define an overall technology strategy that supports the evolution and roadmap of the platform and services to deliver on the product owner’s vision.

Lead the design activities to transform the current capability to a multi-tenanted SaaS product.

Join a highly talented, cross-disciplinary teams of UI / UX designers, technical architects, software engineers and data scientists, working across API development, security, cloud-native engineering and more.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic self-starter who prioritises their own development, as you will have the opportunity to mentor junior colleagues and benefit from highly talented, cross-disciplinary teams.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SaaS solution Architect with a strong background in the telco industry. As a Solution Architect, you will play a pivotal role in the development and evolution of our multi-tenant SaaS cloud-native products for the telecommunications sector. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the architecture of our software solutions, ensuring they meet the unique challenges and requirements of the domain. Experience in companies providing similar products for telecom and communication service providers is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Design: Develop and maintain the architectural vision for our multi-tenant SaaS products tailored for the telco industry. Ensure that the architecture aligns with telco business goals and industry-specific best practices.
• Scalability: Design and implement high-performance, scalable solutions that can efficiently handle the dynamic demands of the telecommunications sector.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including telco domain experts, software developers, DevOps engineers, and product managers to ensure the successful execution of telco-specific architectural plans.
• Documentation- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the telco-specific architectural decisions and designs.
• Technology Selection: Evaluate and select telco-specific technologies, tools, and frameworks for product development, considering the unique requirements of the telecommunications sector.
  
  

• Cloud-Native Expertise(AWS preferably): Demonstrate a deep understanding of cloud-native principles, including microservices, containerization, serverless computing, and orchestration technologies, as they relate to telco solutions.
• Telecom-Specific Security: Ensure that our products are designed with industry leading security measures specific to the telco industry, including data protection, network security, and compliance with telco regulations.
• Event based integration using KafkaKinesis
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks specific to telco applications and continuously optimize the product's performance for telecommunications use cases.
• Product modelling for catalogue driven sales and orchestration
• TMF - open digital architecture or similar framework to develop channels architecture.

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Job Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Solution Architect to join our Technology team in a fast-paced logistics environment. The successful candidate will play a critical role in bridging the gap between business operations and technical teams. This role involves gathering and defining user requirements, implementing solutions, developing dashboards and reports, and participating in quality assurance efforts to ensure solution effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
  • Engage with stakeholders to identify and document business needs, workflows, and pain points.
  • Analyse current business processes and recommend optimizations using data-driven insights.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for development team or low-code/no-code implementation.
  • Support in the design of scalable and user-friendly tech solutions tailored to logistics operations.
  • Stakeholder engagement post go-live to ensure value realisation of solutions.
• Solution Implementation
  • Design, build, and deploy solutions on a variety of platforms.
  • Automate workflows and processes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Reporting & Dashboards
  • Develop and maintain reports and dashboards.
  • Ensure data accuracy and visibility to support decision-making across departments.
  • Effectively communicate complex analysis in easy-to-understand dashboards.
• Quality Assurance
  • Assist in creating test plans and performing functional and user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Collaborate with technical teams to resolve bugs and ensure alignment with user expectations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Information Technology/Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Skills & Tools:

• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS), data analytics tools, and enterprise architecture frameworks
• Proficiency in software development and understanding of various programming languages
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Strategic decision-making
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dynamic international team driving digital transformation in logistics
• Gain exposure to innovative technologies and process improvement initiatives
• Work in a collaborative environment that values creativity and efficiency

Work Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:20 AM – 4:20 PM, and Alternate Saturdays, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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SUMMARY :

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

We are looking for a Solutions Architect to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 6-months contract role.

POSITION INFO :

What you will be doing :

1. Develop practical implementation architectures (not just ‘perfect-world’ blueprints) for the immediate needs, with transition plans for cloud-migration where applicable.
2. Own the solution delivery alongside the project manager.
3. Support and guide development teams through architectural oversight and technical coaching (Design patterns, libraries, and frameworks).
4. Engage with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
5. Provide architectural governance and conduct technical reviews for smaller BAU-type projects.
6. Support both on-premise and AWS cloud transition planning.
7. Handle integration-heavy projects.
8. Work with Developers, Dev Leads, Testers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and UX/UI teams to ensure architectural alignment.

What we are looking for :

1. Completed BSc / IT degree or other related fields.
2. 7+ years of software solution architecture experience.
3. Hands-on experience in SDLC (especially Microsoft / .NET-heavy environments).
4. Strong grasp of integration architecture, API strategy, and defining transitional designs.
5. Able to engage with developers on design patterns, frameworks, and best practices.
6. Comfortable guiding AWS cloud-native architecture discussions.
7. Strong communicator able to interface with both business and technical teams.
8. Logical thinker with proven experience in breaking down complex problems into practical architectural roadmaps.

Tech Environment :

• 70% Microsoft (.NET) stack
• 30% Java / Postgres / Oracle / MySQL / Other
• AWS cloud (existing and target)
• Emphasis on API integration, off-the-shelf platforms, and pragmatic implementation.
• Strong preference for buying solutions and integrating them instead of building.

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Solution Architect to join our Technology team in a fast-paced logistics environment. The successful candidate will play a critical role in bridging the gap between business operations and technical teams. This role involves gathering and defining user requirements, implementing solutions, developing dashboards and reports, and participating in quality assurance efforts to ensure solution effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
  • Engage with stakeholders to identify and document business needs, workflows, and pain points.
  • Analyse current business processes and recommend optimizations using data-driven insights.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for development team or low-code/no-code implementation.
  • Support in the design of scalable and user-friendly tech solutions tailored to logistics operations.
  • Stakeholder engagement post go-live to ensure value realisation of solutions.
• Solution Implementation
  • Design, build, and deploy solutions on a variety of platforms.
  • Automate workflows and processes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Reporting & Dashboards
  • Develop and maintain reports and dashboards.
  • Ensure data accuracy and visibility to support decision-making across departments.
  • Effectively communicate complex analysis in easy-to-understand dashboards.
• Quality Assurance
  • Assist in creating test plans and performing functional and user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Collaborate with technical teams to resolve bugs and ensure alignment with user expectations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Information Technology/Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Skills & Tools:

• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS), data analytics tools, and enterprise architecture frameworks
• Proficiency in software development and understanding of various programming languages
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Strategic decision-making
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dynamic international team driving digital transformation in logistics
• Gain exposure to innovative technologies and process improvement initiatives
• Work in a collaborative environment that values creativity and efficiency

Work Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:20 AM – 4:20 PM, and Alternate Saturdays, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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The successful person will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of the project, ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with business goals

What you’ll do:

• Define and own the end-to-end solution architecture for a mobile application tailored to telecoms use cases (e.g., customer engagement, self-service, network insights).
• Collaborate with product owners, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Architect cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
• Design and integrate AI-driven features such as predictive analytics, chatbots, and personalization engines (beneficial, not essential).
• Provide architectural governance and ensure adherence to industry best practices and regulatory standards.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and platforms to support long-term scalability and innovation.
• Mentor development teams and support technical decision-making throughout the SDLC.

Your expertise:

• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, with a strong focus on mobile and cloud-based systems.
• Proven experience in the Telecommunications industry, with a solid understanding of domain-specific challenges and opportunities.
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure, including services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure AI, Azure DevOps, and Azure API Management.
• Experience designing and integrating AI/ML solutions into enterprise applications (beneficial, not essential).
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture principles, including performance optimization, offline capabilities, and secure data handling.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with JavaScript/ TypeScript and React Native is advantageous but not essential.
• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
• Experience with telecoms platforms, APIs, and data models (e.g., OSS/BSS, CRM, network analytics).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and agile methodologies.
• Exposure to data privacy, security, and compliance frameworks relevant to telecoms (e.g., POPIA, GDPR).

Qualifications:

• Matric
• Relevant IT Qualification
• Azure Certification †beneficial 

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Location: Cape Town or Johannesburg (hybrid way of work)
• 6 month contract
• Level: Senior (8+ years’ erience)

Why work for us?

Want to work for an organization that solves complex real-world problems with innovative software solutions? At iOCO, we believe anything is possible with modern technology, software, and development expertise. We are continuously pushing the boundaries of innovative solutions across multiple industries using an array of technologies.†/p>

You will be part of a consultancy, working with some of the most knowledgeable minds in the industry on interesting solutions across different business domains.†/p>

Our culture of continuous learning will ensure that you will have all the opportunities, tools, and support to hone and grow your craft.†/p>

By joining IOCO you will have an open invitation to developer inspiring forums. A place where you will be able to connect and learn from and with your peers by sharing ideas, experiences, practices, and solutions.†/p>

iOCO is an equal opportunity employer with an obligation to achieve its own unique EE objectives in the context of Employment Equity targets. Therefore, our employment strategy gives primary preference to previously disadvantaged individuals or groups.

• Develop practical implementation architectures (not just “perfect-world” blueprints) for the immediate needs, with transition plans for cloud-migration where applicable.
• Own the solution delivery alongside the project manager.
• Support and guide development teams through architectural oversight and technical coaching (Design patterns, libraries and frameworks).
• Engage with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide architectural governance and conduct technical reviews for smaller BAU-type projects.
• Support both on-premise and AWS cloud transition planning.
• Handle integration-heavy projects
• Work with Devs, Dev Leads, Testers, PMs, BAs, and UX/UI teams to ensure architectural alignment.

• Completed BSc / IT degree or other related fields
• 7+ years of software solution architecture experience.
• Hands-on experience in SDLC (especially Microsoft/.NET-heavy environments).
• Strong grasp of integration architecture, API strategy, and defining transitional designs.
• Able to engage with developers on design patterns, frameworks, and best practices.
• Comfortable guiding AWS cloud-native architecture discussions.
• Strong communicator able to interface with both business and technical teams.
• Logical thinker with proven experience in breaking down complex problems into practical architectural roadmaps.

• 70% Microsoft (.NET) stack
• 30% Java/Postgres/Oracle/MySQL/Other
• AWS cloud (existing and target)
• Emphasis on API integration, off-the-shelf platforms, and pragmatic implementation
• Strong preference for buying solutions and integrating them instead of building.