Technical Architect

SUMMARY

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

We are looking for a Technical Architect (Contract) to join our financial services client based in Centurion.

Psybergate (Pty) LTD

PR000742/RN

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Centurion, South Africa

Monthly

• Translate approved solution architectures into detailed technical design artefacts.
• Define component-level designs including services, APIs, workflows, integrations, and data flows.
• Ensure correct separation of concerns between orchestration layers, domain logic, and rules engines.
• Validate vendor technical designs prior to build and implementation.
• Define and enforce technical standards across platforms, including:
• API standards and versioning
• Naming conventions
• Error handling patterns
• Logging, monitoring, and observability standards
• Security patterns
• Ensure consistency across delivery work streams and prevent the introduction of systemic technical debt.
• Oversee workflow and orchestration model quality.
• Ensure business and domain rules are externalised and not embedded in process flows.
• Validate integration patterns (synchronous vs asynchronous).
• Ensure API contracts are clean, versioned, and reusable.
• Embed and govern non-functional requirements including:
• Performance targets
• Scalability thresholds
• Resilience patterns (retry, circuit breakers, failover)
• Security controls
• Audit logging
• SLA monitoring hooks
• Collaborate with platform and engineering teams on:
• CI/CD pipelines
• Containerisation standards
• Infrastructure-as-code alignment
• Environment consistency
• Ensure environments reflect architectural intent and support repeatable, automated deployments.
• Identify technical risks early and proactively.
• Maintain a technical debt register and propose refactoring paths.
• Escalate architectural deviations and risks before they impact delivery.
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance to engineering teams.
• Participate in sprint‑level design discussions.
• Conduct design, code, and configuration reviews.
• Support production readiness and go‑live assessments.

• 8–12 years’ experience in software engineering and technical architecture roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience with:
• API and microservices design
• BPM and workflow platforms
• Cloud‑native deployment
• Enterprise integration patterns
• Event‑driven architectures
• Experience working in complex enterprise environments (insurance experience preferred).
• Strong understanding of non‑functional design principles.
• Proven experience modernising legacy platforms in brownfield enterprise environments, including:
• Modular decomposition
• Strangler patterns
• Anti‑corruption layers
• Transitional architectures
• Incremental migration strategies
• Deep technical credibility and the ability to work closely with engineers and delivery teams.

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