Solution Architect at Securiport Tanzania, Dar es Salaam June 2026

Solution Architect

Job Overview

Job Title: Solution Architect
Job Level: Senior
Department: Development / Engineering
Business Unit: Global Operations — Tanzania
Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with travel to JNIA, AAKIA, and KIA sites
Reports To: IT Manager / Group CTO
Supervisory Role: Yes, technical leadership of engineering staff
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Airline-Aviation
Total Openings: 1
Location: Tanzania
Date Opened: 15th June 2026
Application Deadline: 28th June 2026

Job Summary

Under the Design, Build and Maintain (DBM) programme delivered for the Government of Tanzania, the Civil Aviation and Immigration Security Services (CAISS) platform is being implemented across the country’s international airports.

Securiport is recruiting locally for a Solution Architect to own the end-to-end technical design of these systems and ensure they remain secure, performant, resilient, and aligned with both client requirements and Securiport’s global engineering standards.

The Solution Architect will report to the IT Manager / Group CTO and will be responsible for translating business and operational requirements into robust, scalable solution architectures. These architectures will span biometric and immigration processing, data analytics, integration services, and supporting infrastructure.

The successful candidate will define the technical blueprint, guide implementation across engineering teams, and serve as the senior technical authority bridging leadership, the government team, headquarters (HQ), and field operations.

This is a hands-on leadership role. While the primary focus is architecture and design, the candidate will also contribute directly to critical components, prototypes, and proofs of concept. The role allows the creation of new intellectual property and patentable technology.

The successful candidate will work in an Agile environment with a strong bias toward Scrum. As this is a senior position, the candidate is expected to be self-guided and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to lead and participate in presentations to clients, the government team, and management.

Key Responsibilities

The Solution Architect will be responsible for the following:

• Define, document, and own the end-to-end solution architecture for CAISS components, including:
  • Biometric processing
  • Immigration workflows
  • Data analytics
  • Integration layers
  • Supporting infrastructure
• Translate business, operational, and regulatory requirements into:
  • Clear technical designs
  • Architecture diagrams
  • Interface specifications
  • Decision records
• Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and patterns across the engineering team to ensure consistency, maintainability, and reuse.
• Make and justify key technical decisions related to:
  • Data modelling
  • System integration
  • Security
  • Scalability
  • High availability
  • Disaster recovery
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and analysts.
• Review designs and code to uphold quality and best practices.
• Lead solution design for new features and greenfield initiatives.
• Operationalize prototypes into high-performance, production-ready solutions.
• Collaborate with technical leadership, the government team, and HQ on concepts, strategy, and the full software lifecycle, from requirements through delivery and maintenance.
• Design and oversee integrations with hardware devices and third-party systems, including:
  • Cameras
  • Biometric capture devices
  • Sensors
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, availability, and disaster recovery objectives across all deployment sites, including:
  • JNIA
  • AAKIA
  • KIA
  • Zanzibar disaster recovery site
• Contribute directly to the solution code base for critical or complex components as required.
• Demonstrate products to stakeholders, incorporate feedback, and contribute to technical presentations and demonstrations for clients.
• Follow development standards, processes, procedures, and required tools throughout the development lifecycle.
• Assist in planning and coordinating the software lifecycle.
• Correct program errors, prepare operating instructions, and compile documentation of program development.
• Analyze system capabilities to resolve questions related to:
  • Program intent
  • Output requirements
  • Input data acquisition
  • Programming techniques
  • Controls
• Create novel concepts that contribute to Securiport’s portfolio of intellectual property.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The ideal candidate should have:

• Demonstrated experience designing and architecting full-lifecycle software solutions, including:
  • Requirements
  • Design
  • Development
  • Testing
  • Deployment
  • Maintenance
• Strong experience leading the technical design of distributed, multi-tier systems and integrations.
• Demonstrated technical working experience with small Agile teams of 3–10 members, with a strong bias toward Scrum.
• Strong understanding of relational database technology and data modelling, such as SQL Server.
• Working knowledge of reporting and analytics platforms, such as Power BI.
• Experience with multiple programming languages and frameworks.
• Experience interfacing with hardware devices, including cameras and sensors.
• Experience with modern CI/CD technologies and principles, such as Azure DevOps.
• Solid understanding of:
  • Security architecture
  • Identity and access management, such as Keycloak
  • DNS
  • Clustering
  • Monitoring, such as Zabbix
  • High availability
  • Disaster recovery
• Ability to produce clear architecture documentation.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-guided working style with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to deliver client-facing and management-facing presentations.

Required Education, Certifications, Licenses, and Experience

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following fields:
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • A related field
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a related field.
• At least 2 years’ experience in one of the following senior roles:
  • Solution architecture
  • Technical lead
  • Equivalent senior design role
• In lieu of a degree, a total of 12 years of experience in a related field will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Experience with commercial cloud architectures, including:
  • Azure
  • Amazon AWS
• Experience working in a Kubernetes or Docker environment.
• Experience with distributed computing enablers, such as Apache Kafka.
• Experience with NoSQL databases, such as:
  • DGraph
  • MongoDB
• Applicants must be Tanzanian nationals only.

Physical Job Requirements

The position requires the ability to:

• Remain in a stationary position, standing and/or seated, for the majority of the working day.
• Spend the majority of the working day viewing computer monitors.

Travel Requirements

This position requires periodic domestic travel to deployment sites, including:

• JNIA
• AAKIA
• KIA

The role may eventually require international travel.

Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit an updated Curriculum Vitae by email to:

recruitment-tz@securiport.com

Applicants should clearly indicate the following subject line in their email:

Application for the Position of Solution Architect

The deadline for applications is 28th June 2026.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.