Solution Architect designing secure, scalable enterprise systems for Canada’s largest credit union. Translating business objectives into technology solutions and guiding delivery across platforms.
Responsibilities
Analyze business requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and select appropriate technologies and platforms
Design solution architecture, including software, hardware, and networking components
Guide development teams throughout the project lifecycle and ensure best practices and standards are followed
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet technical and business expectations
Promote and support peer review of team deliverables
Develop consistent, effective documentation adhering to team standards and templates
Review existing systems and develop strategies to improve or further leverage them
Share knowledge with IS members to support adoption of standards and best practices
Develop proofs of concept to demonstrate feasibility of proposed products, methods, or ideas
Maintain awareness of technology inventory assets, identify adaptation and reuse opportunities, research market trends, and make build-versus-buy-versus-repurpose decisions
Bridge business challenges and technology solutions across the enterprise architecture team
Improve cost efficiency, future-proof systems, project outcomes, security, and compliance
Requirements
10+ years of continuous IT experience
Minimum five years of experience serving as an architect within a specific IT architecture domain
University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related IT discipline
TOGAF certification or functional proficiency with a similar methodology or framework is required
Experience leading diverse projects addressing business and IT challenges
Modeling experience using common solution description languages, standards, tools, and visual aids
Formal IT methodology practitioner and project management methodology participant
Proven experience designing complex solutions across varied platforms through implementation and operations
Expertise in architecture best practices, architecture development methodologies, domain-specific modeling techniques, and solution documentation
Software application development experience using Agile or Waterfall SDLC approaches and specification-level writing
Systems integration experience in a Service-Oriented Architecture environment using an Enterprise Service Bus and API-based messaging standards
Experience with COTS solutions and custom applications
Ability to use code repositories such as GitHub, TFS, or Azure DevOps
Ability to work within an Agile/Scrum environment
Ability to work in a Test Driven Development environment
Experience with Ovation, Salesforce, OutSystems, Boomi, Databricks, Visual Studio, C#, ASP.Net, ASP.Net Core, jQuery, Power Platform, or Cloud Architecture is an asset
Ability to manage multiple competing projects, time, schedule, and scope
Timely communication and appropriate escalation of issues
Selected candidate must successfully pass a criminal background check, reference check, and credit check
Benefits
Competitive compensation including performance-based incentive pay and profit share
Health and wellness benefits
Vacation program
Retirement savings programs
Training & Development Opportunities
Career Advancement Potential
Flexible work options
Meaningful work towards individual and corporate goals
Employee volunteer program and opportunities to give back
Profit sharing
Voting for the board of directors as a credit union member
Access to all financial services provided by the credit union
Accommodations available during every stage of the hiring process upon request
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