Tech Platform Lead architecting Azure, API, and infrastructure platforms for Desjardins’ cooperative financial services. Governing enterprise technology, incidents, suppliers, security, and operational readiness.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for Collabria’s cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, digital applications, business platforms and supplier solutions
Ensure technology investments are secure, scalable, supportable and cost-effective
Contribute to delivery planning, production incident management, supplier reviews and operational readiness
Define solution standards and reusable patterns for Microsoft Azure, APIs, integrations, Collabria portal, eApplications, Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, Halo and supplier-managed platforms
Translate business requirements into secure, maintainable and sustainable technology solutions and document decisions and trade-offs
Maintain target-state roadmaps, reference architectures, application and integration inventories, and technology portfolio lifecycle considerations
Review technology designs and identify operational risk, complexity and additional costs
Lead complex incidents, recurring problem investigations and supplier escalations
Assess operational readiness before production releases, including monitoring, logging, runbooks, resolution procedures and support handoffs
Support delivery teams with design decisions, technical roadblocks and implementation planning
Coordinate external architecture specialists when specialized expertise is required
Establish API integration principles and guide Azure platform, network, identity, resilience, disaster recovery and cost-management decisions
Ensure internal teams can operate new digital services and support them through the ticketing system
Collaborate with suppliers to integrate escalation processes
Own Collabria’s Terraform operating model and define reusable landing zone and platform patterns
Promote policy as code, version-controlled infrastructure and auditable deployment practices
Integrate Secure by Design principles and support Mythos and Imperium initiatives
Represent Collabria in supplier discussions and participate in product assessments, due diligence and roadmap reviews
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or a related field
A minimum of six years of relevant experience
Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
Knowledge of French is required
At least eight years of progressive experience in technology, including at least five years designing and delivering enterprise or platform solutions
Expertise leading technical initiatives, influencing suppliers and communicating architectural decisions to business stakeholders and senior management
Sound professional judgment and excellent skills in stakeholder communication, supplier management and technical and strategic writing
Proficiency in Microsoft Azure architecture, Azure API Management, Azure Functions, networking concepts, monitoring and resilience patterns
Proficiency in REST APIs, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, event-driven integration and enterprise integration patterns
Proficiency in Terraform, Bicep, Git, Azure DevOps and infrastructure as code (IaC) governance practices
Proficiency in Microsoft Azure, enterprise APIs, integrations, identity architectures and production environment support in a regulated or operationally critical setting
Benefits
Competitive salary and annual bonus
4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
Group insurance including telemedicine
Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
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