The Sr Solution Architect will be responsible for applying business and technical expertise to design, implement and support new business capabilities strategic to Group Functions long-term growth. Supporting Group Functions/corporate lines of businesses, you will be responsible for the creation, maintenance and management of the current and target state of architecture in this area.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with corporate business teams to identify and drive opportunities for architecture alignment and reuse between corporate lines of businesses
- Supporting and driving definition of key aspects of the strategic architecture, identifying and resolving gaps or key issues
- Works with executives from various groups to provide architectural recommendations & guidance as well as executive-level presentations at the enterprise level.
- Providing architectural direction and communicating architectural decisions, plans, goals and strategies.
- Delivers architectural initiatives that drive revenue and improve efficiency to align with business strategy.
- Partners with broader stakeholders in technology and business in defining architecture possibilities and future.
- Identifies risks or issues with technology solution & design which may impact realization of project benefits and provides guidance and support to stakeholders in making good decisions to pro-actively resolve or mitigate potential risks/delays to the project
- Identifies and researches relevant technologies, performs proof of concepts/prototypes, and recommends applications of such technologies to future product architectures.
- Analyzes and designs viable solutions to high complexity business problems according to user specifications.
- Ensuring the quality and consistency of architecture artefacts across the embedded architecture domains (e.g. system flows, data flows, conceptual designs, and application/information models)
- Contributing to standards, policies, best architectural practise and the process to govern against these standards
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business, (or related) or the equivalent in work experience
- Finance knowledge to assess impact of applied technology on insurance/banking business processes
- Expertise in large and/or complex system integration projects
- Expertise in crafting software/platform/infrastructure architecture plans to support business outcomes
- Strong understanding of various integration and architecture technologies
- Strong understanding of business domain and industry trends, including awareness of top technology trends and financial technology offerings
- Strong knowledge of API design and integration patterns and cloud-based architectures
- Knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices
- Expertise in crafting application architecture plans to support business outcomes
- Strong expertise in relevant programming languages, frameworks, and technologies
- Deep understanding of application architecture frameworks, business domain and industry trends, including awareness of top technology trends and fintech offerings
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Certifications in relevant technologies or architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) is a plus
- Proficiency in integration technologies such as APIs, ESBs, microservices, message brokers, ETL tools, and protocols (REST, SOAP, etc.)
- Experience with cloud-based integration platforms is recommended
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, integration patterns, and best practices
- Ability to design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure integration solutions
- Analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex integration issues and devise innovative solutions
- Proficiency in assessing trade-offs between various integration approaches
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams, articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and create comprehensive documentation
- Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams, mentoring developers, and driving consensus on technical decisions within a collaborative environment.
- Background in designing robust systems architectures to support organizational needs
- Track record of translating business strategies into IT solutions for seamless integration and growth
- Proficiency in systems design, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance of IT solutions
- Proficiency in systems design, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance of IT solutions
- Proficiency in data architecture and modeling, facilitating informed decision-making and data-driven insights
- Proficient in hybrid Cloud, DevSecOps, and FinOps
- Strong background in designing and implementing modern platform solutions using cloud services, containerization, orchestration tools, and infrastructure automation
- Proficiency in architectural principles, design patterns, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices for building scalable, distributed, and resilient platforms
- Experience with microservices architecture is advantageous
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD pipelines
- Analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and design innovative solutions
- Proficiency in assessing trade-offs between various platform design approaches
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams, articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and provide leadership in driving platform decisions
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$75.00 and CA$85.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.
Tundra Technical Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workplace.
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