Job Description
Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hours:
37.5
Line of Business:
Technology Solutions
Pay Details:
$108,800 - $163,200 CAD
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Job Description Summary
This Principle Full Stack Solutions Architect will be working on our Infrastructure and Engineering (I&E) business as part of the broader Solution Architecture Practice department. This is an independent contributor role that will act as the technical advisor to our Infrastructure and Engineering (I&E) organization, creating architectural target states, help prioritize product roadmaps, and collaborate closely with Platform technology teams to create solutions that meet business needs.
The Architect will design the solution architecture end-to-end, follow enterprise architecture guidelines, work primarily within projects/products, and will lead project/product architecture blueprints and design specifications at high and low level.
Develop and maintain respective architecture framework / solution that supports the most efficient, reliable, scalable, and secure solutions to meet the business needs and technology strategy; this includes planning, evaluating, recommending and designing architectural solutions in compliance with enterprise standards.
Job Description
CUSTOMER
Play a key role in aligning internal and external stakeholders on the architecture / infrastructure aspect of the product strategy and delivery roadmap, communicating with and actively engaging with the Executive Product Owner in achieving the strategy.
Lead on architecture backlog prioritization activities; advising on business / technology trade-offs
Oversee portfolio of Product-based Delivery Work
Review, approve / veto blueprints relative to enterprise standards. Advise on how best to design overall solutions
Identify, recommend, source, negotiate and implement emerging end-to-end IT trends, developments and improvements / solutions (buy / build / reuse) through leadership of projects and contributing to segment-specific leadership committee insights focusing on overall operational steering for architecture
Collaborate broadly with other practitioners, including marketing teams and engineers, to ensure the right look and necessary features for the products / projects and applications within assigned portfolio. Actively engages with the Practice on upskilling and building team capability
The role may oversee a small team, and is responsible for coaching on knowledge, skills and performance, building and evolving the practice's capabilities
Steer the process and connects partners in the creation of consumable assets that leverage and integrate proven reference architecture designs and patterns to select from many methodologies and steer the team beyond the theoretical in order to get the architecture tested and into production.
Hold decision rights on Architecture-specific strategies and owns policies, roles and responsibilities within assigned Platform or Journey for the technology roadmap to ensure alignment with enterprise guidelines now and as the design evolves to meet future needs
Oversee and advise on the design of technology applications and/or infrastructure on high profile, complex and/or high-risk technology projects with significant impact to the organization, playing an active role in the process of developing, customizing and integrating systems
Drive continual upgrading based on an integrated perspective on existing gaps and opportunities for service / system development across the technology stacks and grounds the team in assessing practical concerns to evolve features
The role may oversee a small team, and is responsible for coaching on knowledge, skills and performance, building and evolving the practice's capabilities
Drive the end-to-end solution of Kubernetes in the organization and work with supporting teams to optimize the implementation of containers, to maximize consumption in the organization
SHAREHOLDER
Set service-level objectives (SLO) and exercise key decision rights of the FSA role
Focus on reliability, scalability, and the development of the architectural infrastructure; including highly complex and scalable systems
Develops observability standards to ensure that production systems operate under known conditions and transparently provides these measurements to anticipate when errors or failures can arise.
Lead interaction with governance and control groups, (e.g. regulatory / operational risk, compliance and audit) to provide subject matter expertise and consult on risk issues related to architectural technology and tools
Lead or contribute to cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for significant and complex situations
Monitor and report on the status of the products / projects and applications within assigned product, ensuring projects are compliant with technology domain architecture, and designs / operates processes to provide ongoing review of in-progress activity against technology architecture and development standards
Foresee architectural issues / gaps and identifies emerging industry trends to recommend value-added architectural improvements that will alleviate technology debt and build resilient solutions
Maps processes and sub-processes that bridge the gap between business problems and technology solutions
Keep track of changes made to code through control systems
Collaborates within practices, platforms or journeys comprised of diverse and complementary skills; inspiring the team to embrace changes and continually advance collective knowledge of technical tools / trends
Protect the interests of the organization - identify and manage risks, and elevate non-standard, high risk activities as necessary
Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
EMPLOYEE / TEAM
Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
Provide thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for quality engineering best practices and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
Contribute to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices; may take on the role of Chapter Lead as applicable
Work collaboratively with the team and leadership to proactively identify and resolve issues related to product quality
Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally
BREADTH & DEPTH
Top technical individual contributor role with accountability to guide technology selection through expert knowledge of the catalogue of technology stacks and practices associated with platforms, programming, languages and tools, as well as advanced business acumen and understanding of broader organization issues and relevant technology
Accountable for setting the technical vision for significant parts of the company and oversees the work of other IT professionals as assigned on complex, highly-visible Architecture projects of significant profile, strategic importance, and enterprise impact to the Bank
Responsible for strategic decisions for the Architecture practice within a platform or journey, escalating as appropriate
Provides strategic leadership on high-impact initiatives, and drives innovation, often across multiple business unit
Sets collaboration framework and create solution prototypes for providing Architecture advice and guidance to the product-based org
Controls solution and development, regulatory and compliance for complex system landscapes (e.g., hybrid, multi-cloud, edge workloads)
Typically reports to the Architecture executive
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate (Graduate degree preferred)
15+ years relevant experience de...
