Solutions Architect

Role Responsibilities

Lead and manage technical solutions for enterprise programs, and portfolio projects

Build effective solutions based on business requirements, as clarified by AM's and BA's

Produce conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value-chains

Ensure adherence of the solutions design with all relevant internal standards and external regulations.

Manage trade-offs between speed to market, quality and financial impact

Work alongside Account Managers and Business Analysts to clarify application requirements

Attend requirements meetings and analysis meetings

Clarify application components and consolidate requirements to account managers, which are further extended to the business for approval

Work alongside the Enterprise Architecture team to gauge the feasibility of application enhancements/creation and answer:

Are these requirements feasible to implement?

Are these requirements properly aligned with existing application features/limitations?

How will this solution look once completed?

Present and defend the solution at various governance forums.

Must-Have Skills

3+ years of Solution Architect experience in a large, enterprise level environment

10+ years of experience in enterprise, application and information architecture design

5+ years of software development experience (no specific software development experience specified)

Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture, databases, and data modeling techniques

Strong experience with real-time and batch interface design and implementations, including sequence diagrams and documentation

Strong understanding of TOGAF framework

Strong understanding of the BIAN Financial model

Strong experience designing and implementing micro-services

Strong experience with RESTFUL/JSON schema design and implementation

Strong experience with database structures and relational database design and modeling

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience working in an Agile environment

Previous experience working on digitization projects

Previous experience working on mobile or online banking channels projects/groups

Banking experience on mortgage or ATM or branch or call centres

Soft Skills

Strong communication skills, both oral and written are a MUST

Strong facilitation/negotiation skills are a MUST

Ability to influence members of management and advocate for a solution whilst facing criticism is a MUST

Strong critical thinking skills

Ability to work well with a team

Ability to work independently with little supervision and multi-task numerous initiatives.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering or a similar field

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

Banking, Investment Banking, and Financial Services

Toronto, Ontario, Canada CA$70.00-CA$110.00 2 weeks ago

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