Solution Architect - Jobs in Toronto, ON

Job Description

Title: Solution ArchitectTerm: Full TimeRole:

• The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for designing application and related infrastructure solutions and capabilities in alignment with the enterprise architecture, including exploration of new technologies and integration of new solutions into existing systems.
• The Sr. Solution Architect will be responsible for leading the solution design and implementation for complex systems, platforms and will interact with key business stakeholders, design teams, development and QA teams on a variety of projects in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have strong businessamp; technology acumen and can translate business vision and strategy into effective technology change by creating, communicating and improving the key requirements, principles and models that aligns with the enterprises future state and enable its evolution.
• This role primarily collaborates with cross functional teams within the Enterprise, ensuring that outcomes comply with the Enterprise Architectural vision, quality, and security standards. The Sr. Solutions Architect is a member of a cross functional team that collaborates with business and information technology customers to define the capabilities and solutions.
• The Sr. Solutions Architect will define how those capabilities will be built and will support timely delivery of those capabilities and solutions including participating in planning and requirements definition in collaboration with business owners and product managers to ensure that the time and effort of the Enterprise team is producing the greatest value and is in alignment with the overall strategy.

Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of network design and protocols, databases and storage, backup and archive, disaster recovery, and infrastructure monitoring.
• Expertise with a broad base of digital web technologies, platforms, patterns, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Experience with single sign-on systems, identity access management systems (ISAM, Azure), and PII data security best practices.
• Experience with environments containing multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Ability to learn and adjust quickly to a dynamic and changing environment
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook
• Knowledge of ITSM standards and processes.
• Expertise with typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based computing architectures. Experience within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS and other cloud environments.
• Experience with general security technologies, processes, and concepts.
• In-depth experience designing, implementing, and supporting complex infrastructure solutions, DevOps, and Clustering.
• Proven track record of establishing Infrastructure strategy, roadmap, and enterprise-wide capacity planning.
• Nice to have - Successfully performed Cloud enablement, infrastructure cost-benefit analysis, and migration under either AWS, Azure, GCP, or any other Cloud providers.
• Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex concepts with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
• Strong business judgment and decision-making skills. Ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate highest impact initiatives.
• 10 or more years of IT and business/industry work experience. 5 or more years architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and planning and operations.
• Certification in any one of the EA frameworks is a plus.

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