Solutions Architect

Job Details Description About us: Peoples Group is a boutique financial institution with offices located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal that has been in the Canadian marketplace for over 35 years. Our mission is to exceed our customers' expectations by providing exceptional customer service backed by extensive product knowledge and experience. Our culture here at Peoples Group is formed by our values: Trustworthy, Creative, Willing. We believe people don't choose a company to work for, they choose a company to join. We prioritize risk-based practices and procedures in order to remain risk intelligent and compliant. We value people, building relationships, and focusing on strengths; we execute with passion. About the work environment: Peoples Group offers a flexible and hybrid work environment. In this role you will work a combination of in-office and remotely from home. Typically, you'll be working regular business hours, Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 4:30pm with flexibility around start/end times. We are hiring for this position out of our Toronto, and Vancouver offices. Successful candidates who apply outside of these areas will be expected to relocate and reside in a location that is within a commutable distance. About you: You are a technical leader with extensive experience architecting, optimizing, and governing a broad range of applications and solutions in the banking industry. You enjoy crafting large-scale, holistic solution architectures in a complex environment to meet the diverse needs of multiple stakeholders. You are comfortable working across technology and business teams, and ensuring secure, robust end-to-end solutions are designed and delivered. You thrive in an environment where discovering new knowledge through rapid proof-of-concept and defining new standards is part of your day-to-day job, and delivering scalable solutions used by merchants and service providers across Canada excites you. About the qualifications: Bachelor's degree required in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience 8+ years of technical experience in areas such as application development, systems engineering 5+ years of solution architecture experience: discern requirements and solutions, assess technology, risk and cost / benefits, design and integrate enterprise scale systems, conduct architecture reviews Demonstrated architecture experience in critical banking systems within the financial services industry, e.g. Deposits systemsPayment railsAccounts reconciliation etc. Strong software architecture skills: web development / API design, security, programming languages and SQL, data modelling and databases, systems integration patterns, architecture styles, domain-driven design Good knowledge of cloud platforms, infrastructure technology stack, DevOps SDLC delivery experience with both project and Agile/Scrum methodologies Ability to think strategically and facilitate architectural decisions / recommendations to meet immediate needs and longer-term enterprise objectives Ability to learn and understand new toolsets and products quickly Solution-focused, takes initiative to tackle problems effectively in a fast-paced environment Excellent verbal and written communication skills TOGAF, AWS or Azure cloud certification is a plus About the day-to-day: Lead solution architecture activities and govern implementation of major initiatives including assurance of third-party deliverables Create, maintain, and organize architecture documents and artefacts to capture current / future state architecture and share knowledge Participate in Architecture Review Board or peer review of architecture design and advise on new initiatives Develop technology roadmaps and architecture standards to guide and optimize technical capabilities and applications deployed in the enterprise Coach and mentor peers on solution design, best practices, technological approaches, etc. Explore new innovations, conduct technology proof-of-concept, and drive adoption of new and emerging capabilities Interfaces with industry on current trends in business and information technology Compensation: Peoples Group is pleased to offer employees a competitive annual salary plus a discretionary profit share opportunity. Salary for this position will vary between $145,000 and $175,000 per year depending on the knowledge, skills, abilities and experience that the chosen candidate possess. As part of our recruiting process, shortlisted candidates will be asked their salary expectations for this position. Help us get to know you better by answering our application questions! Your participation is expected as an essential part of our selection process. NOTE: Peoples Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest; however, only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Qualifications Skills Behaviors : Motivations : Education Experience Licenses & Certifications