Solutions Architect
The Canada Life Assurance Company2 days ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and facilitate solution architectures spanning enterprise capabilities, processes, technology, data, and people.
- Define and maintain technical architecture, architecture artifacts, technical vision, and technology roadmaps.
- Establish infrastructure non-functional requirements and ensure adherence to organizational standards and architectural principles.
- Resolve complex infrastructure and development issues through high-quality technical design.
- Identify opportunities to improve organizational efficiency through innovative solutions and emerging technologies.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture, portfolio, technology, delivery, infrastructure, business, and stakeholder teams.
- Lead and influence technical decisions across multiple teams, priorities, geographies, business functions, and vendors.
- Support scalable solutions that accommodate future architectural changes and foster a high-performance architecture and engineering culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum six years of experience in complex IT environments, particularly architecture, application development, and integration.
- At least four years of hands-on experience in cloud solution architecture and design.
- Experience designing and implementing microservices or micro-application architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence technical decisions across multiple teams and priorities.
- Strong communication, collaboration, analytical, stakeholder relationship, and architecture documentation skills.
- Experience with financial services, insurance, or another complex regulated industry is an asset.
- Experience aligning architecture with business goals and IT strategy alongside delivery and infrastructure teams is an asset.
- Leadership experience guiding cross-functional technology teams, including business analysts, developers, and QA, is an asset.
- Familiarity with Azure, AWS, or GCP, with certifications considered an asset.
- Experience with SQL, Oracle, .NET, AWS, GitLab, Git, Bitbucket, and UML is an asset.
- Understanding of business, information/data, application, technology, and security architecture disciplines is an asset.
Benefits
- Permanent full-time employment with a hybrid work arrangement.
- Career advancement opportunities, learning programs, and up to $2,000 annually for education reimbursement.
- Flexible health and dental benefits and a $5,000 mental health benefit.
- Vacation and personal days plus a volunteer day supporting community involvement.
- Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program, additional investment options, employee discounts, and recognition programs.
- Employee Resource Groups, mentorship programs, social clubs, and events.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About The Canada Life Assurance Company
The Canada Life Assurance Company provides life, health, disability, and group benefits insurance, plus retirement and wealth management products for individuals and employers across Canada. It generates revenue through premiums, investment management fees, and group plan administration. Headquartered in Toronto, it is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and part of the Power Corporation group of companies, serving both retail and workplace markets nationwide.