Application Architect

Scotiabank; Canada; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Application Architect to drive digital transformation within the Global Fraud Technology team. This pivotal role involves ensuring cutting-edge architectural decisions while promoting a culture of innovation and collaboration. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software architecture and project management, particularly in cloud environments.

Benefits

Inclusive culture promoting diversity

Accessibility and workplace accommodations

Tuition assistance

Flexible vacation

Competitive rewards including bonuses

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering.
• 5+ years in architecture design, including creating reference architectures.
• Hands-on in complex environments, microservices, and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Leading architecture design in alignment with strategic goals.
• Overseeing data processing projects and migrations to ML-Ops.
• Collaborating across teams to develop technology solutions.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Influencing

Cloud platforms

Data security protocols

System analysis

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Relevant cloud certifications

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Pub/Sub

BigQuery

MongoDB

Apache Flink

Kafka

Job description

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Join a purpose-driven, high-performing team committed to results and inclusivity.

The Application Architect plays a pivotal role within the Global Fraud Technology initiatives. This position involves leading the technical design and implementation of advanced solutions to enhance the organization’s digital presence and operational efficiency. The architect ensures alignment of architecture decisions with Fraud strategic goals and technical requirements, fostering innovation and excellence in application development and deployment.

Responsibilities include:

1. Championing a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader bank resources.
2. Promoting a high-performance, inclusive work environment.
3. Overseeing migration and deployment projects, including transitions to new data processing or ML-Ops technologies.
4. Developing and maintaining architecture decisions to ensure performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability.
5. Maintaining detailed documentation of architecture decisions, project plans, and operational procedures.
6. Collaborating with multiple teams across the bank to align strategy and architecture design.
7. Driving innovation through proof of concepts and technical discussions aligned with strategic goals.
8. Ensuring solutions comply with security standards such as PCI for data tokenization.
9. Assessing business strategies, current environments, and technology options to evaluate solutions.
10. Presenting technical information clearly to build trust and consensus among stakeholders.
11. Designing architectural solutions and roadmaps aligned with enterprise standards for software modernization.
12. Participating in scalability and best-practice discussions.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in software engineering.
• 5+ years in architecture design, including creating reference architectures and artifacts.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including resource management and cost optimization.
• Experience with data processing tools such as Pub/Sub, Dataflows, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Kafka, MongoDB, Apache Flink.
• Hands-on experience in system analysis, design, and architecture of complex environments, including microservices, event-driven architecture, ETL, and cloud deployment.
• Knowledge of system resiliency engineering and agile practices.
• Expertise in managing large-scale data ingestion, storage, and processing, including real-time and batch processing.
• Strong understanding of data security protocols, encryption, tokenization, and compliance standards like PCI.
• Proven ability to manage complex migration and deployment projects and lead technical sessions.
• Experience working with diverse teams and excellent communication skills.
• Strong documentation skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Relevant cloud certifications, such as Google Cloud Architect.

What’s in it for you?

• Inclusive culture promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship.
• Accessibility and workplace accommodations.
• Upskilling opportunities through courses, cross-functional development, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive rewards including bonuses, flexible vacation, and benefits from day one.
• Community engagement through various programs and events.

Location:

Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Scotiabank is committed to an inclusive environment and provides accommodations during the recruitment process. Only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.