Bilingual Senior Solutions Architect

123 Corporate; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health care and dental benefits

Retirement savings plan with company contributions

Health & wellness offerings

Assistance with industry designations

Competitive compensation

Job summary

123 Corporate in Montreal is seeking a Senior Solution Architect with over 10 years of IT infrastructure experience and at least 5 years in an architecture role. Candidates must be fluent in both French and English, possessing a strong understanding of financial services regulations and cybersecurity standards.

The role includes leading architecture design for enterprise solutions and collaboration with diverse teams. Benefits include competitive salary, extended health care, and retirement savings plans.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall IT infrastructure experience, minimum of 5 years in an architecture role.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Strong understanding of financial services regulations, data privacy, and cybersecurity standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of complex enterprise solutions for financial services.
• Collaborate with business units to translate requirements into architectural blueprints.
• Ensure seamless integration of infrastructure components across multiple platforms.

Skills

Fluent in French and English

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Technical solution presentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Microservices

DevOps

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a senior solution architect with 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and at least 5 years in a architecture role. The role requires fluent French and English (spoken and written) and a strong understanding of financial services regulations, data privacy and cybersecurity standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of complex enterprise solutions for financial services products, including insurance, group benefits and pension systems.
• Collaborate with French‑speaking business units to translate requirements into architectural blueprints.
• Design secure, scalable, high‑performing technology solutions that align with enterprise architecture standards and regulatory frameworks such as PSD2 and GDPR.
• Define and maintain the infrastructure technology roadmap, incorporating emerging trends and best practices.
• Design cloud‑based, on‑premises and hybrid IT infrastructure solutions that enhance agility, security and scalability.
• Ensure seamless integration of infrastructure components across multiple platforms (networking, compute, storage, security).
• Collaborate with security teams to enforce infrastructure security policies, compliance and risk mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with IT leadership, development teams and business stakeholders to align infrastructure solutions with organizational goals.
• Assess and optimize infrastructure performance, reliability and cost‑efficiency.
• Engage vendors, evaluate solutions and manage third‑party partnerships.
• Maintain detailed architectural documentation, best practices and design standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall IT infrastructure experience, with a minimum of 5 years in an architecture role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Fluent in both French and English (spoken and written) and able to lead meetings and workshops in both languages.
• Strong understanding of financial services regulations, data privacy and cybersecurity standards.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with a solution‑oriented mindset.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, able to present technical solutions to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Technical Expertise

• Cloud platforms: Azure, AWS or GCP
• Microservices, APIs and integration patterns
• Corporate applications: CRM, ERP platforms
• DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Identity & access management: IAM, SSO, Active Directory

Preferred Certifications

• AWS, Azure or GCP Solution Architect
• TOGAF
• ITIL

Benefits

• Work alongside experienced architects
• Extended health care and dental benefits
• Retirement savings plan with company contributions
• Health & wellness offerings, including mental‑health programs
• Assistance with industry designations
• Competitive compensation

Compensation

Base salary ranges from $130,000 to $150,000 annually, plus variable components such as annual bonus or commission as determined by local market conditions and individual qualifications.

Accessibility & Inclusion

If you require an accommodation or an alternative format of any posting, please reach out to [e-mail].

About the Company

People Corporation is a national provider of benefits, retirement, wealth, wellness and human resource solutions, serving over 20,000 clients with nearly 3 million Canadians.