Director, Solutions Architect Core Banking

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Solution Architect to enhance its global banking strategy. You will lead the technology initiatives, defining strategies and architectural blueprints to meet project goals. This role offers the opportunity to influence key business outcomes and work within a collaborative team in a high-impact environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Competitive compensation and benefits

Support for professional development

Dynamic and collaborative work environment

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Typically requires 5 to 7 years of related experience in Solution Architecture.
• 5 years of experience in application design and complex integrations projects.
• Advanced knowledge of microservices, cloud application design, and API design.

Responsibilities

• Define and socialize technology strategies with senior business leaders.
• Assess current environment to evaluate solution alternatives.
• Lead the creation of solution architecture blueprints.

Skills

Applications Architecture

Critical Thinking

Data Architecture

Decision Making

Group Problem Solving

Information Technology Consulting

IT Architecture

Multi-Level Communication

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Target Architecture

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

This role will be responsible for multiple aspects of RBC's global strategy for core banking. Through your leadership and collaboration with architecture leaders across Canada, US and Europe you will help shape the technology ecosystem that will enable RBC's ambition of becoming a top global bank. You will have the opportunity to define technical strategies and delivery roadmaps that incrementally evolve our domain architectures through renovation or re-platforming of existing systems in client information management, deposits and retail banking investments.

All responsibilities carried out in accordance with Code of Conduct, RBC Values and Guiding Principles ensuring adherence to Privacy principles.

What will you do?

• Define and socialize technology strategies with senior business leaders
• Assess and analyze current state environment and technology choices to evaluate solution alternatives.
• Engage vendors to understand their solutions and fit with RBC technology standards and business objectives
• Establish data architectures and logical models
• Define end to end technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints.
• Analyze the viability of solutions to meet project timeline, budget and quality.
• Create solution architecture blueprints and drive all Athena and ARB certifications to closure
• Identifies opportunities to improve solution's resilience, reusability, complexity, security etc. and build them into project solutions.
• Identify technical issues and risks and defines mitigation approach.
• Raise awareness of associated tech and operational debt that could arise from tactical approaches.
• Provide technical leadership to the project right from the idea creation stage.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Typically requires 5 to 7 years of related experience in Solution Architecture, and 5 years of experience in application design and complex integrations projects
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, with focus on micro services, cloud application design, API design, messaging design patterns, and domain driven design
• Advanced experience in a variety of environments (Cloud, distributed and mainframe, business workflows and services/APIs, databases)
• Excellent communication skills
• Effective negotiation skills, stakeholder management
• Ability to influence at the Director level (unit and other partner units)

Nice-to-have

• Data architecture and data modeling
• Banking deposits and/or payments experience
• Customer Master Data Management
• Experience integrating SaaS or other 3rd party solutions

What’s in it for you?

• We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper
• We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

Job Skills

Applications Architecture, Critical Thinking, Data Architecture, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology Consulting, IT Architecture, Multi-Level Communication, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Target Architecture

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-20

Application Deadline:

2025-08-01

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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