Infrastructure Architect

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyhip

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodat

Upskilling through online courses

Competitive Rewards program including

Community Engagement

Job summary

Scotiabank is hiring an Infrastructure Architect to shape the strategy and target-state architectures for core infrastructure domains across the Global Technology & Enterprise Platforms. You will provide SME guidance, align artifacts with regulatory and risk standards, and support lifecycle management of standards and patterns within a large, matrixed organization.

The role requires deep technical leadership, collaboration with Architecture Governance & Assurance, and participation in ARB

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; master’s degree is an asset.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, or technology strategy.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering and architecture projects; quality management.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure domains.
• Experience in global, matrixed organizations influencing multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to defining infrastructure strategy, target-state architectures and guardrails across core domains.
• Provides SME guidance across at least two infrastructure domains.
• Translates enterprise architecture direction into domain-specific guidance.
• Maintains infrastructure standards, patterns, reference architectures and design principles.
• Ensures artifacts align with regulatory requirements and risk appetite.
• Supports lifecycle management of standards, patterns, and frameworks.
• Provides architecture guidance across the solution lifecycle from ideation to design.
• Participates in Architecture Review Boards and design forums.
• Collaborates with peers to drive continuous improvement and adoption of best practices.

Skills

Enterprise IT architecture

Infrastructure strategy

Leadership

Regulatory & risk considerations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or related

Tools

Architecture governance tools

Job description

Title: Infrastructure Architect

Requisition ID: 267691

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Contributes to the overall success of the Global Technology & Enterprise Platforms (GTEP) Infrastructure Strategy & Architecture team, ensuring individual goals, plans, and initiatives are delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Contributes to defining infrastructure strategy, target-state architectures and architectural guardrails across core infrastructure domains, including Data Center, Hosting, Compute, Virtualization, Server OS, Containerization, Database, and Storage
• Provides subject matter expertise in two or more infrastructure domains, supporting the development of domain strategies, standards, and road maps
• Supports translation of enterprise architecture direction into domain-specific architecture guidance
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of infrastructure standards, architecture patterns, reference architectures, and design principles across core infrastructure domains
• Ensures architecture artifacts are aligned with enterprise architecture principles, regulatory requirements, resilience expectations, and the Bank’s risk appetite
• Supports lifecycle management of standards and patterns, including updates, rationalization, and alignment with evolving platform strategies
• Provides architecture guidance and advisory support to Solution Architecture and Engineering teams across the solution lifecycle (from ideation through design)
• Supports prioritized initiatives by providing input on:
  • Infrastructure patterns, principles, and frameworks
  • Alignment to approved standards and platform strategies
  • Identification of gaps where standards or patterns do not exist
  • Participates in design forums and Architecture Review Boards (ARB) as a domain subject matter contributor
• Ensures quality, accuracy, and currency of architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and supporting documentation
• Works with Architecture Governance & Assurance to capture, document, and maintain architecture standards, patterns, and frameworks in a consistent format
• Supports standards lifecycle activities, including traceability, updates, and compliance alignment
• Contributes to research, evaluation, and proof of concept of emerging infrastructure technologies and solutions
• Supports identification of opportunities for platform modernization, optimization, and rationalization
• Collaborates with peers across architecture and engineering teams to drive continuous improvement and adoption of best practices
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Creates an environment in which their team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Builds a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vision/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline; master’s degree is an asset. Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, or technology strategy within large, complex, regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering and architecture projects, architectural and engineering quality management, Infrastructure capability development.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure domains
• Experience working in global, matrixed organizations and influencing Engineering, Operations, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Risk, and Delivery teams
• Knowledge of regulatory, security, resiliency, compliance, and risk considerations relevant to infrastructure architecture in a financial services environment.

What’s in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

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