IT Architect

Desjardins; Montreal West; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Job summary

Desjardins is seeking a Solution Architect in Montreal West to provide guidance on application and integration solutions, ensuring they align with business needs and architectural goals.

The role involves designing solution architectures, optimizing costs, and integrating layers effectively. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible vacation, and a defined benefit pension plan.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing application and integration solutions aligned with business needs.
• Strong understanding of IT/software frameworks and architecture targets.
• Ability to assess and optimize solution architectures based on quality dimensions.

Responsibilities

• Advise on application and integration solutions to meet business needs.
• Design and align solution architectures while ensuring compliance.
• Monitor new technologies and transfer solutions to delivery manager.

Skills

Application Solution Architecture

Integration Solution Architecture

Cloud Computing

Data

Business Intelligence

API

Cryptography

Job description

Solution Architect – Target Role

We are looking for a Solution Architect to advise on application and integration solutions, ensuring alignment with business needs, architectural goals, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Application Solution Architecture Advisor:
  • Design the application and functional layer of the solution architecture, taking business needs into account.
  • Align the functional and application layer with architecture targets and other layers of the solution architecture.
  • Validate compliance with Desjardins Group’s and sectors’ IT/software frameworks (security, infrastructure, platforms, etc.) that could affect the proposed solution.
  • Ensure the reuse of common services and sector‑specific services, especially shared solutions and reusable patterns.
  • Help assess the costs (recurring and non‑recurring) of the solutions architecture and optimize it based on the 4 quality dimensions.
  • Contribute to implementation, quality, and deployment strategies.
  • Direct and support the landing of solution architecture within the delivery team.
• Integration Solution Architecture Advisor:
  • Accountable for the design of IT solution architectures, taking into account business needs and based on architecture targets and shared services.
  • Integrate the various layers of architecture into a relevant, consistent, economical and sustainable IT solution.
  • Optimize solution architecture around the 4 quality dimensions: alignment, technical quality, meeting needs, and cost/benefit.
  • Contribute to implementation, quality, and deployment strategies.
  • Transfer the solution architecture to the delivery manager.
  • Actively monitor opportunities offered by new technologies and business approaches.

Main IT Areas We Work With

• Applications
• Web
• Digital
• IT Foundations
• IT Platforms
• Cryptography
• API
• Cloud Computing
• Data
• Business Intelligence
• AI

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus.
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year.
• Defined benefit pension plan providing predictable, stable income throughout retirement.
• Group insurance including telemedicine.
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment.
• Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to welcoming, respecting, and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. We have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. Our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve. If there’s something we can do to make the recruitment process or the job more accessible, we can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process.

Job Family

Information technology (FG)