IT Senior Architect (Solutions Architect)

BrokerLink; Toronto; On-site; CAD 128,300 - 156,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Wellness account

Share plan & ESPP

Job summary

BrokerLink is seeking an IT Senior Architect (Solutions Architect) to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable technology solutions across internal builds and vendor platforms.

The role blends hands-on engineering with architecture leadership, defining designs, guiding teams, and evaluating build-versus-buy options to meet performance, security, and maintainability goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience in .NET software engineering, systems engineering, solution architecture, application architecture, and platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft cloud platform, Databricks, programming languages, protocols, frameworks, integration patterns, and CD/CI practices.
• Delivery of scalable, complex, integrated systems using APIs, workflows, data flows, SOA, event-driven or distributed architectures.
• Hands-on security practices, secure coding, governance, and compliance processes.
• Stays current with evolving software engineering, cloud, and AI technologies; communicates with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into production-ready solution designs.
• Define end-to-end solution architecture across applications, integrations, workflows, data flows, APIs, security considerations, and operational needs.
• Create and maintain a technology architecture strategy and ensure alignment to it.
• Lead documentation of architecture diagrams, roadmaps, patterns, and implementation guidance.
• Reduce risks by identifying design issues early and ensuring production-readiness with vendors and internal teams.
• Collaborate with software engineering, infrastructure, security, and project delivery teams to shape BrokerLink’s technology future.
• Ensure designs address performance, scalability, reliability, resilience, security, observability, and supportability.

Skills

.NET engineering

Solution architecture

Azure cloud

Databricks

Security best practices

CI/CD pipelines

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder communication

Architecture governance

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Pay at BrokerLink is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements
• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, Wellness account and much more
• Share plan & other savings

Salary Range (but Not Limited To)

128,300 - 156,800

Incentive plan

Annual bonus: 15% target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to 200% (subject to personal and company performance)

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our incentive programs and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with BrokerLink matching a portion of your contributions.

Our Group RRSP, with company matching DPSP offerings provide flexibility and long‑term security for our employees beyond their careers.

About The Role

The IT Senior Architect (Solutions Architect) is a senior individual contributor responsible for leading the design and execution of secure, scalable, reliable, and business‑aligned technology solutions across internal builds and vendor platforms.

This role combines strong engineering experience with solution architecture leadership. The person will define solution designs, provide hands‑on implementation support, guide implementation teams, evaluate build‑versus‑buy options, and ensure that solutions meet expectations for performance, security, reliability, observability, and long‑term maintainability.

The role is not intended to be a pure enterprise architect role. It is a practical, hands‑on engineering solutions role that works closely with technology leaders, business stakeholders, engineering teams, vendors, security, infrastructure, audit, and project delivery teams to help shape the future of insurance with BrokerLink by leveraging cutting‑edge technology like Databricks and Microsoft Azure.

What You'll Do Here

• Ensure business needs are translated into practical, production‑ready solution designs.
• Define and document end‑to‑end solution architecture across applications, integrations, workflows, data flows, APIs, security considerations, and operational support needs.
• Create and maintain a technology architecture strategy and ensure technology solutions are aligned to this strategy.
• Create and maintain solution architecture documentation, architecture diagrams, design decisions, roadmaps, patterns, and implementation guidance.
• Reduce rework, operational risk, performance issues, and integration gaps by identifying design risks earlier in the lifecycle.
• Support BrokerLink technology initiatives by ensuring vendor and internal solutions align to business priorities, enterprise standards, and production‑readiness expectations.
• Work directly with software engineering, AI & automation, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to ensure solutions are buildable, supportable, and aligned to approved designs.
• Ensure solution designs explicitly address performance, scalability, reliability, resilience, security, observability, logging, alerting, and supportability.
• Provide detailed analysis and opinions to assist with product and technology selection when new vendor solutions, platforms, or technical capabilities are required.
• Provide detailed analysis to support risk, cost, feasibility, and value assessments for internal build options, vendor platforms, and hybrid approaches.
• Assess current‑state solutions for aging technology, misalignment with business requirements, reliability gaps, security concerns, or operational risk.
• Contribute to and apply architecture governance, compliance standards, reusable patterns, and security requirements across solution designs.
• Participate in architecture review, design approval, and technology decision processes to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture direction.
• Lead build‑versus‑buy, risk, cost, feasibility, and value analysis for internal builds, vendor platforms, and hybrid solution options.
• Assess current‑state applications, integrations, and platforms to identify technical deficiencies, lifecycle risks, security gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead research and assessment of emerging technologies, architecture approaches, and vendor capabilities for potential use across BrokerLink.
• Partner with project, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams to align solution architecture with delivery needs, infrastructure constraints, and operational readiness requirements.
• Contribute to the evolution of BrokerLink’s technology architecture by aligning solution decisions to long‑term business strategy, security requirements, application lifecycle considerations, and emerging technology capabilities.
• Contribute to and help evolve architecture principles, reusable patterns, and decision criteria that support consistent technology decision‑making.

What You Bring To The Table

• Must have 5+ years of hand‑on experience in .NET software engineering, systems engineering, solution architecture, application architecture, and platform engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft’s cloud platform, Databricks, programming languages, protocols, frameworks, integration patterns, and continuous delivery practices.
• Demonstrated delivery of scalable, complex, integrated systems using APIs, workflows, data flows, service‑oriented architecture, event‑driven architecture, distributed architecture, or other application architecture patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with implementing security best practices, secure coding, opinionated CI/CD pipelines, and robust governance and compliance processes.
• Very strong understanding and hands‑on experimentation with the latest software engineering, cloud, and AI technologies, with a demonstrated ability to stay current in a constantly evolving technology environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage business stakeholders, software engineering, infrastructure, telecom, security, audit, PMO, and leadership audiences.
• Organized, proactive, collaborative, and driven by results.
• A team player and a technical mentor – willing to learn and collaborate with many groups of strong professionals.
• Understands or willing to learn about our different lines of business (policy, billing, claims, sales, self‑serve, telematics, etc.).
• Open and transparent – able to communicate with the business, telecom, infrastructure, security, audit, and software engineering.
• Organized, proactive and a catalyst for change who is driven by challenges and results.
• Knowledge on security best practices and understand the impacts it can have on a business.
• Comfortable working in a constantly evolving technological environment.
• An excellent team player who demonstrates leadership.
• Comfortable speaking with all levels of the organization and different audiences.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

This role is a new member of our growing team.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Accessibility

BrokerLink is committed to providing an accessible environment. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in the selection process.

Diversity and Inclusion

BrokerLink is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment which embraces our diversities and sees them as our strength! We want to foster a workplace that makes all our team members and customers feel welcome and appreciated.

Work Eligibility

Please note that BrokerLink does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration‑related matters including but not limited to employer‑specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.