Salesforce Solution Architect

IA Financial Services; Quebec; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IA Financial Services is seeking a Salesforce Solution Architect to drive architecture for the Horizon program, a major digital transformation in the Group Insurance, Savings and Retirement sector. You will translate business needs into scalable architecture across integration, security and cloud.

Lead multidisciplinary teams and review architectural decisions while ensuring alignment with TOGAF, Zachman, and ITIL standards.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in information technology including at least 5 years as an architecture professional.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• Intermediate French and advanced English for daily collaboration with partners across Canada.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into robust architecture solutions and ensure alignment with design standards.
• Design and evolve solutions across system, technology and organizational dimensions including integration, security, performance and cloud.
• Lead architecture reviews and approve decisions per company frameworks and guidelines.
• Ensure end-to-end solution integrity from design through delivery, including testing validation.
• Maintain traceability of architecture decisions and ensure proper documentation.

Skills

Salesforce ecosystem

Financial Services Cloud

Data 360

Cloud architectures

TOGAF

Zachman

SDLC

DevOps

Agile

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/related field

Job description

Job Description

Build the future with us

Would you like to contribute to a large-scale digital transformation and apply your architecture expertise to strategic initiatives? As a Salesforce Solution Architect , you will play a key role within the Horizon program, a major transformation initiative in the Group Insurance, Savings and Retirement sector.

You will contribute to building a solid technology foundation aimed at enhancing the client experience, simplifying processes and tools, supporting growth, and increasing technological and administrative efficiency.

This position is a great opportunity to showcase your skills and fully realize your potential within a caring and trustworthy company. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.

What you'll accomplish with us

As a Salesforce Solution Architect, you will be at the heart of our mission. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Translate business needs and functional, non-functional and technical requirements into robust architecture solutions, and ensure deliverables comply with the established design.
• Design and evolve solutions across system, technology and organizational dimensions, including integration, development, security, performance, availability, cloud computing and mobility.
• Lead solution reviews and propose, review and approve architecture decisions in accordance with the company's frameworks, standards and guidelines.
• Ensure solutions are aligned and integrated across the various technology ecosystems, anticipate potential issues and propose pragmatic workarounds.
• Ensure the integrity and quality of end-to-end solutions, from design through delivery, including overseeing implementation and validating requirements against test results.
• Ensure technology solutions are aligned with strategic objectives and contribute to process optimization by proposing evolution and simplification scenarios.
• Provide multidisciplinary leadership to designers, analysts, developers, collaborators and external vendors involved in solution delivery.
• Contribute to project success by facilitating the management of timelines, scope and budget.
• Maintain the traceability of architecture decisions, certify technical documentation and ensure permanent documentation is kept up to date.
• Ensure the organization's architecture methods and processes are applied and, in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, ensure compliance with established guidelines, standards, tools and methods.
• Act as the application owner within the enterprise repository and ensure the accuracy of information related to the applications and technologies under your responsibility.
• Continuously monitor architecture trends and recommend approaches that support the evolution of solutions while complying with the company's standards and guidelines.

What could accelerate your success in this role

We are looking for someone who:

• Is recognized for their leadership with multidisciplinary teams, their ability to communicate and explain complex issues clearly, and their strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
• Stands out for their knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem, particularly Financial Services Cloud and Data 360, as well as their understanding of cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure, and MuleSoft. Knowledge of Marketing Cloud and Agentforce is considered a strong asset.
• Demonstrates a strong ability to manage multiple dimensions of complex initiatives simultaneously and thrive in contexts involving ambiguity, uncertainty and frequent change, while demonstrating proficiency with architecture frameworks and practices such as TOGAF, Zachman, SDLC, DevOps, Agile, MVP, LEAN and ITIL.
• Is recognized for their expertise in designing high-volume, high-availability applications and systems. Experience in digital transformation and large-scale projects, as well as knowledge of the financial services and insurance industry, are considered assets.
• Has 12 years of experience in information technology, including at least 5 years as an architecture professional, as well as a bachelor's degree in computer science, business computing, information systems, computer or software engineering, mathematics, or another relevant field of study at an equivalent level.
• Has an intermediate level of proficiency in French and an advanced level of proficiency in English, as the person in this role will be required to communicate and collaborate daily, both verbally and in writing, with English-speaking partners, teams and stakeholders across Canada.

Why you'll love working with us

A work environment where learning and development come together with a collective pursuit of excellence.

Artificial intelligence is accessible to everyone, helping you increase your personal effectiveness while supporting the organization's growth.

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