Senior Digital Solution Architect

RBC; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in Canada is seeking a Solutions Architect in Mississauga to champion innovative solutions for their insurance platform. The role involves collaborating with architects to drive modernization initiatives, providing strategic guidance, and ensuring compliance within architectural governance. Ideal candidates will have between 5 to 7 years of experience in solution architecture and application design, along with strong interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Training and development opportunities

Competitive compensation

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of experience in Solution Architecture.
• 5 years of application design experience.
• Knowledge of CMS, DAM, CDP concepts.
• Familiarity with data security and marketing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business leaders on technology applications.
• Provide architectural strategic thinking and solution designs.
• Ensure architectural compliance and recommend changes.
• Develop and maintain current and target state architectures.
• Lead agile teams through architecture certification workflows.

Skills

Application Architecture

Cloud Computing Architecture

Architectural Modeling

Digital Architecture

Solution Architecture

Job description

Overview

What is the opportunity?

RBC Insurance is continuing to evolve as a leading insurance provider in Canada, modernizing with innovative solutions to provide exceptional service to our clients. The Solutions Architect role is a key stakeholder in this transformation, championing solutions that bridge innovative creativity with reasonable governance.

The candidate will collaborate with a dynamic team of architects to drive forward the overall modernization of the insurance platform. In this capacity, the candidate will be responsible for developing solution architecture designs supporting RBC Insurance client communications and digital marketing domains.

As a trusted advisor, the candidate will partner with stakeholders across the business and technology domains to establish solution consensus and drive the transformation initiatives forward. As Solutions Architect, the candidate will provide guidance and leadership to agile squads in solution discovery, review, and certification within the framework of RBC architectural governance.

This is a great opportunity to learn about the Insurance business domain and build strong partnerships across the enterprise, while advancing the modernization of core Insurance capabilities.

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

What will you do?

• Collaborate with business leaders to determine how to best apply technology to enable growth and success (e.g. scalable domain-driven solutions, operational resiliency, best practices).
• Provide architectural strategic thinking, informed solution designs, and technical expertise input into roadmaps to drive delivery.
• Participate in 'reuse, buy and build' decisions.
• Ensure architectural compliance of solutions and introduce recommendations for changes to reference model(s) when needed.
• Develop and maintain current and target state architectures, with a plan to address gaps.
• Understand potential impacts of proposed solutions on other systems, processes and/or initiatives.
• Articulate and document solution designs; considering trade-offs, risks, costs, and benefits.
• Develop ongoing knowledge of current and emerging technologies.
• Identify new and emerging solutions, assess relevance and potential value to the organization, and present findings to teammates and management.
• Participate in day-to-day execution of the digital strategy.
• Lead the agile teams through RBC's architecture certification workflows for solution blueprints.

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.
• Knowledge of and experience with the following digital delivery platform concepts: CMS, DAM, CDP. Familiarity with design concepts for digital channel solutions with a lens on data security, marketing capabilities.
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, with focus on SaaS solutions integrations, micro services, cloud application design, integration design patterns, and domain driven design.
• Advanced experience in a variety of environments (Public/Private Cloud infrastructures, business workflows, and service integration patterns, datastores)
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective negotiation skills, stakeholder management.
• Ability to influence across multiple squads and stakeholders

Nice-to-have

• Data architecture and data modelling.
• Insurance industry experience.

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 succeed 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, Architectural Modeling, Architecture Strategy, Cloud Computing Architecture, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Digital Architecture, Enterprise IT Architecture, IT Architecture, Platform Architecture, Software Product Design, Solution Architecture, System Applications, Transitional Architecture

Additional Job Details

Address: MEADOWVALE BUSINESS PARK, 6880 FINANCIAL DR:MISSISSAUGA

City: Mississauga

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-06-24

Application Deadline: 2025-10-31

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.