Senior Enterprise Architect: Strategy & Standards

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to define the target state architecture for CNB and related domains, guiding roadmaps and standards aligned to the OneRBC vision. You will mentor architects, influence IT strategy, and collaborate across RBC, CUSO, CNB teams to deliver scalable architectures.

The role requires deep enterprise experience across web/mobile/integration platforms, API management, security, and SAFe/Agile practices, with a strong communications capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in enterprise integration design, development, and implementation.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in Microsoft .NET platform development or Java/Linux development.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in leadership roles either as a direct manager or matrix manager leading technical resources.
• Minimum 2 years of cloud implementation experience (Azure and/or AWS)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Senior Enterprise Architect or comparable senior management role.
• Large-scale enterprise implementation experience including architecture and design of modern web, mobile, and integration (cloud/on-premises) platforms
• Enterprise experience with API management toolsets, DevOps, server infrastructure, network infrastructure, caching methodologies, information security, and database technologies.
• TOGAF certification and Zachman framework knowledge.
• Excellent verbal and written communications, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
• Experience with Agile development methodology including Scrum, XP, FDD, TDD, and SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Ensure system architecture utilize existing design patterns to develop future state technology solutions.
• Build reference architecture, patterns, and best practices that drive architectural alignment across the enterprise.
• Research enforces and drives the adoption of design patterns throughout the enterprise and evangelizes best practices for solution design and development.
• Work collaboratively with teams across RBC, CUSO and CNB, leads efforts in identifying, rationalizing, and solidifying solution design requirements and where deficiencies are found researches and establishes new standards, methodologies, and processes.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of architecture strategy through analysis of industry trends and future technology advances. Mentors less experienced architects.
• Drive the establishment of architecture and development standards formally presenting them through the Architecture Review Council (ARC) and Technology Review Council (TRC) and various RBC and US Architecture Review Boards (ARB).
• Drive software, application, and infrastructure rationalization at the assigned business unit and enterprise level.
• Partner with RBC, CUSO and other CNB areas to manage risk within the organization through establishing reusable frameworks, processes, and methodologies
• Be an ambassador of Enterprise Architecture develops the vision, Principles, Patterns and goals of the EA organization.
• Develop executive presentations, solutions design documentation, and point of view technology white papers formally presenting them to executives, management, and employees throughout the company. Mentors less experienced architects.
• Develop strong business relationships with other IT departments and assist less experienced architects with developing business relationships skills.

Skills

Applications Architecture

Architectural Modeling

Critical Thinking

Enterprise IT Architecture

Information Technology Consulting

Multi-Level Communication

Platform Architecture

Software Product Design

System Applications

Transitional Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

RBC is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to define the target state architecture for CNB and related domains, guiding roadmaps and standards aligned to the OneRBC vision. You will mentor architects, influence IT strategy, and collaborate across RBC, CUSO, CNB teams to deliver scalable architectures.

The role requires deep enterprise experience across web/mobile/integration platforms, API management, security, and SAFe/Agile practices, with a strong communications capability.