Senior Solution Architect

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

Job summary

A leading Canadian bank in Mississauga seeks a Solution Architect to develop solution architecture and oversee complex projects. You will engage with vendors, define solutions, and lead technical initiatives. Strong knowledge of cloud and API design, along with excellent communication skills, is essential. Join a dynamic team committed to innovation and delivering exceptional value to clients.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Competitive compensation

Opportunities for development

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of experience in Solution Architecture or a senior technical role.
• Advanced knowledge of API design and cloud application architecture.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze current environment to evaluate solution alternatives.
• Engage with vendors to understand solutions and their architectures.
• Create solution architecture blueprint and drive project certifications.

Skills

Solution Architecture

micro services

cloud application design

API design

data architecture

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Overview

What is the opportunity? Develops solution architecture (SA) and resolves complex issues in a variety of projects through the implementation of requirements analysis, expertise support and project supervision. Applies extensive, in-depth knowledge, skills, and practices to perform complex assignments.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze current state environment and technology choices to evaluate solution alternatives.
• Engage with Insurance vendors and Partners to understand possible solutions and their respective architectures and how they might integrate to the Insurance platform.
• Define end to end technical solution that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints. Analyze the viability of the solution to meet project timeline, budget and quality.
• Create solution architecture blueprint and drive all Athena and ARB certifications to closure
• Identify opportunities to improve solution's resilience, reusability, complexity, security etc. and build them into project solutions.
• Identify technical issues and risks and define mitigation approach.
• Raise awareness of associated tech and operational debt that could arise from tactical approaches.
• Provide technical leadership to the project from the idea creation stage.

What you need to succeed

Must-have

• Typically requires 5 to 7 years of related experience in Solution Architecture or a senior technical role including experience in application design.
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, with focus on micro services, cloud application design, API design, messaging design patterns, and domain driven design
• Advanced experience in a variety of environments (Cloud, distributed and mainframe, business workflows and services/APIs, databases)
• Excellent communication skills
• Effective negotiation skills, stakeholder management
• Ability to influence across multiple squads and stakeholders

Nice-to-have

• Data architecture and data modeling
• 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

API Design, Applications Architecture, Architectural Modeling, Cloud Computing Architecture, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Enterprise IT Architecture, IT Architecture, Platform Architecture, Reusability, Software Product Design, Solution Architecture, System Applications, Technical Leadership, Technical Solutions, Transitional Architecture

Additional Job Details

Address: Meadowvale Business Park, 6880 Financial Dr, Mississauga, Canada

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: 2025-06-25

Application Deadline: 2025-11-01

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.