Senior Solution Architect

NBC; Montreal; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in Montreal is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to contribute to payment, card, and regulatory projects. The role involves collaboration with stakeholders to design scalable technical solutions, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with AWS and orchestration technologies, possess strong analytical skills, and are fluent in French. The company offers a hybrid work environment and a focus on continuous professional development.

Benefits

Health and wellness program

Flexible group insurance

Generous pension plan

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Preferential banking services

Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives

Telemedicine service

Virtual sleep clinic

Qualifications

• Ten years of relevant experience or eight years with a Master's degree.
• Experience as a solutions architect focusing on large-scale solutions.
• Proficient in AWS and database technologies.

Responsibilities

• Capture functional and non-functional requirements for technical solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for relevance and compliance.
• Develop robust security measures to protect data, applications, and systems.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Cloud Computing

Coaching

Data Architecture

Diversity & Inclusion

Solution Architecture

Teamwork

Cybersecurity

Architecture Governance

Cloud-Native Architecture

Decision Making

Domain-Driven Design

Event Driven Architecture

Influence others

Initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or information technology

Master's degree in information technology

Tools

AWS services (EKS, Serverless)

Step Function

Camunda

RDS

DynamoDB

S3

Job description

About the Role

A career as a solution architect in payment, card and regulatory projects at National Bank is to act as an active contributor to the bank’s transformation which will give you the opportunities to fulfill your professional objectives as a solution architect in collaboration with various bank’s teams. This job allows you to have a positive impact on the organization using your knowledge and skills set related to business processes, systems integration, Domain Driven Design concept, cloud services, complex solution design / delivery.

Your Job

Collaborate with stakeholders to capture functional and non-functional requirements to design end to end technical solution aligned on businesses and architectures objectives.

Evaluate and recommend appropriate emerging technologies, platforms and tools for each project and ensure solutions are scalable, secure and compliant with industry standards.

Identify the most appropriate integration patterns, such as APIs, streaming, MSA, containerization / serverless which allow scalability, maintainability and which are decoupled, secure and at lower cost.

Apply DDD principles to solve complex problems while delivering a composable architecture.

Produce native or hybrid Cloud solutions by choosing the AWS cloud services most appropriate to the project context such as Serverless and containers.

Develop and implement robust security measures to protect data, applications and systems and ensure data security, privacy and regulatory compliance.

Act as a trusted advisor to customers and partners, presenting and explaining technical solutions while leading and mentoring a team of developers across the entire project lifecycle.

Your Team

IT is more than 2,300 experts who work in an agile, proactive and collaborative manner to seize opportunities, stay at the cutting edge of technology and continuously improve processes. Within the Payment, Card and Regulatory Projects sector, you will be part of the solution architect team and you will report to the senior director, Eric Jolly. This same team's mission is to design innovative and efficient solutions to improve the experience of our customers. Our team stands out for its broad and in-depth expertise in several technological and business areas and the coverage of aspects affecting applications, data and infrastructures.

We aim to offer you maximum flexibility to promote your quality of life. This translates to a hybrid work environment, as well as a flexible and adaptable schedule.

The Bank values continuous development and internal mobility. Our personalized training programs, based on learning in action, allow you to master your profession and develop new fields of expertise. Tools such as Udemy, the Data Academy, language training, the Harvard Learning Center and coaching and mentoring support are always available to you.

Basic Requirements

• Completed bachelor’s degree in engineering or information technology, and ten years of relevant experience; or master’s degree in information technology, and eight years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience as a solutions architect, focusing on large-scale, complex solutions, and familiarity with debit/credit card processes.
• Experience with orchestration technologies/ techniques (Step Function, Camunda, others), in addition to in-depth knowledge of software design and development.
• Proficient in AWS cloud services, such as EKS and Serverless, as well as structured and unstructured databases, such as RDS, DynamoDB, and S3.
• Mastery of the concepts, technologies and solutions of a modern ecosystem, including composable architecture, micro‑services, APIs, event architecture, orchestration, security and cloud AWS services.
• Excellent communicator and ability to influence, strong capacity for synthesis, analysis and popularization.
• Languages: French

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Cloud Computing
• Coaching
• Data Architecture
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Solution Architecture
• Teamwork
• Cybersecurity
• Architecture Governance
• Cloud‑Native Architecture
• Decision Making
• Domain-Driven Design
• Event Driven Architecture
• Influence others
• Initiative

Your Benefits

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Flexible group insurance
• Generous pension plan
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Preferential banking services
• Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives
• Telemedicine service
• Virtual sleep clinic

We're putting people first

We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We offer a barrier‑free workplace that is accessible to all employees.

We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Come live your ambitions with us!