Senior Solutions Architect

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto seeks a Sr. Solutions Architect to design and architect complex solutions for their Commercial Banking clients. In this role, you will focus on Virtual Account Management and Liquidity Management, ensuring solutions are resilient and meet project needs. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits, support for professional development, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

World-class training program in financial services

Flexible work/life balance options

Qualifications

• Typically requires 3 to 5 years of related experience in Solution Architecture.
• Advanced knowledge of micro services, cloud application design, and API design.
• Strong written and oral communication skills along with presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall solution architecture for initiatives within the CMTC platform.
• Conduct complex group meetings for technical design and decision making.
• Identify opportunities to improve solution's resilience and security.

Skills

Applications Architecture

Critical Thinking

Data Architecture

Decision Making

Group Problem Solving

Information Technology Consulting

IT Architecture

Multi-Level Communication

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Target Architecture

Job description

Overview

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

The Sr. Solutions Architect will work collaboratively with the existing Cash Management Technology Canada (CMTC) organization to design and architect complex solutions for Commercial Banking clients. CMTC looks after client facing platforms such as RBC Edge and RBC Express, covering payments, reporting, analytics, onboarding and several other capabilities required for day-to-day banking needs for business and commercial clients. This role in particular will focus on the Virtual Account Management and Liquidity Management applications within CMTC, two of the newer and more complex products we offer.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall solution architecture for initiatives within the CMTC platform, with particular focus on the Virtual Account Management and Liquidity Management application
• Be able to understand the business in their terms and be able to distill highly technical concepts to business and operational implications
• Define end to end technical solutions that consider the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints. Analyze the viability of the solution to meet project timeline, budget, quality and business sponsor needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve solution\'s resilience, reusability, complexity, security etc. and build them into project solutions.
• Provide expert counsel and support to the development team on construction and maintenance of robust, integrated, secure and efficient applications supporting client facing technologies
• Raise awareness of associated tech and operational debt that could arise from tactical approaches.
• Prepare or contribute to a high-level solution/design (Architecture Blueprint), which will evolve along with the initiative execution
• Lead complex group meetings (including business, vendor and technology partners) for technical design, decision making, problem solving, implementation and strategic planning, providing technical leadership and design guidance as projects evolve and key decisions are needed

What you need to succeed

Must have

• Typically requires 3 to 5 years of related experience in Solution Architecture or development, and 5 years of experience in application design, including the creation of architecture artifacts such as system context diagrams and architecture blueprints.
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, with focus on micro services, cloud application design, API design, Event-Driven Architecture, database technologies
• Demonstrated ability in written and oral communication skills along with strong presentation skills. Ability to determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.
• Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

Nice-to-have

• Experience in an agile delivery model.
• Retail and commercial banking domain knowledge at a large FI.
• Vendor relationship management 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 thrive 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
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Applications Architecture, Critical Thinking, Data Architecture, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology Consulting, IT Architecture, Multi-Level Communication, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Target Architecture

Additional Job Details

• Address: RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W, TORONTO
• City: Toronto
• Country: Canada
• Work hours/week: 37.5
• Employment Type: Full time
• Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS
• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2025-09-17
• 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

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