Senior Solutions Architect (Capital Markets Technology)

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship

Upskilling through online courses

Competitive Rewards program

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to guide the architecture of complex applications in the Capital Markets domain. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of software engineering experience, with strong skills in negotiation and managing multiple projects. This role offers competitive rewards, a commitment to diversity, and opportunities for upskilling, contributing to a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• 5+ years of experience in the Capital Markets domain, preferably in FX Domain.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects.
• Experience with hybrid cloud deployments and on-prem to cloud migrations.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects and negotiating priorities.
• Experience building distributed global systems (network, security, data, applications).
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture and technology guidance on all projects.
• Lead technology strategy initiatives such as Applications rationalization and Cloud Migration.
• Ensure compliance with the Bank's risk culture in decisions.
• Manages multiple complex projects with tight timelines and negotiates priorities.
• Leads technology strategy initiatives such as Applications rationalization, Cloud Migration, Legacy modernization.
• Ensures simplification of the technology landscape to improve efficiency and value.
• Maintains security and risk considerations in technology choices.
• Collaborates across lines of business to meet organizational goals.

Skills

Software engineering industry experience

Interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills

Ability to negotiate and resolve conflicting priorities

Experience in Capital Markets domain

Experience with hybrid cloud deployments

Architecture leadership

Negotiation

Strategic technology

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Murex

Job description

Title: Senior Solutions Architect (Capital Markets Technology)

Requisition ID: 257137

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Role

The Senior Solutions Architect ensures that the applications architecture and infrastructure supporting major, highly complex applications are designed to meet evolving business requirements and meet standards for reliability, scalability and availability. The incumbent will provide architecture and technology guidance on all projects to ensure consistency in approaches and to optimize technology synergy. The Solutions Architect also provides expertise and counsel ensuring technology teams and business areas understand all the options and technology choices in support of their business. The Solutions Architect is a technology and business expert with strong leadership and facilitation skills with the ability to influence others.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
• Acts as a thought partner for senior leaders across the group – within the context of strategic technology projects and on an ongoing basis
• Recommends end-to-end technology design solutions and takes full accountability for the architecture of a solution
• Manages multiple complex and parallel projects with tight business and regulatory timelines. Is able to negotiate with the stakeholders in resolving conflicting priorities.
• Lead a wide range of technology strategy initiatives such as Applications rationalization, Cloud Migration, Legacy modernization. Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations and roadmaps ensure impactful project outcomes to senior leaders within GBM
• Ensures simplification of the technology application landscape there by achieving efficiency gains in terms cost, revenue and resources while ensuring uncompromised delivery of business value to clients.
• Keeps the Bank safe by ensuring right technology, architecture, data, and infrastructure choices are made that prevents malicious attacks against the Bank’s technology infrastructure.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• 12+ years of software engineering industry experience
• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ Experience working in the Capital Markets domain, preferably in FX Domain and products such Spots, Options, Swaps, Exotics. Experience in migrating legacy FX Platforms to modern platforms, preferably in Murex
• Experience with structured Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
• Experience in managing multiple complex and parallel projects with the ability to negotiate and resolve conflicting priorities
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global based systems. Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development.
• Experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

Location(s): Canada: Ontario: Toronto