Senior Solutions Architect, IAM-2

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards program

Flexible benefits

World-class training

Challenging work

Job summary

RBC is seeking an experienced IAM Architect to lead architectural delivery for Global Security Services. You will shape end-to-end IAM architectures for customer and workforce populations across a global multi-cloud environment, guiding delivery, governance, and vendor evaluations.

The role requires 7+ years in IT with 3–5 years in solution architecture on large programs, strong leadership and communication skills, and deep IAM expertise across authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC, and PAM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical area (computer science, mathematics, engineering, etc.) or related BS/BA with CS/IS focus.
• 7+ years IT experience with 3–5 years in solution architecture on large projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication to guide teams; negotiation to drive recommendations.
• Deep IAM knowledge (authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC, PAM, access control).
• Experience designing reusable enterprise security services across diverse environments.

Responsibilities

• Define IAM customer and workforce solutions and obtain architecture review approvals.
• Evaluate alternatives to meet strategy and constraints; align with target state.
• Deliver architectures in agile and iterative waterfall models and lead delivery teams.
• Develop patterns to drive reuse of IAM solutions across the bank and subsidiaries.
• Lead technical evaluation of third-party IAM technologies and products.
• Partner with cloud, data, security, and infra teams to elaborate architecture views.
• Support RBC architecture governance and related activities.

Skills

IAM Architecture

Leadership

Communication

Security governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical area (CS/Math/Engineering)

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

PAM

PIM

CyberArk

SailPoint

Job description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

You will be responsible for architectural delivery in the IAM Domain for Global Security Services. You will play a critical role in defining the end-to-end architectures and designs for both customer and workforce IAM solutions within a global multi-cloud environment, and driving RBC incrementally towards an event, API, and ML/AI based target state architecture. This is a deep technical, delivery, and leadership-oriented role, and provides a unique opportunity to work closely with numerous business and functional areas across the bank.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Define solutions realizing customer and workforce IAM capabilities, develop and evolve solution architectures and designs, demonstrate solutions meet stakeholders’ requirements, and obtain approval on your architectures and designs at the architecture review board.
• Propose, evaluate and recommend solution alternatives that best meet business strategy, requirements, current state environment constraints and alignment to target state architecture.
• Deliver architectures and designs in both agile and iterative waterfall project delivery models. Propose and lead delivery teams through phased solution delivery approaches to improve the viability of the solutions to meet program timelines, budget and quality measurements, and to deliver releases with measurable business value frequently and regularly to Production.
• Author patterns to drive reuse of IAM solutions across the bank and its subsidiaries.
• Drive the technical evaluation of third-party technologies and products.
• Be an authoritative and trusted partner with deep, practical experience in customer and workforce IAM and solution architecture best practices to various business and functional areas across the bank, as well as to risk management and governance functions.
• Liaise with cloud, integration, data, security and infrastructure architecture and development/engineering teams to ensure that all solution architecture views are defined and elaborated.
• Participate in and support the execution of RBC architecture governance.

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical area of study (computer science, mathematics, engineering, etc.) or other BS/BA degree with a concentration in computer science or information systems
• IT experience of 7+ years with 3-5 years in solution architecture experience on large projects, with proven experience in defining and evolving the architectures of solutions with large user bases from project initiation to implementation to support
• Technical leadership and strong verbal and written communication skills to guide project delivery teams to implement the solutions that you have defined; strong negotiation skills to compel stakeholders to adopt your recommendations.
• Extensive knowledge of IAM-related security capabilities (e.g., authentication, authorization, user, credential, and role management access certification, access control models (RBAC, ABAC), privileged access management, etc.) and their realization and application across workforce and customer user populations.
• Experience designing enterprise security services that are highly reusable across a wide variety of requirements and use cases.
• Diverse solutioning experience in a variety of environments, platforms and channels, including on-prem, off-prem, mainframe, web, mobile, multi-cloud, SaaS, call centre, public clients, etc.

Nice-to-have

• Hands-on experience with different architecture and design frameworks (e.g., Zachman, TOGAF+ArchiMate, SABSA), techniques (e.g., OO, Top-down, structured analysis, component-based design), and modeling tools (e.g., PlantUML, Archi, Modelio, etc.)
• Extensive experience with various IAM products, tools and technologies (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID, PAM, PIM, CyberArk, SailPoint, etc.)

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.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.

Job Skills

Applications Architecture, Architectural Modeling, Building Architecture, Communication, Critical Thinking, Cybersecurity, Design, Leadership, Multi-Level Communication, Negotiation, Risk Management, Software Product Design, Solution Architecture, System Applications, Transitional Architecture

Additional Job Details

Address: 16 YORK ST: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: 2026-08-12

Application Deadline: 2026-09-11

Note

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

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