Solution Architect

IBM; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Solution Architect to drive cloud transformation initiatives in Toronto. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in cloud solutions, particularly within the Payments Industry, and possesses strong leadership qualities. You will be responsible for architecting and deploying scalable solutions, mentoring teams, and engaging with clients to deliver efficient and effective outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in design and delivery of complex IT projects.
• Proven experience in hybrid cloud solutions and technical leadership.
• Experience in designing scalable and resilient systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
• Lead consulting engagements and mentor teams.
• Ensure performance, availability, and scalability of solutions.

Skills

Payments Industry expertise

Hybrid cloud solutions

Technical leadership

Agile and DevOps

Education

Cloud solution architect certification

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

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Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling : To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling : To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Design, development and deployment of hybrid, multi cloud and cloud native architectures and solutions for payments transformation initiatives that support the business requirements of the client. Solution responsibility can include but not limited to, infrastructure strategy and design, systems strategy and design, communications strategy and design, and data center strategy and design.
• Lead, create Solution Architecture, High-Level and Low-Level design deliverables with client architects.
• Bring expertise in hybrid cloud platform security governance and compliance.
• Proven understanding of hybrid cloud platform (including OpenShift, IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure) and key cloud services consumption models and be able to construct cost effective solutions for our clients.
• Design the HA / DR strategies for the hybrid cloud solution.
• Best practices in this role use reference architectures and service product assets to develop conceptual and detailed designs.
• Architects are responsible for performance, availability and scalability of the solution and the impact on the client's infrastructure.
• Support sales opportunities.
• Lead, perform and mentor on consulting engagement pursuits. This includes participating in client opportunity identification and qualification calls, understanding client needs and objectives, articulating and formulating solutions design for proposals and statements of work that align to the client needs while managing delivery risk and working with the sales team through deal progression and signing.
• Engagement oversight. This includes following the Delivery Roadmap to successful project execution. This includes staffing consulting project teams, assisting project leadership (i.e., project manager or engagement leader) in defining or modifying project approach and structure as necessary, deliverables review and participation in key project events as appropriate.
• Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in design and delivery of complex and large-scale IT projects.
• Expertise in the Payments Industry and the design, delivery of payments systems (ACH, Wires, Real Time, Interac, Cheques, Card Payments etc.). Candidates with strong experience in Banking and Financial services will also be considered.
• 3+ years of experience as a solution architect providing hands on technical leadership for the end to end design, delivery and management of hybrid cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, IBM, GCP)
• Cloud solution architect certification in one of major cloud providers (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience in design and delivery of cloud native solutions with Microservices, containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Proven experience in design and delivery of cloud native solutions with with Micro services, containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Experience leading projects delivered through a globally integrated capability of onsite, nearshore, and offshore teams.
• Experience with Agile methods & DevOps.
• Experience in design and delivery of scalable, fault tolerant and resilient systems Familiar with data center concepts and best practices, high - availability systems, capacity planning, system performance evaluation, and diagnostic techniques and methodologies.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Understanding of Red Hat ecosystem (OpenShift, Ansible, RH Fuse, RH SSO, etc.)
• Familiar with solution infrastructure as code and DevOps automations.
• Expertise in Datacenter migration to Cloud.
• Familiar with IT Operations and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practice.
• Expertise in REST APIs, Java Spring boot, Microservices architecture

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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