Senior Solution Architect

CG Consulting Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Toronto seeks a Senior Solution Architect to design enterprise infrastructure solutions. This role requires collaborating with project managers, application developers, and security teams to ensure compliance and performance standards are met. Candidates must have over 5 years in infrastructure design and security technologies. The position offers a hybrid work environment with potential for contract extension to full-time employment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Infrastructure solution design in enterprise environments.
• 5+ Years Security technology experience — firewalls, Akamai, etc.
• 5+ years with data center infrastructure.
• Experience with cloud solutions, Azure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of end to end infrastructure designs.
• Ensure designs incorporate engineering and security requirements.
• Collaborate with SMEs to recommend effective solutions.
• Engage with developers to understand requirements.
• Document infrastructure components and cost estimates.

Skills

Infrastructure solution design

Security technology experience

Data center infrastructure

Cloud solutions (Azure preferred)

Middleware fundamentals

Networking basics

Job description

Solution Architect - Senior #99316

Request ID: 99316-1

Start/End Dates: 3/9/2026 - 3/8/2027

Location: Downtown Toronto near TTC and GO

Job Title: IT - Solution Architect - Senior

Position Title: Solution Designer

Line of Business: Infrastructure Design Team

Target Start Date: March 9th

Duration: 12 months

Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE? Extension: Yes / Conversion: Yes

Hybrid work: in office every Tuesday and third Friday of month

Office Location: 81 bay Street

Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 37.5

Potential for OT? No

Target rate range: $80-90hr B2B

What does the LOB do:

The Infrastructure Design Team sits within Technology Operations and is responsible for delivering end to end infrastructure design and implementation for Technology Operations (TO) and Application Development (AD) projects.

The team provides expertise in:

• Platform selection and sizing
• High availability and disaster recovery design
• Data management design
• Infrastructure migration planning
• Ensuring all solutions align with CIBC architecture, engineering standards, ISRM requirements, and operational needs

They work closely with enterprise architecture, platform managers, security, engineering teams, and application partners to design scalable, secure, and cost effective infrastructure solutions.

Role reports to: Director Enterprise Solution Design

Reason the role is open: Additional Workload

What project will this contractor be working on? Infrastructure design and solutioning for multiple Technology Operations and Application Development initiatives, supporting end to end infrastructure build-out for upcoming CIBC projects.

Team Size? 10

• Work on high visibility infrastructure initiatives across the bank
• Opportunity to collaborate with architecture, engineering, security, and application teams
• Exposure to evolving technologies and enterprise level infrastructure design
• Strong potential for contract extension or FTE conversion
• Supportive hybrid environment with a technically strong team

Job Description:

As a Solution Designer within the Infrastructure Design Team, you will work alongside Business & Technology partners to design and deliver infrastructure solutions that support CIBC’s enterprise technology landscape. You will ensure that all engineering, security, operational, and architectural requirements are incorporated into the solution designs you deliver.

You’ll partner closely with project managers, application developers, architects, platform managers, security (ISRM), and engineering teams to design infrastructure that meets business needs, aligns with enterprise standards, and ensures reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of end to end infrastructure designs for TO and AD projects.
• Ensure all designs incorporate engineering, operational, architectural, and security requirements.
• Evaluate platform options, sizing, resiliency, disaster recovery, and data design requirements.
• Collaborate with SME across the organization to influence and recommend effective solutions.
• Engage with application developers and business partners to understand requirements and provide technical guidance.
• Support project implementations by helping resolve infrastructure design issues.
• Integrate infrastructure components to support application deployments.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, ISRM, platform managers, and engineering to ensure all standards and compliance requirements are met.

Infrastructure Solution Design

• Meet with requesters from Application Development to understand business needs.
• Translate requests into comprehensive infrastructure designs including compute, storage, networking, middleware, database, cloud, and security elements.
• Document itemized infrastructure components and associated cost estimates (storage, compute, services, etc.).
• Develop designs that incorporate all TO engineering, operational, architectural, and security constraints and requirements.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory expectations.

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Engage with engineering, security (ISRM), enterprise architecture, cloud SMEs, and platform managers to incorporate required expertise into the design.
• Partner with project managers to support implementation phases.
• Assist with integration challenges during infrastructure deployment.

Client Engagement

• Provide guidance, technical advisory, and solution recommendations to AD teams.
• Communicate complex technical topics clearly and concisely to non technical stakeholders.
• Represent infrastructure considerations during requirement gathering and design review sessions.

Must Have Requirement:

• 5+ years in Infrastructure solution design in enterprise environments (middleware, networking solutions)
• 5+ Years Security technology experience — firewalls, Akamai, and related security edge/perimeter services (this is core to this specific portfolio)
• 5+ years with data center infrastructure (Oracle, MS SQL, Databricks)
• Experience with cloud solutions (Azure preferred)

Broader Domain Knowledge (Additional Skills context):

• Oracle, SQL, Databricks (helpful for DB/integration understanding)
• Middleware fundamentals
• Networking basics (routing, subnets, firewalls, DNS, load balancing, etc.)

Nice to Have:

• Previous CIBC experience (significant plus)
• Financial institution experience
• Exposure to Agile and DevOps delivery environments
• Experience working across multiple infrastructure disciplines
• Any security focused solutioning within enterprise-scale environments

Soft Skills:

• High initiative — a self starter who requires minimal prompting
• Ability to drive urgency and move work forward proactively
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence, collaborate, and work cross functionally
• Analytical thinker with strong problem solving abilities
• Adaptability; capable of navigating ambiguous requirements
• Client focused mindset with strong accountability and follow through

NOTE: Close on Feb 13 @ 10am

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