Solutions Architect

talentmanagementsolution; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

RBRO Solutions is seeking a Solutions Architect to turn business needs into scalable, secure technical solutions for hosted cloud services and on-prem installations. You will work with leaders, PMs, vendor architects and SMEs to identify needs and plan delivery across initiatives, ensuring non-functional requirements like security and availability are met.

The role requires strong judgement across cloud, hybrid and on-prem designs, with experience modernizing from .NET Framework to .NET 8/10,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent education and experience.
• 5+ years in a solution architect or principal role.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and design principles.
• Experience in cloud-intensive environments (Azure or AWS).
• Experience architecting multi-vendor environments (on-prem, cloud, hybrid).
• Working knowledge of application security best practices for web/mobile/cloud.
• Experience authoring architecture standards and enterprise documentation.
• Ability to evaluate cost, risk and benefit and negotiate trade-offs with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own target architecture and roadmap; document current and future state and transitions.
• Lead requirements gathering; turn business needs into architectural designs and records.
• Guide architecture governance; ensure designs are implemented as intended; manage change control.
• Improve CI/CD, testing and observability; mentor engineers; collaborate with product and support teams.

Skills

Microservices design

Cloud architectures

Security best practices

Architecture governance

Stakeholder management

Cost/risk evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Entra ID / OAuth 2.0 / OIDC

Key Vault / Secrets Manager

New Relic / Application Insights / NLog

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Job Description

Role: Solutions Architect

Who we are

RBRO Solutions builds best-of-breed software for the legal and corporate legal markets, serving customers around the globe. Join a modern, agile team that keeps us among the top companies in our industry.

Our core values: Innovation, Experience, Excellence, Partnership, Balance, Integrity, Diversity and Gratitude.

What to expect

• Build your career with a growing technology company
• A challenging, collaborative team environment
• Competitive salary and medical benefits
• Salary range: $90,000-$115,000 CAD

About the role

The Solutions Architect turns business needs into sound technical solutions. You will work with business leaders, project managers, vendor architects and subject-matter experts to identify needs, plan delivery alongside other initiatives, and make sure solutions are secure, scalable and maintainable. Our products run as hosted cloud services and as on-premises installs at customer sites, so the role needs strong judgement across cloud, hybrid and on-premises designs.

Reports to: Director, Software Development/CTO

Responsibilities

• Architecture and strategy: Own the target architecture and the roadmap that engineering teams deliver against, documenting current state, future state and the transition between them. Lead modernization from .NET Framework 4.8 and Web API 2 to .NET 8/10 and ASP.NET Core, including containerizing Windows services. Own security architecture: Entra ID, OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, JWT, secrets management (Key Vault, Secrets Manager), encryption of data in transit and at rest, and certificate handling. Shape data architecture on SQL Server and PostgreSQL: schema design, stored-procedure conventions, migrations, reporting, and multi-region / DR data. Make sure solutions meet non-functional requirements: security, high availability, reliability, scalability, auditability, capacity and performance. Evaluate emerging technologies and enterprise solutions, run impact assessments, and recommend what to adopt.
• Solution design and delivery: Lead requirements gathering and turn business and non-functional requirements into solution designs, specifications and written architecture decision records. Work with project managers on scope and effort estimates, and with analysts on requirements and test plans. Document the costs, risks and benefits of each solution and communicate them to stakeholders and executives. Confirm that teams implement designs as intended, and lead architecture governance and design reviews. Take part in technical change control: changes are risk-rated, test requirements are defined, and costs and impacts are quantified.
• Standards and technical leadership: Write and publish architecture standards, guidelines and best practices, and maintain a central architecture repository. Improve CI/CD, test strategy and observability so releases are repeatable. Help the development team with debugging, performance monitoring and tuning. Mentor senior engineers and work with product, support and client-facing teams on technical decisions. Push for simpler, streamlined business processes where the benefit outweighs the risk.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• 5+ years in a solution architect or principle role.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and design principles.
• Experience in cloud-intensive environments, with a sound understanding of cloud deployment and integration patterns (Azure or AWS).
• Experience architecting multi-vendor environments on-premises, in the cloud and in hybrid models.
• Working knowledge of application security best practices and tools for web, mobile and cloud applications.
• Experience authoring architecture standards, guidelines and process documentation at system and enterprise level.
• Ability to evaluate options on cost, risk and benefit, negotiate trade-offs between features and scalability, and drive decisions with multiple stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

• Legal-technology experience, especially iManage Work, NetDocuments or other document management systems.
• Experience in SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Container orchestration and infrastructure as code.
• Real production exposure to high-availability issues, such as clustering.
• Observability at scale with New Relic, Application Insights or NLog.
• Data residency and compliance work for regulated clients.

Personal traits

• Self-starter and creative problem-solver who can lead projects with minimal direction.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Pulls together technical and non-technical input and resolves ambiguity respectfully.
• Clear communicator in writing, in conversation and in presentations.
• Works well independently and with everyone from senior management to individual contributors; approachable and trusted by colleagues.

Business Unit: RBRO

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 37.5

Number of Openings Available: 1

Worker Type: Regular

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