Solutions Architect (AWS + AI)

Iris Software Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris Software Inc. is partnering with a leading multinational investment banking and financial services firm to hire a Solutions Architect in Toronto. The role is hybrid onsite (2–3 days in the office) to design cloud-native, enterprise-grade architectures on AWS and guide data/AI platforms.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and dev teams to ensure alignment with bank standards and modernize legacy systems using microservices and serverless patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or software engineering.
• 12+ years of IT systems design experience, incl. 3+ years as Solutions Architect.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Design architecture meeting high availability, fault tolerance, and performance goals.
• Modernize legacy apps with microservices, containerization, and serverless patterns.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align designs with Bank guidelines.
• Create cloud-native architectures and scalable data platforms on AWS.
• Define data blueprints and AI solution frameworks for real-time analytics.
• Work with development teams to ensure enterprise standards are met.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Microservices

Containerization

Serverless

Data platforms

AI architecture

Collaboration with dev teams

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

12+ years IT systems design experience

Tools

AWS services

Job description

Iris's client, one of the world's largest multinational Investment banking and financial services corporations, is looking to hire a Solutions Architect opportunity.

Work location: Toronto ON (Hybrid Onsite – 2 to 3 days a week office)

Key Responsibilities

• Design architecture that meets functional and non-functional requirements such as high availability, fault tolerance, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Evaluate and modernize legacy applications by mapping target states to modern microservices, containerization and serverless patterns.
• Collaborate closely with Enterprise Architecture teams to align solution designs with the Enterprise standards (Align / Review / Design solution architecture in line with Bank approved guidelines and patterns)
• Design and implement high-performance, cloud-native architectures and scalable enterprise data platforms on AWS
• Define data blueprints and AI solution frameworks that drive predictive analytics, automation, and real-time intelligence.
• Work closely/collaboratively with dev teams to architect solutions that meet enterprise standards

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in IT systems design, with at least 3+ years dedicated as a Solution Architect managing cloud, data, or AI architecture.
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience on the AWS services and cloud infrastructure.