Tech Platform Lead, Solutions Architect

Desjardins Group; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Health and wellness expense reimburse

Job summary

Desjardins Group in Montreal, Quebec seeks a Tech Platform Lead, Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership for cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, and supplier solutions. The role splits about 40% architecture and governance and 60% operational leadership and delivery support.

You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable solutions, review designs with suppliers, manage incidents, and drive readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or related field is required.
• Minimum six years of relevant experience, with at least five designing and delivering enterprise/platform solutions.
• French language proficiency is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership during complex incidents and supplier escalations.
• Define solution standards, reusable patterns and roadmaps for Azure, APIs, and integrations.
• Review supplier designs to mitigate operational risk, complexity and cost.
• Govern API integration, security, disaster recovery and cost management in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Own Terraform operating model, modules, and auditable deployment practices.

Skills

Azure architecture

APIs & integrations

Stakeholder comms

Supplier management

Incident management

Technical leadership

OAuth/OIDC

Terraform/IaC

Security by design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Azure API Management

Terraform

Git/Azure DevOps

Bicep

Salesforce/Marketing Cloud

Job description

As a Tech Platform Lead, Solutions Architect, you provide technical leadership for Collabria’s cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, digital applications, business platforms and supplier solutions. You ensure technology investments are secure, scalable, supportable and cost-effective while actively contributing to delivery planning, production incident management, supplier reviews and operational readiness. The role is expected to consist of approximately 40% architecture and governance and 60% operational leadership and delivery support.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform architecture and direction: Define practical solution standards and reusable patterns for Microsoft Azure, APIs, integrations, the Collabria portal, eApplications, Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, Halo and supplier-managed platforms. Translate business requirements into secure, maintainable and sustainable technology solutions, while documenting key decisions and the associated trade-offs. Maintain target-state roadmaps, reference architectures, application and integration inventories, and technology portfolio lifecycle considerations. Review technology designs prepared by suppliers, consultants and internal teams and flag proposals that introduce avoidable operational risk, complexity and additional costs.
• Operational leadership and delivery support: Provide hands-on technical leadership during complex incidents, recurring problem investigations and supplier escalations requiring sound judgment across multiple platforms. Assess operational readiness before production releases by ensuring that monitoring, logging, runbooks, resolution procedures and hand‑offs to support teams are complete. Support delivery teams with design decisions, resolution of technical roadblocks and implementation planning while balancing immediate needs with the platforms’ long-term health. Coordinate external architecture specialists when in-depth Azure, cybersecurity, Salesforce, API or supplier‑specific expertise is required.
• API, cloud and integration governance: Establish API integration principles covering authentication, versioning, error handling, observability, certificate management and partner integration. Guide decisions related to Azure platform patterns, network and identity architecture, resilience, disaster recovery and cost management in collaboration with engineering teams. Ensure Collabria’s internal teams can operate new digital services effectively and support them through our ticketing system. Collaborate with suppliers to integrate defined escalation processes.
• Terraform and infrastructure as code (IaC) governance: Own Collabria’s Terraform operating model, including module governance, code review expectations, naming and tagging standards, secure state management and deployment approvals. Define reusable landing‑zone and platform patterns. Promote policy as code, version-controlled infrastructure and auditable deployment practices to reduce configuration drift and manual changes in the cloud.
• Security, risk management and supplier governance: Integrate Secure by Design principles. Support the Mythos and Imperium initiatives by translating control requirements into actionable technology patterns and remediation priorities. Represent Collabria in strategic technical discussions with suppliers and participate in product assessments, due diligence and roadmap reviews.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
• Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of French is required
• Expertise acquired through at least eight years of progressive experience in technology, including at least five years designing and delivering enterprise or platform solutions
• Expertise leading technical initiatives, influencing suppliers and communicating architectural decisions to business stakeholders and senior management
• Demonstrated expertise through sound professional judgment and excellent skills in stakeholder communication, supplier management and technical and strategic writing
• Proficiency in Microsoft Azure architecture, Azure API Management, Azure Functions, networking concepts, monitoring and resilience patterns
• Proficiency in REST APIs, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, event-driven integration and enterprise integration patterns
• Proficiency in Terraform, Bicep, Git, Azure DevOps and infrastructure as code (IaC) governance practices
• Proficiency in Microsoft Azure, enterprise APIs, integrations, identity architectures and production environment support in a regulated or operationally critical setting

Action oriented, Communicates effectively, Customer Focus, Differences, Nimble learning, Tech savvy, Work processes Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve. If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America. We're the choice for over 52,000 employees and we're named one of Canada's top employers by Mediacorp and Forbes. We offer a full range of financial products and services and share our expertise in personal services, business services, wealth management, life and health insurance, and property and casualty insurance. Pursuing a career at Desjardins means being part of an organization that puts people first.