Sr Solution Architect - (Data & Analytics / Cloud/ AI)

BMO U.S.; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Accident and life insurance

Retirement savings plans

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

BMO Financial Group is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead end-to-end Data & Analytics architectures across cloud and hybrid environments. You will define blueprints, govern design reviews, and partner with stakeholders to implement scalable data platforms for analytics, AI/ML, and digital transformation.

Responsibilities include driving architecture governance, ensuring security and compliance, and guiding enterprise data strategy with emphasis on data mesh/fabric concepts.

Qualifications

• Define end-to-end architecture for Data & Analytics across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Develop architecture blueprints and roadmaps using enterprise tools (iServer, LeanIX, Orbus Infinity).
• Lead architecture reviews and governance to align with standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern end-to-end architecture for Data & Analytics across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Develop architecture blueprints, conceptual, logical, and physical designs with enterprise tools.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance to align with standards and target-state architecture.
• Design scalable data platforms for ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into architecture roadmaps and plans.
• Provide technical leadership across DnA initiatives, identifying risks and optimization opportunities.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

AWS

Azure

ETL/ELT design

Security & governance

Architecture governance

Data mesh/data fabric

Tools

iServer

LeanIX

Orbus Infinity

Job description

Position Summary

Seeking an experienced Solution Architect to provide architecture leadership across enterprise Data & Analytics initiatives. The role will be responsible for defining end-to-end solution architectures, establishing technology standards, driving cloud data platform modernization, and ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant data solutions. The Solution Architect will work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, engineers, security teams, and enterprise architects to deliver strategic data capabilities that support analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and digital transformation objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and govern end-to-end architecture for Data & Analytics solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Develop architecture blueprints, conceptual, logical, and physical solution designs using enterprise architecture tools such as iServer, LeanIX, Orbus Infinity, or equivalent. Having iServer is plus.
• Lead architecture reviews, design governance, and solution assessments to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and target-state architecture.
• Design and implement scalable data platforms supporting data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into architecture roadmaps and implementation plans.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple DnA initiatives, identifying risks, dependencies, and optimization opportunities.

Required Technical Capabilities

Cloud Data Platforms

• Experience with AWS services including:
  • S3, Redshift, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation
  • Lambda, Step Functions
  • IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager
  • EventBridge and data streaming services
• Exposure with Microsoft Azure services including:
  • Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
  • Microsoft Fabric

Data Integration & Movement

• Experience designing enterprise-scale ETL/ELT solutions.
• Knowledge of file transfer and integration technologies:
  • Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions
  • API-based integrations (REST, SOAP)
  • Event-driven and streaming architectures
• Experience integrating SaaS, on-premises, and cloud-based applications.

Data Security & Governance

• Expertise in enterprise data security and compliance practices.
• Experience implementing:
  • Data encryption at rest and in transit
  • Key management solutions
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
  • Data masking and tokenization
  • Data classification and retention policies
  • Audit, monitoring, and compliance controls
• Familiarity with regulatory and governance frameworks such as CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, and internal security standards.

Architecture & Design

• Strong understanding of:
  • Data Lake, Lakehouse, and Data Warehouse architectures
  • Enterprise Integration Patterns
  • API-first architectures
  • Microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Real-time and batch data processing
  • Data Mesh and Data Fabric concepts
• Experience documenting architecture artifacts, capability maps, application inventories, technology roadmaps, and reference architectures.

Architecture Governance & Data strategy

• Experience in presenting complex solution to Architecture Review Board or similar and getting approved.
• Experience in getting Architecture Alignment from various stakeholder.
• Experience in simplifying complex data problem and strategy into solution.
• Have understanding of Organization wide data domain, data flow like. Customer, account, products, transactions etc and how to make meaningful outcome on data.
• Clear vision and thinking of Data driven decision.

Key AI architecture areas

• AI reference architectures and integration patterns, AI application design, AI security, governance, and responsible AI practices
• We are specifically seeking a Solution Architect with data expertise, rather than a Data Engineer.

Salary

$100,000.00 - $220,000.00

Pay Type

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

Benefits

• health insurance
• tuition reimbursement
• accident and life insurance
• retirement savings plans
• performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/us/en

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

BMO is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other legally protected characteristics. We also consider applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

BMO is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.