Title:  Solutions Architect

Requisition ID: 197188

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The role:

The Solution Architect in International Banking Technology is a high-impact role responsible for managing a set of tasks and techniques working as a liaison among various stakeholders. The SA needs to understand the structure, policies, and operations of the organization, and recommend technical / business solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals. We are looking for forward thinking individuals who embrace change, are passionate about their profession, are flexible, curious, continuous learners and who want to achieve challenging goals and have long-lasting impact on the Bank and our customers.

The SA will be result oriented and possess deep technical knowledge with a curious mindset, providing guidance to teams in Canada and IB countries to enable effective delivery of solutions, ensuring compliance with technology and bank standards.

What will you do?

• You will be responsible for the design, architecture and documentation of effective and quality solutions that resolve highly complex business problems and support business needs.
• Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications.
• Building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global based systems.
• Author architectural patterns to help assessment teams improve and develop their processes.
• Socialize with larger audiences using reporting, real-time dashboards, and hosting education sessions.
• Act as an expert technical resource for modeling, simulation, and analysis efforts
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met for supported area.
• Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner.
• The role requires interaction with business and technology leadership, effective communications with the target audience and consequently the ability to promote an idea and gain consensus is critical.
• Responsible for the Implementation of a trusted governance model where architecture assessments are automated based on enterprise standards and policies.
• Help drive the implementation of trusted policies and standards with the help internal teams such as Security, Infrastructure, Data, etc.
• Deployment of a technology solution that will implement the trusted governance framework, policies and workflows.
• Challenge the solution architects way of thinking by implementing architectural design principles to improve the bank’s security, resiliency and technology footprint.
• Continuously research current and emerging technologies and propose changes where needed.
• Inform various stakeholders about any issues with the current technical solutions being implemented.
• Create designs and reference architectures for enterprise
• Champion a high performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment

What do you need to succeed?

• Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development. Modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives.
• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global based systems. Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development.
• Experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives
• Experience with structured Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise tocloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
• Strong programming skills in Java, React, RPG(desirable) and experience with a wide spectrum of technologies including Cloud development/deployment (Azure/Google)
• Must be a leader with excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills to build consensus and obtain co-operation from development teams and technology engineering leaders.
• Disciplined in development methodology and familiar with software development technologies and concepts. Practical experience with systems design and specification for large scale applications.
• Knowledge and Experience in Risk Systems technology is desirable

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more

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Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.