System Architect
System Architect
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First National supports requests for accommodation from applicants with disabilities; please contact Human Resources at should you need an accommodation at any point in the recruitment process.
We are hiring a System Architect within the IT Solutions & Technology department!
Reporting To:
Assistant Vice President IT Solutions & Technology
FullTime/Part Time:
Fulltime
Posting Date:
March 20 2025
Closing Date:
April 10 2025
Hours of Work:
8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Grade:
Office Location:
16.4
Downtown Toronto
Great location! Steps away from the main public transit station
What we offer:
Highly competitive compensation package which includes base salary bonus benefits and career advancement opportunities!
*Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employment
The Opportunity:
The System Architect Application Development manages the Application Architecture of their assigned Products. The role is responsible for providing Application Architectural oversight on all assigned products and will have responsibility for managing Application Architectural roadmap for their Products. The role will be responsible for aligning the Application Architecture with the Enterprise Architectural goals in incremental steps while helping the Application teams deliver incremental value to the Business in accordance with established Project and Product Roadmaps.
How you will contribute:
- Architecture design and overall application strategy of one or more applications.
- Application design of consistent patterns and cross cutting concerns using UML diagrams ER design process flows.
- Collaborate with Technical Leads and Development teams in order to ensure Application Architecture is developed according to specifications.
- Work closely with Technical Leads and Development Teams to support the Enterprise strategic initiatives along with the line of business initiatives.
- Work closely with Technical Leads and Development Teams to promote the use of enterprise application frameworks software reference architectures patterns standards. This also includes conformance to the strategies and guiding principles.
- Periodically review current Application Architecture and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Direct the short and long term standards and technology changes.
- Support Application development from concept to implementation.
- Support and participate in envisioning sessions.
- Provide subject matter expertise during the envisioning solution and concept stages.
- Provide impact and risk assessment during envisioning and concept stages.
- Define nonfunctional requirements for enterprise applications.
- Drive Application Modernization and Architecture Roadmaps.
- Evolve the application to align with the strategic direction and road map of the EA.
- Create maintain the repository of application architecture artifacts groom the reference architecture (Architecture diagrams ADR application design documents)
- Architecture and design of the structured data unstructured data or content.
- Lead Application Architecture reviews and walkthroughs to ensure Application Architecture specifications and best practices are followed.
- Promote architecture consistency across applications.
- Reduce complexity and TCO by promoting consistency and interoperability across applications.
- Contribute to the Enterprise reference architecture the set of EA approved standard building blocks.
- Participate in ARB sessions.
- Guide the creation and evolution of microservices APIs exposed internally and externally.
- Collaborates with the technical stakeholders participating in different initiatives: PO. BAs QAs
- Collaborate with other architects to communicate socialize and validate the strategic road map for the applications.
- Perform selective code reviews and analysis.
- Participate in the analysis of system health KPI system usage statistics.
- Help in the troubleshooting of system failures.
- Implement best practices for scalability availability reliability supportability ease of maintenance and system performance.
- Architecture and design of reliable consistent structured data unstructured data or content.
- Inventory of data and information assets (data dictionaries data mapping interface specifications and agreements).
- Architect design and model how the information is structured stored accessed cached shared archived backed up and removed permanently protected at rest and in transit.
- Interact with infrastructure architects business SME technology and business stakeholders for different IT related initiatives.
- Produce Architecture Desing Records ADR for projects (i.e. UML class diagrams table design process flows program specs.
- Define the architecture characteristics quality attributes for the enterprise applications.
- Implement best practices for scalability availability reliability supportability ease of maintenance and system performance.
- Adhere to policies/procedures to ensure AML requirements are met when applicable.
The experience you need:
- Postsecondary education in Computer Science or Information Technology required.
- Certification in .NET development technologies and Microsoft Azure. Nice to have.
- 5 years experience in application development is required.
- 3 years experience in leading projects in varying complexity is required
- 2 years experience in application architecture
- The individual must be well versed with the advanced OOP (Object Oriented Programming) concepts and frameworks.
- Comprehension and experience with architectural frameworks and development methodologies REST SOA EF ASP MVC HTML5 BlazorSQL Server Azure environments and technologies etc).
- Experience in latest versions of MS SQL Server is required.
- Advanced knowledge of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and other architecture modeling notations to sketch the class diagrams component diagrams sequence activity diagrams collaboration diagrams and use cases related to the projects in the portfolio.
- Expertise in the design development and deployment of enterpriselevel multitier architecture in a Microsoft .NET Framework and technology stack.
- Strong understanding of design patterns and the principles of clean architecture (Microservices API design event driven asynchronous batch integration)
- Strong analytical skills as well as strong communication skills (written verbal collaboration)
- Proven ability to assess business needs and translate them into relevant solutions
- Proven ability to assess risk and implement mitigation plans
- Strong understanding and knowledge of the principles and practices associated with database design development and maintenance.
- Experience installing configuring documenting testing training and implementing new applications and systems
- Strong Working knowledge of a wide variety of programming languages specifically experience in C# .Net and JavaScript working with RESTful APIs
- Experience with cloud computing (Azure) as well as working with 3rd party SaaS providers
- Working in an Agile development environment and an understanding of Scrum / Kanban
- Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly.
- Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently with minimal guidance.
- Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven organizational skills and demonstrated ability to prioritize and multitask.
- Ability to Help/Guide Development Teams with Application Architecture
- Ability to promote First National Design and Architectural practices.
- Possess Specialized knowledge in one or more technical domains.
- Ability to Help with planning and executing projects by drawing on Application Architecture and Technical knowledge and providing recommendations to Management.
- Ability to help remove roadblocks create working models and POCs for development teams in order to help the teams reach their goals
- Ability to lead meetings
Skills and Attributes:
- Ability to help and guide development teams with Application Architecture.
- Promote Architectural practices principles and Design Patterns.
- Possess specialized knowledge in one or more technical domains.
- Ability to help with planning and executing projects by drawing on Application Architecture technical knowledge and providing recommendations to management.
- Ability to help remove roadblocks create working models and POCs for development teams to reach their goals.
- 3 years of technical leadership and software architecture.
- Advanced knowledge experience and understanding of software architecture application development application systems design and integration.
- Strong understanding of the principles of architecture design patterns Microservices API design event driven communication asynchronous communication batch integration.
- Advanced knowledge of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and other architecture modeling notations to sketch class diagrams component diagrams sequence activity diagrams collaboration diagrams and use cases related to the projects.
- Expertise in the architecture design development and deployment of enterpriselevel multitier architecture in a Microsoft .NET Framework and technology stack
- Experience in Microsoft full stack technologies and Microsoft Azure cloud services.
- Development of software solutions using Microsoft Visual Studio Blazor C# and .NET framework.
- Knowledge of software development practices concepts software security and technology obtained through work experience.
- Great passion towards innovation continuous improvement growth and change.
- Ability to work in a team environment and independently with minimal guidance.
- Critical thinker with excellent analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with an ability to convey concise and complex information to all levels of the organization.
- Must be able to communicate with all key stakeholders such as senior management development teams project manager product owners BA clients and vendors.
- Organizational skills and ability to breakdown prioritize multiple tasks.
- Experience with infrastructure and environment architecture.
- Experience with Agile development processes.
Working Environment and Physical Demands Analysis:
- Office environment
- Periods of high volume with tight timelines
- Long periods of stationary position/sitting
- Prolonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)
- Long periods of time in viewing a computer screen
- Multitasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer program.
Why join First National
- Competitive Compensation
- Comprehensive benefits program (i.e. Health Spending Account Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up)
- Hybrid working environment
- Extensive training programs to set our employees up for success
- Modern office environment conducive to collaboration
- Supportive teamwork culture
- Opportunities to give back to the communities and work through events focused on a variety of charities
- Ongoing social events throughout the year
The team youll join:
Founded in 1988 First National is one of Canadas largest nonbank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canadas largest commercial mortgage lender.
First National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners.
We would like to thank all applications for their interest in this existing vacancy but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
#FNLOON
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Employment Type
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