Solution Architect - Hybrid
Solution Architect - Hybrid
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Job Description
Central 1 cooperatively empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians. Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system. We do this by collaborating with our clients developing strategies products and services to support the financial wellbeing of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada. For more information visit www.central1.
What we offer:
- Worklife flexibility
- Hybrid workenvironment
- One time allowance to set up your office for remote first employees
- Variable annual incentive plan
- Generous annual vacation allotment
- Topnotch flexible benefits planincluding family building and gender affirmation
- Retirement Plan matched contributions at 6
- Access toa learning platform and educational assistancesupport
- Access to a virtual wellness platform
- Career development opportunities
- Wellness Flex Fund to support personal interest and activities
- Day off to volunteer in your community andother paid time off options
- Corporate discounts
*subject to employment agreement
Job Summary:
At Central 1 were passionate about providing consumers and businesses with modern fast and convenient mobile banking solutions along with cuttingedge payment rail systems. As a trusted partner for credit unions and other financial institutions across Canada we are wellpositioned to anticipate the changes ahead and advise the credit union system on the steps it must take now to prepare for the future.
Were looking for an experienced Solution Architect to play a key role to the growth and evolution of our platforms that empower hundreds of credit unions and millions of Canadians every day.
What youll be doing:
- Design solution architectures for multitenant multidimensional and complex distributed systems working closely with Product Enterprise Architecture Engineering and DevOPs teams while building these solutions
- Create artefacts such as: solution architecture documentation threat risk assessments nonfunctional requirements
- Conduct architecture evaluations and tradeoff analyses documenting architecture stakeholders and their concerns with indepth reviews of costs and benefits risks and implications
- Regularly conveying key strategies tasks and status to internal and external stakeholders
- Work closely with Product Development QA and DevOps teams while the solutions are built; reviews solutions recommended by Development teams and DevOps for application change requests ensuring they meet technical standards and specifications
- Work closely with Information Security and Risk teams to evaluate the risk profile of the project
- Align the solution architectures and technical approaches across the engineering organization; maintain the solution architecture and a roadmap for projects that evolve toward the target
- Ensure the proposed architecture for the solutions are aligned with the Central 1 Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines and external regulatory bodies
- You will interact with senior technical representatives of our clients to foster understanding of Central 1s platforms architecture and drive integrations
- Coach mentor and enable developers testers and DevOps regarding the resolution of complex technical matters new technologies and best practices
- You will be designing solutions in Sparx Enterprise Architect based on Java REST APIs Spring framework and cloud technologies (AWS and Azure) as well as MuleSoft API Management Platform
What youll have:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering M. Sc. preferred
- 10 years of engineering experience supporting and building systems that have very demanding performance requirements with large data and compute loads
- 5 years of working as a Solutions Architect or equivalent technical leadership experience
- Attentive to details and resultoriented and customerfocused
- Handle multiple projects at a time balance and prioritize the workloads operate independently on a daytoday basis
- Proven experience as a solution architect in the financial industry designing API centric solutions
- Knowledge of the banking host systems
- Knowledge of banking standards e.g. BIAN FDX ISO20022
- Experience with migration of monolithic applications to microservices: designing roadmaps towards target state
- Strong experience with SaaS platforms that run on a multitenant architecture
- Strong experience working on Infrastructure centric platforms both on prem and cloud
- Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace
- Excellent communication influencing and facilitation skills in particular problem solving/troubleshooting activities
- Brings a highenergy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around them can do attitude
- Demonstrated ability to coach and guide development teams
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across the organization including Product Design Operations Sales Marketing and Customer Success
- Adds personal value: Drives the business to deliver results looks to exceed client expectations
What youll know:
- Deep knowledge and understanding of architecture patterns especially the microservice architecture patterns and domain driven design
- Strong Java and Spring framework knowledge
- Developed a breadth of technical knowledge and depth in infrastructure software architecture databases (SQL and NoSQL) and agile product development
- Good understanding and working knowledge of the server and network configurations both for deployment and at runtime
- Understanding network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS HTTP(S) SSH FTP SMTP).
- Knowledge on Authentication and Authorization technology best practices
- Strong knowledge on Authentication Protocols: SAML 2 OIDC OAUTH 2 authentication factors
- Strong knowledge on Security: PKI security keys
- Strong knowledge in Cloud Development: Azure and AWS preferred
- Knowledge on general web site attacking scenarios
- Understand SMS Push Notification and Email delivery
- Good understanding of native mobile app architecture and technologies
- Good understanding of single page applications architecture and technologies
- Experience and knowledge using Sparx Enterprise Architect (or equivalent software) to document architecture solutions leveraging common industry standards: Unified Modeling Language (UML) BPMN E/R
Salary Range: $
The salary range representsthe job rate determined for the successful candidate who is fully competent in the role. The actual salary will vary depending on market conditions and relevant jobrelated factors such as knowledge skills qualifications experience and education/training.
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Central 1 is an equal opportunity employer and committed to building an inclusive workforce by creating an environment where everyone feels like they belong and has the opportunity to be successful. We welcome all applicants to join our diverse workforce and we will provide an accessible candidate experience including but not limited to accommodations to interview sites and alternate formats upon request to our Recruitment team.
Employment Type
Full-Time
