Job Summary:
The Applications Architect will lead the design and implementation of scalable secure SaaS solutions focusing on legacy application modernization. This role involves defining and maintaining solution architectures that enable hybrid integration across various platforms translating business requirements into modular designs and overseeing integrations between SaaS platforms and enterprise systems. The architect will also develop architecture artifacts define governance standards and evaluate SaaS platforms.
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable secure and user-centric SaaS solutions.
- Define and maintain solution architectures for hybrid integration across SaaS platforms legacy applications and cloud infrastructure (e.g. Azure).
- Translate complex business requirements into modular application designs leveraging configuration over customization.
- Design and oversee integrations between SaaS platforms and other enterprise systems using APIs webhooks middleware and native integration frameworks.
- Develop architecture artifacts such as reference models data flows and interface definitions.
- Define governance and configuration standards for platform administration.
- Evaluate and advise on best-fit SaaS and PaaS platforms.
- Work closely with enterprise architects delivery teams product managers and vendors.
- Support cloud-enabled delivery of content and workflow services.
- Guide solution implementation teams through sprint planning backlog refinement and technical validation processes.
- Ensure SaaS solutions align with enterprise governance data classification standards and information lifecycle policies.
- Contribute to business case development procurement processes and vendor evaluations.
Required Skills & Certifications:
- 8 years of experience in application or solution architecture with a focus on modernizing or implementing enterprise SaaS platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions.
- Experience architecting workflow automation records/document management and case management systems in a SaaS context.
- Familiarity with Azure or similar platforms for hybrid integration identity federation (Azure AD) and secure access models.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns and tools (e.g. RESTful APIs webhooks middleware iPaaS platforms).
- Proven ability to design scalable modular and maintainable solutions with a focus on configuration over code within SaaS ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of data privacy retention and security considerations in public sector SaaS deployments.
- Demonstrated experience working in structured delivery environments using Agile and iterative delivery models.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field.
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