Solution Architect – Digital Banking Applications

Position Description:

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to contribute to the design evolution and optimization of our Digital Banking Applications. This role is intended to augment the architecture function operating in alignment with enterprise architecture direction and product strategy and work collaboratively across the technical landscape.

This role works closely with a Senior Solution Architect and architecture leadership collaborating with delivery platform and product teams to ensure solutions are scalable secure and aligned with enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on technical expertise with architectural thinking and is comfortable operating in complex multi-tenant and regulated environments.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

. Contribute to the architecture design and implementation of scalable secure digital banking solutions under the guidance of senior architecture leadership.
. Collaborate with business product and technical stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into clear solution designs and technical specifications.
. Support development teams by providing architectural guidance design reviews and best-practice recommendations.
. Participate in the adoption and application of cloud-native and distributed system patterns.
. Assist in improving system performance scalability resilience and maintainability using modern technologies and engineering practices.
. Ensure solutions align with security risk and compliance requirements (SOC 2 ISO 27001 PCI DSS).
. Actively contribute to DevOps automation and continuous improvement initiatives across environments.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Core Technical Knowledge

. .NET Application Development
. SQL Server & Data Layer
. Containerization & Runtime Platforms
. Distributed Application Design
. Middleware & Integration

Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise

. Practical experience with Microsoft Azure services and cloud-native architecture
. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or Bicep
. Understanding of cost-awareness and optimization principles including sizing scaling and observability

Mobile & Channel Awareness

. General understanding of mobile application architectures for iOS and Android
. Awareness of mobile performance considerations such as caching network efficiency and backend optimization

DevOps & Delivery Practices

. Experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines build automation and deployment workflows
. Ability to participate in code reviews and architectural assessments to maintain code quality
. Exposure to GitOps practices and tools such as Argo CD or Flux CD is an asset


Security & Compliance

. Strong awareness of secure design and development practices
. Familiarity with security controls and testing approaches such as SAST DAST and system hardening
. Experience working in regulated environments with compliance obligations


Soft Skills

. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to solution complex technical IT system
. Excellent communication skills to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
. Collaborative mindset with the ability to work within distributed cross-functional teams
. Willingness to learn adapt and grow within an architecture practice and lead maturing technical members


Qualifications

. Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science Information Technology or a related discipline
. 710 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture roles
. Experience in digital banking financial services payment systems or regulated enterprise platforms is strongly preferred
. Prior experience working within a multi-architect or enterprise architecture team


Why Join Us

. Work on large-scale digital banking platforms used by multiple credit unions
. Collaborate closely with senior architects engineers and product leaders
. Being part of a mature architecture practice with real influence on platform direction
. Competitive compensation benefits and strong professional growth opportunities


CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level geographic market experience and training and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $750000$145000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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Use of the term architect in this job posting refers to the technical sense related to Information Technology (IT) and does not imply that the individual practices architecture or possesses the requisite license as prescribed by the applicable provincial or territorial architect regulator. We are seeking individuals with expertise in IT architect-related functions but licensure from an architect regulator is not a prerequisite for this position. Architecture is a regulated profession in Canada which is restricted in terms of use of titles and designation.

Skills:

• .NET
• Azure DevOps
• Linux
• Mobile Application Management
• SQL
• Visual Studio Code
• Visual Studio Code

What you can expect from us:

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