Solution Architect

We are looking for a Solution Architect! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contact
Title: Solution Architect
Term: 6-month – 37.5 hours/week
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1113

Brief description of duties:

• Responsible for assisting with, reviewing and the interpretation of business requirements and objectives
• Develop and maintain application solution and integration architecture
• Develop implementation and transition to production plans
• Oversee development and testing of solutions
• Work closely with business and system analysts, business and technical system users, system developers, integration developers, shared services technology teams and other stakeholders in executing project tasks and responsibilities
• Maintain and enforce best practices to facilitate optimized use of technology, software development, integration and solution design
• Understand various industry standard integration and data transfer technologies in order to assess and apply the best techniques
• Responsible for recommending/designing integration of application systems using ETL, APIs, Web Services and appropriate technologies
• Assist in evaluation and selection of tools and technologies which support business goals
• Support and monitor implementation of new application systems to ensure stability and accuracy of the transition to support
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure alignment with the enterprise
• Provide architectural oversight of projects; ensure requirements are in alignment with technology strategies

MUST haves:

This individual is considered subject matter expert in technical integration issues and must possess knowledge and experience to architect solutions that involve cloud-based solutions.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a Solution Architecture role or related areas of expertise.
• Work Experience: Previous work experience within large organization’s technology departments for 10+ years, ideally in financial services industry.
• Time Management and Delivery: Must possess and demonstrate excellent time management skills with the ability to achieve results in a time demanding environment with strong focus on quality and delivery on commitments.
• In depth knowledge and 5-10 years of experience using various integration technologies tools, primarily in the areas of Web Services, Micro-Services, ETL and API integration, preferably with practical development knowledge.
• Exposure to any of the following – SAP FI-CA, SAP FS-CD, Hana, SAP ECC, SAP FPSL, SAP MDG, SAP Ariba, SAP Process Integration/Orchestration, Data Services and Business Warehouse and other Finance systems.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communicator with strong diagramming and presentation skills.
• Practitioner: Must have a solid command of broad and general technical concepts, especially in the area of integration and cloud-based solutions.
• Technical: Practical experience working with various computing technologies based on INTEL, Linux, Oracle with knowledge of SAP technologies.
• Analysis: Must have strong problem-solving skills and apply strong critical analysis to business requirements in the context of application architecture.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse and geographically dispersed teams.
• Team player with strong collaborative approach and ability to work independently.
• Knowledge of UML modeling and experience with modeling tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect is considered an asset
• Deep understanding of Business areas supported by Corporate Technology is a strong asset, e.g. Finance/Accounting, Actuarial, HR, Procurement, Audit, Risk, Compliance and Legal.
• Exposure to Technology platforms for Artificial Intelligence (Robotics, Machine Learning, etc.), Data Science and Big Data, is a plus.
• Familiarity with Cloud Computing Technologies: Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP,
• Comfortable with different Architecture Taxonomies, Methodologies and Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.)