Our Financial Services Client is seeking a Senior Principal Architect to create and support Digital Transformation roadmap to identify, implement and rationalize capabilities across technology landscape - PRINC
This is a Permanent Opportunity, Remote - Preferred Candidate location : British Columbia, open to Ontario and Alberta.
Must Have :
- 10+ years of software development experience as a Solutions and Enterprise architect. Experience designing solutions in Financial / Banking sector applications.
- Experience in cloud architecture - preferably Azure
- Experience with modern core banking systems and awareness of fintech landscape.
- Excellent knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and methodologies.
- Extensive knowledge of software architecture, application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines e.
g. Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, cloud computing, etc.
- Have in depth knowledge in integration patterns and expertise in developing RESTful APIs with a good understanding of microservices architecture.
- Proficiency in evaluating and recommending emerging technologies and best practices.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Motivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes. Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity.
- Proven ability to innovate and adapt to the latest development in area of expertise.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.
- Familiarity with software development methodologies, such as Agile or Scrum.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities :
- Provide sound solutions and architecture for key business initiatives
- Define Enterprise architecture principles
- Build and maintain architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
- Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determine corresponding enterprise system design and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.
- Guide and influence product owners, solution / data / security / infrastructure architects, designers, and developers in implementing sound architecture choices (Buy vs.
Build, or Real-time vs. Batch)
- Provide guidance to Enterprise architecture in establishing standards and evaluate products and contribute to enterprise architecture initiatives.
- Design and lead the implementation solutions across all business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements.
- Manage and develop the enterprise architecture for a broader scope of projects, working closely with solution and application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative.
- Provide consulting support to architects within projects to ensure the project is aligned with the proposed solution and overall enterprise architecture.
- Monitor the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements.
- Understand the technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies (like AI, automation) to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
- Analyze the technology industry, competitors, and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise.
30+ days ago