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Solution ArchitectFirst Canadian Financial Group • Sherwood Park, AB, CA
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Solution Architect

Solution Architect

First Canadian Financial Group • Sherwood Park, AB, CA
2 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

First Canadian is a national organization experiencing unprecedented growth. We hire bright, hard‑working people committed to learning and career growth. We celebrate employee success through feedback and a Great Place to Work culture.

Benefits

  • Off work 1 hour early on Fridays.
  • Earned Time‑Off Program and vacation.
  • Group Retirement Savings Plan with employer match.
  • Hybrid work model available after successful probation.
  • On‑site gym with free weekly classes.
  • Newly renovated facility with ergonomic desks / chairs.
  • Educational assistance and career development.
  • Employee benefits.
  • Health and Wellness spending account.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Employee discount programs.
  • Culture Team dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and employee programs.
  • Employee recognition and appreciation events.

Position

The Solution Architect – Alberta reports to the Web Development Manager – Alberta and is based in Sherwood Park. The role acts as a strategic bridge between business needs and technology, responsible for designing scalable, secure, enterprise‑level solution blueprints, modernizing legacy systems, and driving technology improvements.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Design, document, and deliver complex, secure, and regulated enterprise solutions that align with business and technology strategies.
  • Apply in‑depth knowledge of government acts and regulations in the automobile insurance industry to develop compliant, configurable solutions.
  • Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including lift‑and‑shift, re‑platform, and refactoring from on‑premises to cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Architect highly resilient, scalable, and fault‑tolerant systems using Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) best practices, targeting availability levels up to 99.999%.
  • Apply enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF 10, Zachman Framework) to define solution architectures, governance standards, and decision‑making models.
  • Provide architectural leadership across presentation, integration, and backend layers, ensuring solutions are reusable, extensible, configurable, and integration ready.
  • Define and maintain architectural roadmaps that guide the transition from legacy systems to modern, future‑state platforms.
  • Leverage emerging technologies, including Agentic AI and Generative AI, to influence SDLC frameworks, and improve delivery speed, quality, and maintainability.
  • Ensure solutions are operationally efficient, maintainable, secure, and aligned with quality and performance standards.
  • Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful solution delivery.
  • Provide occasional after‑hours support to maintain business continuity during critical releases, incidents, or system updates.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Qualifications

  • A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience designing and delivering complex, configurable, enterprise‑grade solutions is required.
  • Hands‑on experience applying enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF 10 or the Zachman.
  • Proven experience migrating legacy systems to cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
  • Strong understanding of regulatory compliance, risk management, and controls within regulated industries.
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt emerging technologies and act as a change driver.
  • Experience designing modular, reusable systems using microservices architecture and decomposing monolithic applications.
  • Knowledge of Human‑Computer Interaction (HCI) principles and usability best practices is considered an asset.
  • Prior experience in the insurance industry, particularly auto insurance or dealership solutions, is considered an asset.
  • Ability to coach at all levels of SDLC is required.
  • Fluent in English with proven competencies in verbal and written communication, is required.
  • Successful completion of a credit check, criminal background check, education verification, and employment reference checks is required prior to employment.
  • Equal Opportunity

    We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Accommodations are available upon request.

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