Systems Architect

We are hiring a System Architect within the IT Solutions & Technology department!

The Role:

The System Architect, Application Development manages the Application Architecture of their assigned Products. The role is responsible for providing Application Architectural oversight on all assigned products and will have responsibility for managing Application Architectural roadmap for their Products. The role will be responsible for aligning the Application Architecture with the Enterprise Architectural goals in incremental steps while helping the Application Teams deliver incremental value to the Business in accordance to established Project and Product Roadmaps.

Reporting To:

Assistant Vice President, IT Solutions & Technology

Full-Time/Part- Time:

Full-time

Posting Date:

February 28, 2024

Closing Date:

March 13, 2024

Hours of Work:

8:30 – 5:00

Grade:

Office Location:

Downtown Toronto

Great location! Steps away from the main public transit station

What we offer:

Highly competitive compensation package which includes, base salary, bonus, benefits, and career advancement opportunities!

*Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employment

What you will do:

• Architecture, design and overall application strategy of one or more applications.
• Application design of consistent patterns and cross cutting concerns using UML class diagrams, ER design, process flows.
• Collaborate with Technical Leads and Development teams in order to ensure Application Architecture is developed according to specifications.
• Work closely with Technical Leads and Development Teams to support the Enterprise strategic initiatives along with the line of business initiatives.
• Work closely with Technical Leads and Development Teams to promote the use of enterprise application frameworks, software reference architectures, frameworks, patterns, standards. This also includes conformance to the strategies, and guiding principles.
• Periodically review current Application Architecture and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Direct standards and technology changes for both short and long term.
• Support Application development from concept through to implementation.
• Support and participate in envisioning sessions when required.
• Provide subject matter expertise during the envisioning, solution and concept stages.
• Impact and risk assessment during envisioning and concept stages.
• Define nonfunctional requirements for enterprise applications.
• Drive Application Modernization and Architecture Roadmaps.
• Evolve the application to align with the strategic direction and road map of the EA.
• Create, maintain the repository of application architecture artifacts, groom the reference architecture (Architecture diagrams, ADR, application design documents)
• Architecture and design of the structured data, unstructured data or content.
• Lead Application Architecture reviews and walkthroughs to ensure Application Architecture specifications and best practices are followed.
• Promote architecture consistency across applications.
• Reduce complexity and TCO by promoting consistency and interoperability across applications.
• Contribute to the Enterprise reference architecture, the set of EA approved standard building blocks.
• Participate in ARB sessions.
• Guide the creation and evolution of Business services and microservices APIs exposed internally and externally.
• Collaborates with the technical stakeholders participating in different initiatives: PO. BAs, QAs
• Collaborate with other architects to communicate, socialize and validate the strategic road map for the applications.
• Perform selective code reviews and analysis.
• Participate in the analysis of system health KPI, system usage statistics.
• Help in the troubleshooting of system failures.
• Implement best practices for scalability, availability, reliability, supportability, ease of maintenance, and system performance.
• Architecture and design of the reliable, consistent structured data, unstructured data or content.
• Inventory of data and information assets (data dictionaries, data mapping, interface specifications and agreements).
• Architect, design and model how the information is structured, stored, accessed, cached, shared, archived, backed up and removed permanently, protected at rest and in transit.
• Interact with infrastructure architects, business SME, technology, and business stakeholders for different IT related initiatives.
• Produce Architecture Desing Records ADR for projects ( UML class diagrams, table design, flows, program specs.
• Define the architecture quality attributes for the enterprise applications.
• Implement best practices for scalability, availability, reliability, supportability, ease of maintenance, and system performance.
• Adhere to policies/procedures to ensure AML requirements are met, when applicable.

The Requirements Needed:

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science or Information Technology required.
• Certification in .NET development technologies and Microsoft Azure. Nice to have.
• 3+ years’ experience in leading projects in varying complexity is required
• 2+ years’ experience in application architecture
• The individual must be well versed with the advanced OOP (Object Oriented Programming) concepts and frameworks.
• Comprehension and experience with architectural frameworks and development methodologies ( REST, SOA, EF, , MVC, HTML5, Blazor,SQL Server, Azure environments and technologies etc…).
• Experience in latest versions of MS SQL Server is required.
• Advanced knowledge of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and other architecture modeling notations to sketch the class diagrams, component diagrams, sequence, activity diagrams, collaboration diagrams and use cases related to the projects in the portfolio.
• Expertise in the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-level multi-tier architecture in a Microsoft .NET Framework and technology stack.
• Strong understanding of design patterns and the principles of clean architecture (Microservices, API design, event driven, asynchronous, batch integration)
• Strong analytical skills as well as strong communication skills (written, verbal, collaboration)
• Proven ability to assess business needs and translate them into relevant solutions
• Proven ability to assess risk and implement mitigation plans
• Strong understanding and knowledge of the principles and practices associated with database design development and maintenance.
• Experience installing, configuring, documenting, testing, training, and implementing new applications and systems
• Strong Working knowledge of a wide variety of programming languages - specifically, experience in C#, .Net and JavaScript , working with RESTful APIs
• Experience with cloud computing (Azure) as well as working with 3rd party SaaS providers
• Working in an Agile development environment and an understanding of Scrum / Kanban
• Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly.
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently with minimal guidance.
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven organizational skills and demonstrated ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to Help/Guide Development Teams with Application Architecture
• Ability to promote First National Design and Architectural practices.
• Possess Specialized knowledge in one or more technical domains.
• Ability to Help with planning and executing projects by drawing on Application, Architecture and Technical knowledge and providing recommendations to Management.
• Ability to help remove roadblocks, create working models and POCs for development teams in order to help the teams reach their goals
• Ability to lead meetings.

The team you will join:

Founded in 1988, First National is one of Canada’s largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through our mortgage broker channel and service commercial clients through our national origination team of empowered advisors.

At First National, It’s in our Nature is our rallying cry. It underlies our values, beliefs, and how we show up for each other, our clients, our partners and the community. Our nature defines who we are and guides every decision we make.

First National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.

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We would like to thank all applications for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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