Solution Architect

Permanent Full Time 

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We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our Technology, Canada Life & Great West Life Co team.

Role description 

The Solution Architect will suport the Technology, Canada Life & Great West Life Co Digital Technology and Experience portfolio. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the design of robust, scalable and mission critical customer facing applications. You'll work in a complex environment with a mix of legacy and modern systems and infrastructure. As we continue to modernize and deliver exceptional experiences, we are seeking a skilled solution architect to play a key role in finding opportunities, influencing and guiding our transformation journey.

What you will do 

• Support and drive the organizational goals to simplify, automate and reuse technology assets
• Foster collaboration and understanding across all teams to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met while balancing business goals
• Develop and maintain application technology roadmaps that are aligned to technology and business strategy
• Define standards and best practices in relation to Digital architecture concerns
• Influence and contribute to the development of technology strategy and delivery planning
• Collaborate and guide engineering teams and applications towards target state architectures
• Coach peers to successfully adopt standards and patterns
• Develop and review solution designs and architecture decisions

What you will bring 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a solution or enterprise architect having worked in solutioning and supporting digital experiences in enterprise environments
• Blend of technical skills and business acumen
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent communication, written and diagramming skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to various audiences
• Curiosity and a passion to challenge the status-quo.  Leverage modern technologies to improve customer experience, operational excellence and manage technology risk

Assets

• Experience in financial services e.g. banking, insurance or similar regulated industry
• Proven experience designing web-based solutions using public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS platforms
• Practical knowledge using integration architectures and patterns (e.g. ETL, Eventing , APIs, Microservices )
• Working knowledge of security, identity and authorization patterns
• Salesforce Platform (Sales/Service, Experience & Marketing Cloud, SFI, Data Cloud, Einstein)
• Content management systems (e.g. Adobe AEM)
• Experience in MarTech technologies and integrations
• Front-end UI frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, Angular)
• Architecture modelling languages and frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Archimate)
• Enterprise portfolio and architecture management applications (Service Now, LeanIX)
• Developing target state architectures and roadmaps
• Working in product based and agile environments and teams
• Experience solutioning mobile applications

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: Toronto, London, Winnipeg. 

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The base salary for this position is between  $76000 - $141000 annually.  This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc).  If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today!

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations. 

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential. 

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

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