Solutions Architect (Branch Technology)

Job title: Solutions Architect (Branch Technology)

Job description: Solutions Architect (Branch Technology)

Apex Systems is a large staffing and consulting firm and we are looking for a Solutions Architect with 5+ Years of true Solutions Architect experience,. You will be joining a highly collaborative, fast paced and high performing team.

Client: Big Five Bank

Contract: 6 months contract, starting 3 weeks from offer

Line of Business: Personal & Business Banking Canada
Estimated Start Date: ASAP
Length of Contract: 6 months
Possibility of Extension: Yes
Possibility of FTE: No
Working Location: Remote to start and then Downtown Toronto in the future (COVID dependent)
Working Hours: standard business hours, 37.5hrs/week, Monday-Friday
Dress Code: Business Casual

Note: Please do not apply if you are an applications architect.

Group Info:
The Personal & Business Banking Canada group works to translate business needs for customer and employee facing applications, either for the creation of a new application or enhancements of various existing applications, particularly online banking products. This Solution Architect will be tasked with working on new projects. .

What you will be working on:

Branch Technology Projects

Candidate Value Proposition (CVP):
This position will allow for a candidate to not only play a vital role in the development and implementation of solutions, but will be also involved in its socialization and adaption by the business sponsors. This role will allow a candidate to develop business and technical expertise in the Personal and Business Banking domain, be exposed to industry and leading edge architectures, solution patterns and technologies and develop meaningful cross-functional relationships with other groups at the bank.

Group Culture:
This candidate will be working with a team of the following make up:

• A team of solution architects (FTE and contractors)
• At team of Account Managers (AM), representing the business
• Business Analysts (BA) to aid in the collection and clarification of application requirements, of uncertain quantity

The team is incredibly close-knit, collaborative and high performing.

Role Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):

• Lead and manage technical solutions for enterprise programs, and portfolio projects
• Build effective solutions based on business requirements, as clarified by AM’s and BA’s
• Produce conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value-chains
• Ensure adherence of the solutions design with all relevant internal standards and external regulations.
• Manage trade-offs between speed to market, quality and financial impact
• Work alongside Account Managers and Business Analysts to clarify application requirements
• Attend requirements meetings and analysis meetings
• Clarify application components and consolidate requirements to account managers, which are further extended to the business for approval
• Work alongside the Enterprise Architecture team to gage the feasibility of application enhancements/creation and answer:

• Are these requirements feasible to implement?
• Are these requirements properly aligned with existing application features/limitations?
• How will this solution look once completed?
• Present and defend the solution at various governance forums.

Must-Have Skills:

• 5+ years of Solution Architect experience in a large, enterprise level environment
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise, application and information architecture design
• 5+ years of software development experience (Java or .Net AND Angular)
• Branch Technology Project Experience: hardware or software, migration to azure in the branches, centralization, IPad Projects, whole flow of work within branches, Digitization
• Banking Experience
• Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture, databases, and data modeling techniques
• Strong experience with real-time and batch interface design and implementations, including sequence diagrams and documentation
• Strong understanding of TOGAF framework
• Strong experience designing and implementing micro-services
• Strong experience with SOAP/XML and RESTFUL/JSON schema design and implementation
• Strong experience with database structures and relational database design and modeling
• Security concepts (like Authorization and single sign on
• Designing and scaling applications
• Real time (threads) and batch processing
• Design Patterns and architectural patterns
• Agile background
• SOA

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written are a MUST
• Strong facilitation/negotiation skills are a MUST
• Ability to influence members of management and advocate for a solution whilst facing criticism is a MUST
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Ability to work well with a team
• Ability to work independently with little supervision and multi-task numerous initiatives.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar field
• TOGAF Certification or similar (preferred)

Interview Process:

• One round, virtual, 40 minutes, with HM and another member of the technical team, mostly focused on a candidate’s general experience and their resume’s content

If your profile meets 90% of the above requirements please send your resume in word format to

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or 844-463-6178.

Company: Apex Systems

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 23:59:14 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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