Lead Solutions Architect

Sr. Solution Architect – CCTMP

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

This role will be responsible for providing thought leadership pertaining to solution architecture design necessary to implement the business requirements from the existing current domains state, application design, and technology, along with helping to establish the strategic direction of existing application evolution. They will be responsible for documenting architectural blueprints that reflect current state, future state, and detailed design decisions.

The Sr. Solutions Architect will need to work collaboratively with the existing Cheque, Cash, Trade & Merchant Payments (CCTMP) organization to leverage the current state knowledge and experience, along other IT partners required to succeed in its mandate.

All responsibilities carried out in accordance with Code of Conduct, RBC Values and Guiding Principles ensuring adherence to Privacy principles.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Overall accountability to set the vision and establish direction for the CCTMP solutions architecture of technology implementations that are clearly aligned with the various businesses strategic objectives and priorities related to CCTMP.
• Assess and analyze business requirements, current state environment and technology choices to evaluate solution alternatives that would meet business sponsor needs.
• Be able to understand the business in their terms and be able to distill highly technical concepts to business and operational implications
• Define end to end technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints. Analyze the viability of the solution to meet project timeline, budget and quality.
• Identifies opportunities to improve solution's resilience, reusability, complexity, security etc. and builds them into project solutions.
• Identify technical issues and risks and defines mitigation approach.
• Raise awareness of associated tech and operational debt that could arise from tactical approaches.
• Provide technical leadership to the project right from the idea creation stage. Creates end to end solution architectures for small to medium complexity business initiatives.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have:

• Typically requires 5 to 7 years of related experience in Solution Architecture, and 5 years of experience in application design.
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, with focus on micro services, cloud application design, API design, messaging design patterns, and domain driven design
• Advanced experience in a variety of environments (Cloud, distributed and mainframe, business workflows and services/APIs, databases)
• Excellent communication skills
• Effective negotiation skills, stakeholder management
• Ability to influence at the Director level (unit and other partner units)

Nice-to-have:

• Acquirer and Issuer Payments experience
• Knowledge of the IBM FTM / WebSphere / IIB Products
• Knowledge of MT and/or MX SWIFT messaging standard and flows
• People leadership experience in the context of solution architecture, high level application design and/or application development team

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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