Lead Solution Architect

Royal Bank of Canada • Montreal, QC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

RBC is seeking an experienced regulatory architect to develop Architecture Blueprints, Application Roadmaps, and provide technical leadership for key strategic and transformative programs within Regulatory Strategy and Delivery (RS&D). The role involves integrating RBC's architecture guidance and reusable approaches into strategic platform architectures, programs, and projects that support government regulations and industry standards. RBC is a digitally-enabled relationship bank focused on personalized customer experiences, collaboration with partners, and protecting the organization and its clients from threats while meeting regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g. engineering, physics or mathematics), or equivalent practical experience.
• Solid experience with a variety of modern technologies/approaches including event-based architecture, cloud-based deployments, REST/API first applications.
• Demonstrated ability in written and oral communication skills along with strong presentation skills. Ability to determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.
• Strong organizational, project management and time management capabilities.
• Experience supporting mission-critical applications in production.
• Designing as a solution architect in large or complex programs, including system and application designs, software and technical architecture, in accordance with strategies and objectives.
• Providing expertise on a variety of issues in software designs, system architecture and solution-oriented technologies.
• Communicating with clients, analyzing business requirements and processes, making recommendations, and leading in future planning.
• Overseeing solution architecture project outcomes, including hardware and software design; ensuring that each project phase meets overall requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Canada regulations and legislations for financial institutions
• Extensive experience in APM, logging and cache technologies, e.g. Dynatrace, Splunk/ELK, Redis, etc.
• Experience in Azure/AWS/GCP cloud data platform technologies, and container management platform, e.g. Openshift
• Knowledge of Encryption/Decryption Standards
• Experienced in domain-driven-design and data modelling
• Exposure to AI / ML tools and concepts
• Ability to facilitate and influence key decision makers
• Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with RS&D business leaders to determine how to best apply technology (e.g. scalable domain-driven solutions, operational reporting, resiliency, SRE practices) to meet the objectives of the regulatory initiatives.
• Provide architectural strategic thinking, technology solution, and input into roadmaps to drive delivery.
• Ensure architectural compliance of solutions and introduce recommendations for changes to reference model(s) when needed.
• Maintain a plan to address gaps between current and target state architectures.
• Participate in 'reuse, buy and build' decisions.
• Understand potential impacts of proposed solutions on other systems, processes and/or projects.
• Articulate and document technology solution design, considering trade-offs, costs, and benefits.
• Develop ongoing knowledge of current and emerging technologies.
• Identify new and emerging solutions, assess relevance and potential value to the organization, and present findings to teammates and management.
• Participate in day-to-day execution of the architecture strategy.
• Develop blueprints and conduct design reviews to ensure architectural compliance of solutions.
• Work across multiple projects and systems to develop, communicate, and mentor others on solution design, implementation, operational patterns and best practices.

Benefits

• bonuses
• flexible benefits
• competitive compensation
• commissions
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior