Senior Solutions Architect – (Digital / Banking)

BMO • Naperville, IL

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About The Position

As a member of the BMO Digital Architecture, the Senior Solution Architect, primarily Leads end-to-end technology solutions and high-level designs for key initiatives in collaboration with other architects and in alignment with bank’s target architecture and standards for a business domain like Deposits, Cards, Lending, Channels, etc. Drives technology strategy and roadmaps of business functional areas – deposits, cards, payments, operations, customer experience, analytics working with business and technology partners Establishes as a technology solution expert in one or more of the banking domains to advise Lead Technology Officers and their business leaders in solving business problems Requires Skillset: Solution architect, who works with other architects including enterprise architects, leads with all aspects solution architecture and design of multiple projects in alignment with the bank’s target architecture and standards Solution Architect with the following experience: Previous Development experience (Cloud, DevOps, Agile) Experience with services management (web services, REST, Web API, ESB, message-based) development, integration and deployment Enterprise-level Application Architecture Strong application security/infrastructure, & deployment exposure Data placement and data integration background Able to relate to end-to-end business processes into solutions with a goal of simplifying the business process and improving UX All aspects of solution function/data placement, end to end design & integration oversight, Multi-vendor integration design including infrastructure experience API design API Security, digital/mobile architecture experience AI, Insights, Automation experience Technical facilitator bringing various technology groups and vendors for solution design and execution to meet project timeline but keeping strategic focus MUST be able to document solution proposals (e.g., solution options sequence diagrams, conceptual diagrams) to get agreement from Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, etc. Resolve issues as they arise Produce project level and program level technical documentations (solution options, solution architecture, high-level end-to-end design flow) collaborating with other technical leads Assists with and contributes to function area-specific target architecture, transition architectures, and technology roadmap Leads or assist with new technology evaluation against BMO target architecture and standards to solve business problems Ability to learn/internalize existing information to assist several projects effectively and immediately Strong written / verbal communication skills and comfortable interacting with developers all the way up to the “C” level Banking solution experience is desirable Understands or has application design experience in Cloud (e.g., AWS) technologies Addition Info: The person will be working on multiple projects (3 to 4) at the same time in different functional areas of the Bank (e.g., Channels, Sales/Marketing/CRM, Commercial Lending, Collections)

Requirements

• Solution architect, who works with other architects including enterprise architects, leads with all aspects solution architecture and design of multiple projects in alignment with the bank’s target architecture and standards
• Solution Architect with the following experience: Previous Development experience (Cloud, DevOps, Agile)
• Experience with services management (web services, REST, Web API, ESB, message-based) development, integration and deployment
• Enterprise-level Application Architecture
• Strong application security/infrastructure, & deployment exposure
• Data placement and data integration background
• Able to relate to end-to-end business processes into solutions with a goal of simplifying the business process and improving UX
• All aspects of solution function/data placement, end to end design & integration oversight, Multi-vendor integration design including infrastructure experience
• API design
• API Security, digital/mobile architecture experience
• AI, Insights, Automation experience
• Technical facilitator bringing various technology groups and vendors for solution design and execution to meet project timeline but keeping strategic focus
• MUST be able to document solution proposals (e.g., solution options sequence diagrams, conceptual diagrams) to get agreement from Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, etc.
• Resolve issues as they arise
• Produce project level and program level technical documentations (solution options, solution architecture, high-level end-to-end design flow) collaborating with other technical leads
• Assists with and contributes to function area-specific target architecture, transition architectures, and technology roadmap
• Leads or assist with new technology evaluation against BMO target architecture and standards to solve business problems
• Ability to learn/internalize existing information to assist several projects effectively and immediately
• Strong written / verbal communication skills and comfortable interacting with developers all the way up to the “C” level
• Understands or has application design experience in Cloud (e.g., AWS) technologies
• 15 years of IT experience with minimum 6 years of hands-on solution architecture experience for enterprise-grade applications

Nice To Haves

• Banking solution experience is desirable

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-team communication and facilitate reviewing of technical issues for the technical governance forums.
• Lead socialization of the technical decisions with the project team.
• Facilitate and lead resolution of all technical issues on the project/program by establishing strong working relationships with the business, operations and other technology team members
• Identify and communicate risks (business, application, technical) associated with component or application implementation.
• Evaluate multiple solution design options, working with a multi-disciplined team to design integrated solution architecture across application areas and helping the project adhere to Enterprise standards
• Document solutions using bank’s standard template
• Document high-level design and hand-off work to next group in the development pipeline

Benefits

• BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees