Solution Architect – IT Delivery & Integration

iA Financial Group • Montreal, QC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Build the future with us Driven by digital transformation and eager to contribute to an insurance and financial services organization focused on delivering reliable, secure, and sustainable solutions? As a Solution Architect – IT Delivery & Integration, you will play a key role in translating business requirements into end-to-end, integrated technology solutions while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards from design through production. This position is a great opportunity to showcase your skills and fully realize your potential within a caring and trustworthy company. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.

Requirements

• Is recognized for strong solution architecture leadership and the ability to act as a lead architect in complex environments.
• Stands out for their ability to communicate clearly, influence, and negotiate, while demonstrating strong political acumen.
• Demonstrates a high tolerance for ambiguity, uncertainty, and frequent change.
• Is able to propose concrete, actionable options to support executive decision-making.
• Delivers pragmatic and effective architecture, respecting timelines in order to generate expected business value at reasonable cost.
• Has a minimum of 7 years of experience in solution architecture within large-scale projects or organizations.
• Holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Has a solid understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).
• Has experience with SDLC, DevOps, Agile, MVP/LEAN, and ITIL practices.
• Has an advanced level of English, as the role involves regular collaboration with partners, vendors, and external teams located outside Québec
• Has an advanced level of French, as the role involves regular collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Application platforms: Salesforce, basic knowledge of artificial intelligence concepts and use cases
• Cloud computing: Azure, AWS, GCP, or OCI; containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Integration: APIs, event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka), API-led approaches (e.g., MuleSoft)
• Delivery and DevOps: Azure DevOps, Git, Terraform, CI/CD
• Development and data (architectural level): .NET / C#, NoSQL databases
• Security and compliance: Regulatory requirements and frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001)
• Process management: BPM / workflow solutions (e.g., Camunda)

Responsibilities

• Translate business and non-functional requirements into comprehensive solution architectures across system, technology, and organizational dimensions, and ensure compliance throughout delivery.
• Lead and govern solution reviews by proposing, reviewing, and approving architectural decisions in accordance with enterprise frameworks, standards, and guidelines.
• Ensure seamless integration of solutions within existing ecosystems, identify integration risks, and recommend pragmatic mitigation strategies when required.
• Act as the end-to-end guarantor of solution quality and integrity, including delivery oversight and validation of requirements against test outcomes.
• Provide multidisciplinary leadership to internal and external teams (analysts, designers, developers, vendors) and actively contribute to scope, schedule, and budget management.
• Maintain traceability of architectural decisions, certify technical documentation, and ensure enterprise repositories and permanent documentation remain up to date.
• Structure, communicate, and maintain solution architecture using recognized models (e.g., the C4 model) to ensure a shared understanding across business, delivery, and governance teams.
• Apply established architecture processes and methodologies, and monitor technology trends aligned with organizational standards and direction.
• Act as application owner within the enterprise repository, in collaboration with enterprise architecture and application portfolio management teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations outside regular business hours, in accordance with the applicable policy.
• Contribute to solution cost estimates (projects, products, and integrations) in a structured, comparable, and traceable manner, in collaboration with delivery teams and partners.

Benefits

• Flexible group insurance
• competitive pension plan
• stock purchase plan
• vacation and wellness/personal development days
• telemedicine
• employee and family assistance program
• ergonomic furniture program
• performance bonus
• discounts on iA products

What This Job Offers

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