Sr. Consultant, Solution Design

CIBC•Toronto, ON

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute. As a Sr. Consultant- Solution Design, you will be accountable for creating the solution design for new initiatives and contribute to the overall design strategy of the Alternative Solutions Group and Simplii Financial line of business. Your mandate requires effectively and accurately translating functional and non-functional business requirements into technical solutions. This includes ensuring alignment of solution designs with low level app designs, and creating reasonable interim solutions of the various phases/workstreams, while considering the desired overall target state outcomes including ease of on-going support. Additionally, you will be accountable for remediating any design and build issues that may arise. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

Requirements

minimum of 3-6 years as a Solution or Technical Architect/Consultant.
excellent knowledge of various types of technologies, deeply aware of new trends and new industry tech stacks.
experience of providing guidance to technical teams, creating executive decks independently and are well versed at presenting to project teams as well as executives.
Experience working with business and architecture teams to develop and design technology solutions is essential to this role.
Solid experience with a variety of technologies/frameworks including event-driven architecture, REST APIs, microservice architecture, CI/CD processes, DevOps pipelines, etc.
You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.

Nice To Haves

Ideally, you have progressed through application development, analysis and design
Product & Domain knowledge Fintech, digital banking, Payments, Foreign Exchange, International Remittance would be a great asset.
a Master’s degree or a PHD would be an asset

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive senior level technical consulting to senior IT management and technical teams, working closely with multiple Technology groups and LOBs to identify and evaluate existing applications and determine the best and most relevant approaches and next steps.
Define end to end technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints for enterprise payments systems including payments originating channels, Payment Services Hubs, Payment Engines and Payment rails.
Analyze the viability of solutions to meet product timelines, budget and quality.
Present the solution to different stakeholders as needed.
Collaborate with business and technology partners to translate features and requirements to technical design and act as the lead designer for the program.
Support business by helping drive solutions that meet the business goals and strategies.
Lead the design council, which will be a forum with key stakeholders to determine key aspects of the solution, ensure buy-in of the solution design from key stakeholders, and remediate any design issues that may arise.
Establish and manage relationships with key stakeholders and executive management; interface and maintain communications with Business and Technology management; develop rapport with vendor stakeholders for vendor applications that will be in the target state solution.