Solution Architect

Role description 

As a Solution Architect supporting Digital Experience applications, you will be responsible for leading the design of  robust, scalable and mission critical customer facing applications. You’ll work in a complex environment with a mix of legacy and modern systems and infrastructure.  As we continue to modernize and we are seeking a skilled solution architect to play a key role in identifying opportunities and influencing and guiding our transformation journey.

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: Toronto, London, Winnipeg.  

This will be a hybrid role, with the successful candidate working approximately 2 days per week in-office (Toronto, London or Winnipeg).

What you will do 

• Support and drive the organizational goals to simplify, automate and reuse technology assets
• Foster collaboration and understanding across all teams to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met while balancing business goals
• Develop and maintain application and digital technology asset roadmaps, aligned to technology and business strategy
• Define standards and best practices in relation to digital architecture concerns
• Influence and contribute to the development of technology strategy and delivery planning
• Collaborate and guide engineering teams and applications towards target state architectures
• Coach peers to successfully adopt standards and patterns
• Review solution designs and participate in architecture review forums

What you will bring 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a solution or enterprise architect having worked in designing and supporting digital experiences in complex environments
• Experience architecting digital experience solutions with public cloud and SaaS products
• Integration architectures and patterns (e.g. etl, event, api)
• Salesforce and Adobe Experience Manager  (AEM)
• Developing target state architectures and roadmaps
• Blend of technical skills and business acumen
• Proven experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at complex concerts at various levels
• Curiosity and passion to leverage modern technology to improve the customer experience

Assets

• Experience in the financial services, insurance or similar regulated industry
• Experience with application modernization
• Working knowledge of security, identity and authorization patterns
• Participated in leading POCs and vendor evaluations
• Content management
• Front-end UI frameworks (e.g. Vue, React, Angular)
• Architecture experience using modelling languages (e.g. UML, TOGAF, Archimate, etc.)
• Certification with TOFAG (9.2) is beneficial
• Experience working in product and agile environments
• Hand’s on experience solutioning mobile applications beneficial 

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today!

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing. 

Canada Life serves?the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee?has the opportunity to?reach their potential. 

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.