Senior Solution Architect
Top Benefits
About the role
Description
Application Deadline:
07/17/2025
Address:
33 Dundas Street West
Job Family Group:
Technology
This hybrid position will allow for a candidate to not only play a vital role in the development and implementation of solutions, but will be also involved in its socialization and adaption by the business sponsors and technology stakeholders. This role will allow a candidate to develop business and technical expertise in the Canadian Personal and Business Banking domain, be exposed to industry and leading-edge architectures, solution patterns and technologies and develop meaningful cross-functional relationships with other groups at BMO
Group Culture:
This candidate will be working with a team of the following make up:
- A team of senior solution architects (FTE and contractors)
- At team of Account Managers (AM), representing the business
- Business Analysts (BA) to aid in the collection and clarification of application requirements.
The team is incredibly close-knit, collaborative and high performing.
Role Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Lead and manage technical solutions for enterprise programs, and portfolio projects
- Build effective solutions based on business requirements, as clarified by AM’s and BA’s
- Produce conceptual and detailed solution architectures to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of use case diagrams, component interaction diagrams, data flows diagrams and sequence diagrams, using a solution architecture authoring tool (iServer). iServer training and mentoring is provided.
- Ensure adherence of the proposed solution architecture with all relevant internal standards and external regulations.
- Manage trade-offs between speed to market, quality and financial impact
- Work alongside Account Managers and Business Analysts to clarify application requirements
- Attend requirements meetings and analysis meetings
- Clarify/identify/validate impacted application components and requirements to account manager and BA, which are further extended to the business for approval
- Work alongside the Enterprise Architecture team to gage the feasibility of proposed solution and application enhancements/creation.
Must-Have Skills:
- 5+ years of Solution Architect experience in a large, enterprise level environment
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise, application and information architecture design
- 5+ years of software development experience (no specific software development experience specified)
- Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture, databases, information warehouses and data modeling techniques
- Strong experience with real-time and batch interface design and implementations, including sequence diagrams and documentation
- Strong understanding of TOGAF framework
- Strong experience designing and implementing micro-services
- Strong experience with SOAP/XML and RESTFUL/JSON schema design and implementation
- Strong experience with database structures and relational database design and modeling
- Strong AWS solution architecture experience
- Experience with legacy architecture/software such as IBM CICS
- Previous banking/finance experience
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience working in an Agile environment
Soft Skills:
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written are a MUST
- Strong facilitation/negotiation skills are a MUST
- Ability to influence members of management and advocate for a solution whilst facing criticism is a MUST
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Ability to work well with a team
- Ability to work independently with little supervision and multi-task numerous initiatives.
Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar field
- TOGAF Certification or similar (preferred)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (preferred)
Salary :
$92,400.00 - $171,600.00
Pay Type:
Salaried
The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type. Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.
BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.
Senior Solution Architect
Top Benefits
About the role
Description
Application Deadline:
07/17/2025
Address:
33 Dundas Street West
Job Family Group:
Technology
This hybrid position will allow for a candidate to not only play a vital role in the development and implementation of solutions, but will be also involved in its socialization and adaption by the business sponsors and technology stakeholders. This role will allow a candidate to develop business and technical expertise in the Canadian Personal and Business Banking domain, be exposed to industry and leading-edge architectures, solution patterns and technologies and develop meaningful cross-functional relationships with other groups at BMO
Group Culture:
This candidate will be working with a team of the following make up:
- A team of senior solution architects (FTE and contractors)
- At team of Account Managers (AM), representing the business
- Business Analysts (BA) to aid in the collection and clarification of application requirements.
The team is incredibly close-knit, collaborative and high performing.
Role Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Lead and manage technical solutions for enterprise programs, and portfolio projects
- Build effective solutions based on business requirements, as clarified by AM’s and BA’s
- Produce conceptual and detailed solution architectures to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of use case diagrams, component interaction diagrams, data flows diagrams and sequence diagrams, using a solution architecture authoring tool (iServer). iServer training and mentoring is provided.
- Ensure adherence of the proposed solution architecture with all relevant internal standards and external regulations.
- Manage trade-offs between speed to market, quality and financial impact
- Work alongside Account Managers and Business Analysts to clarify application requirements
- Attend requirements meetings and analysis meetings
- Clarify/identify/validate impacted application components and requirements to account manager and BA, which are further extended to the business for approval
- Work alongside the Enterprise Architecture team to gage the feasibility of proposed solution and application enhancements/creation.
Must-Have Skills:
- 5+ years of Solution Architect experience in a large, enterprise level environment
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise, application and information architecture design
- 5+ years of software development experience (no specific software development experience specified)
- Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture, databases, information warehouses and data modeling techniques
- Strong experience with real-time and batch interface design and implementations, including sequence diagrams and documentation
- Strong understanding of TOGAF framework
- Strong experience designing and implementing micro-services
- Strong experience with SOAP/XML and RESTFUL/JSON schema design and implementation
- Strong experience with database structures and relational database design and modeling
- Strong AWS solution architecture experience
- Experience with legacy architecture/software such as IBM CICS
- Previous banking/finance experience
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience working in an Agile environment
Soft Skills:
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written are a MUST
- Strong facilitation/negotiation skills are a MUST
- Ability to influence members of management and advocate for a solution whilst facing criticism is a MUST
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Ability to work well with a team
- Ability to work independently with little supervision and multi-task numerous initiatives.
Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar field
- TOGAF Certification or similar (preferred)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (preferred)
Salary :
$92,400.00 - $171,600.00
Pay Type:
Salaried
The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type. Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.
BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.