Work Style: Hybrid (3 days in office)

Location city(s): Toronto (only) Anticipated Start Date: 4 weeks from the official offer day End Date: 7 months duration Hours per week: 37.5 Contractor to work extra time or on-call: Yes - Depending on the work and any key deadlines only Role Title: Solutions Architect Reliability Clearance required: No

Key skills

Strong understanding of test environment requirements. Experience supporting, designing, or driving the build of data flows. Ability to work effectively with stakeholders and manage stakeholder interactions. The client isn't looking for candidates either too much into weeds or were very conceptual level. The client is looking for candidates who can balance technical expertise with practical application and stakeholder engagement.

Any specific tools/skillset

Must have experience in test environment, test data, test designing and automation. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience. 6+ years in complex IT environments, with focus on application development and integration. 4+ years in cloud solution architecture and design, with strong grasp of enterprise design patterns. Proficient in Microservices, PaaS, and SaaS architectures; experienced in designing cloud-native solutions. Strong analytical skills with ability to balance big-picture thinking and detailed execution. Collaborative and adaptable, with experience engaging stakeholders across geographies and functions. Deep understanding of test automation frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Postman) and test environment architecture Advocates for simplicity and iterative approaches aligned with Agile principles.

Experience in Quality Engineering architecture / Test architecture

Skilled in CI/CD tools including GitLab, Git, Jenkins.

Strong knowledge of test environment management

Experience in regulated environments with privacy-safe non-production data handling Familiarity with service virtualization, pipeline quality gates, and release validation

Assets: Knowledge of hybrid cloud architectures and phased migration strategies for legacy content platforms. Familiarity with enterprise content search, classification, and retention in regulated environments. Background in financial services or similarly complex, regulated industries. Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation platforms, and container technologies. Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP) and commitment to continuous learning.

Architectural expertise using frameworks and modeling languages

Understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and continuous architecture principles. Experience applying value stream approaches to business solution design.

Role profile description

Our prestigious client is seeking a Solution Architect to join the team, reporting to the AVP Technology Delivery. This role involves collaborating with portfolio, technology, and business stakeholders to design solution architectures and technology roadmaps. The architect will define and maintain architecture artifacts, lead technical vision, and support project delivery, including hands-on development for proofs of concept to define end-to-end QE architecture across our client. The architect will design secure, scalable, and compliant solutions, assess current implementations, and ensure a smooth transition with minimal business disruption.

What you will doDesign scalable test automation architecture for API, UI, batch, and integration testing Define future-state test environment planning and test data design Define future-state test data architecture aligned with ensuring compliance with governance, security, and regulatory standards. Provide hands-on leadership for proof-of-concept and pilot implementations. Design and facilitate solution architectures that optimize enterprise capabilities across process, technology, data, and people to support testing within our client Apply architectural standards and principles to define Infrastructure, application and data requirements and ensure solution alignment. Maintain technical architecture in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, supporting technology roadmaps and strategic decisions. Act as a key escalation point for infrastructure and development challenges, ensuring quality and consistency. Leverage organizational standards and architecture guiding principles to define infrastructure non-functional requirements and assure technical solution adherence to these guidelines. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through innovative solutions and emerging technologies. Promote a high-performance culture within architecture and engineering teams. Collaborate across teams to ensure solutions are adaptable to future architectural changes.