Intact Financial Corporation

Senior Solution Architect - Digital

Intact Financial Corporation$128K — $156K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree in IT or software engineering or equivalent experience
  • Expertise in software architecture including APIs and cloud architecture
  • Knowledge of event-driven architecture and marketing technologies
  • Demonstrated experience with software design patterns and modeling techniques
  • Strong technical background across various platforms and frameworks
  • Experience in agile development and a continuous delivery environment
  • Bilingualism is required for candidates in Quebec.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate solution definition in collaboration with product and project teams
  • Participate in product selection and technology evaluation
  • Develop standards and patterns in collaboration with architects
  • Monitor current solution portfolio for deficiencies and align with business needs
  • Act as a technical mentor, providing guidance to development teams
  • Contribute to enterprise application portfolio evolution
  • Document all architecture design and analysis work.

Benefits

  • Annual bonus plan with potential payouts up to double the target
  • Employee Share Purchase Plan with company match
  • Flexible pension offerings including a defined benefit plan for life income
  • Encouragement for candidates outside of stated salary range to apply
  • Collaborative and team-oriented work culture emphasizing shared success.
Full Job Description
Salary range (but not limited to): 128,300 - 156,800 Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance): 15% As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) - with Intact matching 50% of your net shares. Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan. Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well. About the role We're looking for a Senior Solution Architect - Digital to join our growing team! This role is centered on solution architecture and of backend services, APIs, databases, and integrations that power web and mobile applications.. The successful candidate will design and evolve backend enablement services and integrations with external domains, platforms and service providers. The role will also contribute to current and future architecture challenges, including high availability architectures, security improvements, and the eventual migration of workloads to AWS. Candidates should be comfortable working across a varied scope of architecture concerns, including solution, application, integration, cloud and DevSecOps architecture. What you'll do here:
  • As a central player within the project and product teams, facilitate solution definition within the company.
  • Participate in product selection when a new product or technology is required.
  • Participate in the development of standard & patterns definition with architects.
  • Facilitate the research, evaluation, and selection of software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
  • Help the enterprise architect define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
  • Manage and develop the architecture for a broader scope of projects, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative.
  • Monitor the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements.
  • Contribute to the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from the future to the current.
  • Consult with application and infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architecture.
  • Liaise with the business and your teams to review solutions.
  • Participate in the development of roadmaps & strategies.
  • Make sure the goals of the business are aligned with the appropriate solutions and that we are making an impact and adding value for our organization.
  • Define and document the application architectures, jointly with application architects, the product tech lead and considering the demands of the projects.
  • Act as a technical mentor among the development teams.
  • Document all solution architecture design and analysis work.
  • Assist in the development to define business vision and communicate to all stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with business constituents, EA team members, project teams and staff in various IT functional areas as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above.
  • Prior experience in agile development, continuous delivery and DevOps culture.
  • Concrete experience in automated cloud service creation.
What you bring to the table:
  • University degree in information technology, software engineering or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge & architecture experience in:
    • Software architecture (micro / macro / monolithic services, APIs, RESTful, SaaS).
    • event-driven architecture, (Kafka, Apache Fink).
    • Cloud Architecture (AWS, Google, Azure).
    • Authentication, OAuth, Kubernetes, SaaS, CI/CD, Git. and OWASP standards
    • Digital (Online solutions and Mobile applications).
    • Marketing technologies (email, SMS, Push messaging, CDP, analytics).
  • Excellent knowledge of Software and Enterprise Design Patterns..
  • Insurance experience would be a strong asset.
  • Previous experiences either as a tech lead, content authority, solution or application architect.
  • Demonstrated experience with modelling languages & techniques.
  • Can quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
  • Can understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations.
  • Strong technical background (platforms, languages, protocols, frameworks, open source, etc.).
  • Experience with architecture frameworks (TOGAF) & architecture certifications a plus.
  • A team player and a technical mentor - willing to learn and collaborate with many groups of strong professionals.
  • Understands or willing to learn about our different lines of business (digital, marketing, policy, billing, claims, sales, self-serve, telematics, etc.).
  • Open and transparent - can communicate with the business, telecom, infrastructure, security, audit and software engineering.
  • Driven by challenges and results.
  • Organized, proactive and a catalyst for change.
  • Knowledge on security best practices and understand the impacts it can have on a business.
  • Comfortable working in a constantly evolving technological environment.
  • Comfortable speaking with all levels of the organization and different audiences.
  • For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.
  • No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.
#LI-Hybrid Ce poste jouera un rôle essentiel au sein de notre équipe. | This position will fill an essential role in our team.

About Intact Financial Corporation

Intact Financial Corporation is a Canadian insurance company that provides property and casualty insurance to individuals and businesses. The company operates in Canada and the United States and offers a range of insurance products, including auto, home, and commercial insurance. Intact Financial Corporation was founded in 1809 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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