solutions architect - information technology (IT)

Requisition ID: 251555 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.Is this role right for you? In this role you will: Scalable Architecture: Design scalable, secure and high-performance solutions for Global Finance TechnologyBusiness Alignment: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into robust, future-proof technical solutions.Technical Mentorship: Provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering growth and ensuring technical excellence.Standards Compliance: Ensure all solutions adhere to enterprise architecture principles, regulatory requirements and industry best practices.Modernization: Spearhead modernization efforts including cloud-native adoption, microservices architecture and API-first design. Drive loosely coupled components to enable flexibility, scalability, and vendor independence.Platform Enablement: Build foundational capabilities that empower product, data, and AI teams to innovate securely and efficiently.AI Integration: Architect and integrate AI/ML capabilities into platforms to enhance Finance Technology user productivity, personalization, and decision support.Data Engineering: Design and optimize real-time and batch data pipelines for analytics, reporting, and AI model consumption.Operational Excellence: Support improvement of reliability and scalability of production systems.DevOps Enablement: Champion DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and infrastructure as code.Stakeholder Communication: Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating consensus and alignment.Continuously Improve: Aid in the continuous improvement of business and technical processes through prior experiences and best practice adoption.Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have: 10+ years of solution, application, integration, infrastructure architecture and engineering experience.Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.5+ Experience working in Banking and Financial Services domainNice to have : understanding of Finance Technology Domain and Data: Financial Accounting, General Ledger, Capital Management & Financial Reporting solutions, Procurement and Audit solutions, Finance, Risk, Audit & Procurement Data, Data security, governance and Application integrationExperience with structured Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premises to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed systems for global use across business lines and countries. Strong experience architecting solutions with commercial off the shelf, SaaS as well as custom-built applications using Java SpringBoot,.Net and React technologiesExperience with integration technologies such as events (publish-subscribe), APIs/WebServices (JSON/ SOAP), ETL/ELT Tools (e.g. SSIS, Datastage, Talend etc)Working knowledge of enterprise data platforms, data governance principles and BI/Analytics technologies such as PowerBIExperience in cloud migration or similar transformational initiativesExcellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors. What's in it for you?Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide