Senior Solution Architect

Senior Solution Architect – Digital Join to apply for the Senior Solution Architect – Digital role at Intact. About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Solution Architect – Digital to join our growing team 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 Flink). 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; must be eligible to work in Canada. Equal Opportunity & Accessibility We are an equal‑opportunity employer. While we recognize that diversity is a strength, we encourage applications from all individuals, including those who identify as members of equity‑deserving groups. Our commitment to reconciliation acknowledges the presence of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples across Canada. We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including workplace adjustments where needed. Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration‑related matters. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility. Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level Employment Type Full‑time Job Function Engineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr