Senior Solution Architect – Digital Technology

1 week ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Randstad Digital Full-time

We are seeking a high-performing Solution Architect to drive the architectural design and evolution of mission-critical, customer-facing digital applications. Operating in a complex enterprise environment that balances modern cloud capabilities with legacy systems, you will act as a pivotal technical leader—identifying modernization opportunities, establishing standards, and guiding cross-functional delivery teams through a multi-year digital transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities

Drive Strategic Modernization: Partner with technical and business stakeholders to simplify, automate, and maximize the reuse of core technology assets across digital portfolios.

Architect Target States: Develop, maintain, and execute application technology roadmaps aligned with long-term digital strategies and enterprise goals.

Guide Engineering & Delivery: Lead engineering teams toward target-state architectures by reviewing solution designs, clarifying functional/non-functional requirements, and providing technical governance.

Establish Architectural Standards: Define best practices and design patterns for digital architectures, coaching engineering peers and technical leads on successful adoption.

Bridge Business & Tech: Translate complex architectural decisions into strategic business outcomes, fostering alignment across product, infrastructure, and delivery teams.

Evaluate Emerging Tech: Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), vendor evaluations, and technology selection to support ongoing delivery planning.

Required Qualifications

Solution Architecture Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect designing and scaling digital experience solutions in large-scale enterprise environments.

Salesforce Ecosystem: 5+ years of hands-on experience solutioning with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and/or Financial Services Cloud (FSC).

Content Platforms: Proven experience architecting solutions with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) or equivalent enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS).

Modern Web & Cloud: Core understanding of front-end UI frameworks (React, Vue.js, or similar) and experience designing digital platforms integrated with public cloud and SaaS products.

Leadership & Communication: Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical business partners.

Asset Qualifications

Experience in financial services, insurance, wealth management, or another highly regulated enterprise setting

Deep familiarity with enterprise integration patterns (ETL, event-driven architectures, REST APIs).

Strong working knowledge of modern security, identity, and authorization models (OAuth, SAML, IAM).

Experience with mobile application architecture (native or cross-platform).

Knowledge of architecture modeling tools/languages (e.g., ArchiMate) and enterprise frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).

Experience operating within product-led, Agile delivery environments.