We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits , including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days , sick days as necessary , and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning , training and development , and much more...

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Solution Architect (SA) is accountable to create solutions, to support current and foreseeable changes due to new technical or business requirements. The solutions are functionality appropriate, technically sound well integrated and support reuse within existing ecosystem and by other LOBs. The SA develops the solution architecture by collaborating with Business units, Architecture, Development, Security and Operations and provides value-added, professional advice to the Lead Solution Architect, Senior management team, and business partners. The SA is accountable to ensure proposed solution architectures are consistent with Enterprise/Line of Business (LOB)-wide initiatives and aligns with the roadmaps established by Enterprise Architecture.

Reporting to the Director, Solutions Architecture, you will work closely with a team of Solution and Enterprise Architects (across multiple domains and platforms) as well as Data and Analytics specialists who interact closely with the business to understand their needs and create adequate solutions. This role will allow you to gain exposure to many areas of BDC business, be in the forefront to understand business challenges and provide innovative solutions to address them.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Translate business requirements into long-term architectural solutions for the business, develop or participate in the development of architectural documents and solutions with aim to maximize the organization's profits while limiting the costs & efforts of development, testing, maintenance, and evolution thereof.

• Evolve and modernize large-scale critical applications with complex business logic.

• Integrate in project teams as an expert in solution architecture application domain. Guide and propose technological solutions that meet business needs while remaining aligned with IT strategies.

• Focus on application patterns and non-functional requirements, architectural reference models, application interface types, and service-oriented architecture.

• Participates in the process of reviewing system specifications, code reviews and internal design and confirming the validity of the delivered solutions.

• Create and seek approval of architecture artifacts at the ARB (Architecture Review Board) and communicate architecture decisions and key solutions impacts to project stakeholders.

• Identifies risks or issues with technology solution & design which may impact realization of project benefits and provides guidance and support to stakeholders in making good decisions to proactively resolve or mitigate potential risks/delays.

• Lead or participate in RFP technical requirements, including preparation and vendor’s response evaluation.

• Lead or active participate on projects cost evaluation. Provides input into the preparation of business case.

• Support implementation of approved architectures as subject matter expert, compliance monitor, and go-to data architectural authority on projects.

• Provides technical leadership and consultation to development teams related to detailed design. Mentor SCRUM teams with best architecture patterns, approaches, and designs.

• Continuous improvement. Seek and provide frequent feedback on the quality of solutions.

• Identifies and researches relevant technologies, performs Spikes/ Proof of Concepts / Prototypes, and recommends applications of such technologies to future product architectures.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 5+ years’ experience in solution architecture and design, preferably in a financial services or banking industry, including tools and techniques in developing solution architecture artefacts.

• In-depth experience (5-10 years) in the study, design and implementation of solution and information architectures for large, well-integrated transactional, collaborative and analytical systems.

• Experience with lending systems (major asset)

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Microsoft Certifications or working towards them (Asset)

• Experience with architecture frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe, other) and architecture tools – certification is an asset.

• Experience with Low Code/No Code development tools such as Mendix (major asset)

• Master foundational architecture framework, architecture systems evaluation, risk analysis and management, fit–gap analysis.

• Systems and platform experience, including web, native cloud (Public, Private & Hybrid), DevOps. Master Microsoft Technology Stack.

• Software development and solution delivery. Experience with modern application development framework (ex: .NET and JAVA).

• Experience with Low Code/No Code development tools such as Mendix (major asset)

• Very good knowledge of Domain-Driven-Design.

• Master business and application data driven solutions, integration technologies and data architecture frameworks (ETL, Event Driven Architecture, publisher-subscriber models etc.).

• Experience within digital banking. digital transformation and online channel platform implementation programs. (asset).

• Experience using of BIAN (Banking Industry Architecture Network) is a nice to have.

• Experience performing evolutionary design in an Agile Scrum/Kanban, DevOps, and Continuous Integration / Deployment / Delivery context.

• Experience with technology product evaluation, selection, acquisition, and deployment processes.

Soft Skills

• Expert bilingual (English/French) with great listening and communication skills, both written and verbal to convey information to different levels of the organization.

• Expert ability to manage multiple projects high in complexity and of strategic importance.

• Team player with demonstrated leadership abilities.

• Seek opportunities by focusing on solutions, not problems. Naturally inquisitive, and business focused. Thrive working with diverse teams, and deeply committed to our collective success.

• Confident in decision making and the ability to explain processes or choices as needed based on strong analytical skills (ability to propose alternatives when functional requirements conflict

Other

• Preferred location: Montreal. BDC will consider candidates from other locations.

• Financial industry experience (asset).

• Hybrid work required – 60% on site.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers , we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at accessibility@bdc.ca .

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.

BDC is a bank unlike any other. We are the only bank dedicated exclusively to the development of Canadian businesses. The only institution whose purpose is to promote the growth of the Canadian economy by focusing on the success of small and medium-sized businesses, with a human touch and a genuine presence. At BDC, we’re changing people’s and businesses’ lives for the better. That’s what makes us unique as a bank.

That’s why we are banking at another level.