Solutions Architect

Solution Architect supporting Canada Life Digital Technology and Experience, you will be responsible for leading the design of robust, scalable and mission critical customer facing applications. You’ll work in a complex environment with a mix of legacy and modern systems and infrastructure. As we modernize and deliver exceptional experiences, we are seeking a skilled solution architect to play a key role in identifying opportunities and influencing and guiding our transformation journey.

What you will do

• Support and drive the organizational goals to simplify, automate and reuse technology assets
• Foster collaboration and understanding across all teams to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met while balancing business goals
• Develop and maintain application technology roadmaps that are aligned to technology and business strategy
• Define standards and best practices in relation to digital architecture concerns
• Influence and contribute to the development of technology strategy and delivery planning
• Collaborate and guide engineering teams and applications towards target state architectures
• Coach peers to successfully adopt standards and patterns
• Develop and review solution designs

What you will bring

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience as a solution or enterprise architect having worked in designing and supporting digital experiences in enterprise environments
• Proven experience (5+ years) in solutioning with Salesforce Sales, Service and/or Financial Services Cloud (FSC)
• Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) or equivalent content management experience
• Front‑end UI frameworks (e.g. REACT, VUEJS)
• Experience designing digital experience solutions with public cloud and SaaS products
• Blend of technical skills and business acumen
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts at various levels
• Curiosity and passion to improve the customer experiences

Assets

• Experience in the financial services, insurance or similar regulated industry
• Enterprise integration architectures and patterns (e.g. ETL, eventing, APIs)
• Strong working knowledge of modern security, identity and authorization patterns
• Leading POCs and vendor evaluations
• TOGAF knowledge is beneficial
• Developing target state architectures and roadmaps
• Experience working in product and agile environments
• Hands on experience solutioning mobile applications is beneficial

The base salary for this position is between $120,500 - $150,500 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation (i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

What we offer

• Career Development : Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry‑leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
• Health & Wellness : Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well‑being.
• Time Off : In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
• Financial Security : Company‑matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
• Rewards & Recognition : Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• Emphasis on Community : We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact View email address on click.appcast.io. All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

Location: London, ON, CA; Winnipeg, MB, CA; Toronto, ON, CA