Who We Are

With every job, there's always the question of “why”. Why join a company? Why be part of their mission? Here, the why is easy. It's because at some point, we've all needed someone there for us.

At the OTIP Group of Companies (OGC), we believe that something special happens when employees feel valued for the work they do, supported as the people they are, and included in the very fabric of the organization: they bring their best to work every day. And that's why we mean it when we say we put our people at the centre of everything we do. Join us as we grow our way into a future that reimagines what it means to deliver meaningful benefits support and service.

What You'll Do:

Reporting to the Manager, Applications, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technology landscape. This position involves designing and managing innovative technical solutions that drive business success. As a Solution Architect, you will bridge the gap between business needs and technology, ensuring our solutions are scalable, reliable, and future-proof.

The core parts of your role will be to:

• Collaborate with stakeholders: Identify, translate, refine and unify business requirement from various business units into technical solutions that align to business goals and overall technology strategy.
• Design high-level application architecture: In collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, design and document high-level application architecture frameworks and Reference Architectures, ensuring alignment with organizational strategies.
• Leverage Azure Cloud Services: Design and document scalable and secure technology solutions leveraging Azure Cloud services that meet business needs and align to overall architecture and business strategies.
• Foster Collaboration: Engage in the Enterprise Architecture Community of Practice, fostering collaboration and sharing of best practices across architecture teams.
• Participate in governance process: Actively participate in Enterprise Technology Governance and Architecture Review processes, contributing to decision-making and promoting architectural best practices.
• Evaluate and select technologies: Continuously evaluate and select technologies, tools, and frameworks that suit on going project needs and strategic objectives, ensuring alignment to the overall evolution of the enterprise technology ecosystem.
• Manage strategic roadmap: Develop and manage the strategic roadmap for applications and integrations, conducting architecture reviews to identify risks, deficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Map application footprints: Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to map application footprints and relationships between applications and define integration points across enterprise applications.
• Mitigate risk: Identify and mitigate risks in solution designs and implementations using proactive problem-solving to address function and non-functional concerns. Leverage application monitoring facilities to ensure stability and performance while managing costs.
• Ensure architectural alignments: Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise standards and policies to ensure security, resiliency, redundancy, availability, and scalability to support business objectives.
• Stay updated: Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.

Let's Talk About You:

This is the unique blend of skills and experience we would love to see in an ideal candidate:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ Years experience in a Solution Architect or similar role
• Strong understanding of architectural principles, design patterns, and cloud-based solutions
• Expertise in Azure services, Power Platform, Power BI.
• Expertise with major SaaS platforms (Salesforce, CCaaS Applications, UCaaS Applications, etc.), ensuring seamless interoperability and optimized performance across the enterprise technology ecosystem
• Demonstrated understanding of Multi-tier application architecture, API standards and best practices, and integration patterns and practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Certifications in software and cloud architecture and methods a plus: TOGAF, Certified SOA Architect, AZ-305, PL-600, etc.
• Strong skills in performance optimization, scalability, and cost management in a cloud environment.
• Appreciation for business strategy and ability to create application / solution / platform architecture plans to support required business outcomes.

We also consider your potential. If you know you have what it takes to do the job, but your experience doesn't exactly match the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply and provide us with more details about why you think you would be a great fit.

Some of the Perks We Offer:

We offer best-in-class pension and benefits, total reward programs and comprehensive mental wellness supports to set you up for every success in and outside of work. Here are just some of the reasons you'll love working here:

• Rewarding salary and bonuses that truly value your dedication
• Industry-leading group benefits with 100% premium coverage (excluding LTD) that start on your first day
• Defined benefit pension plan for a financially confident retirement
• 100% coverage of approved continuing education and licensing fees (including RIBO courses in Ontario)
• Access to a wealth of learning resources, including LinkedIn Learning for professional development
• Flexible work-from-home and hybrid options
• Unlock your potential with opportunities for advancement

Let's work together! If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online.

OTIP and its group of companies strive to create an accessible and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Upon individual request, we will endeavor to remove any barrier to the recruitment and selection processes and provide accommodations for persons with disabilities.

As a business, we protect what matters most to our members. As an employer, we value what matters most in our workplace. Together, this includes fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all. We are committed to learning and evolving so we can continue to celebrate what makes us special. You are who you are, and our differences are what make us unique.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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