[Hiring] Solutions Architect @iA Financial Group (Industrial Alliance)

Role Description

Are you eager to contribute to the purpose of a company that aims to help its clients feel confident and secure about their future? As a Solutions Architect, you will play a key role in defining and communicating a shared technical vision for the American Amicable modernization initiative migrating core modules from the mainframe-based Policy Administration System to a modern AWS serverless-first architecture.

This position is a great opportunity to showcase your skills and fully realize your potential within a caring and trustworthy company. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.

As a Solutions Architect, you'll be at the core of our mission. Here are the main responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural design for migrating mainframe modules to AWS serverless services, defining bounded contexts, service boundaries, and integration patterns.
• Decompose monolithic mainframe functionality into event-driven serverless microservices using Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, and related AWS services.
• Work with product teams to create high-level designs for feature requests related to the modernization effort.
• Collaborate with team leads and product owners to create technical roadmaps in alignment with strategic plans and enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with the Data Architect to define data migration strategies and select appropriate data stores for modernized services.
• Establish patterns for coexistence and integration between legacy mainframe systems and new cloud services during the transition period.
• Prepare and present solution briefs to the ARB Solution Committee for proposed architectural changes.
• Play a central role in technical, business, and organizational contributions affecting the modernization teams.
• Solve technical problems of the highest scope, complexity, and ambiguity related to legacy-to-cloud transformation.
• Look for innovation opportunities between teams with a willingness to experiment and boldly confront problems of large complexity and scope.
• Ensure that OKR-level goals are aligned across teams involved in the modernization.
• Guide conversations to remove blockers and encourage collaboration across teams.
• Demonstrate technical excellence and consistency.
• Champion all NFR's including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, and observability best practices.

Qualifications

• Known for analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Prior experience converting legacy/mainframe systems to modern cloud-native serverless architectures.
• Strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification.
• 5-7 years of principal or senior engineer experience with demonstrated knowledge of software development and technical excellence.

Benefits

• Flexible group insurance plans.
• Competitive retirement savings plan.
• Employee share purchase plan.
• Vacation program, wellness days, and personal development days.
• Telemedicine services.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
• Ergonomic furniture program.
• Performance bonus.
• Discounts on iA products.
• And much more!