About the Role
The Solution Architect will be responsible for developing and delivering technology architecture and design strategies and solutions that support organizational functions and fulfill business goals. This role will partner with business colleagues and solutioning teams to lead and drive the implementation of technology solutions incrementally towards the enterprise architectural goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead ideation, exploration, and discovery during requirements gathering
- Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies and financial industry solutions that could drive competitive advantages
- Design end-to-end solutions, including network and disaster recovery planning
- Deliver analysis, high-level solutions, application design, and default technology catalog and reference artifacts
- Support SDLC, intake process solutioning, and change management processes
- Drive standardization and adoption of architectural best practices and common patterns across integration, cloud adoption, and application modernization
- Manage application portfolio, including application rationalization, vendor consolidation, obsolescence management, risk mitigation, function automation, and optimization of user satisfaction and cost savings
- Develop enterprise architecture and business line architectural roadmaps of current and target states and socialize to gain endorsement
- Create action plans in alignment with enterprise architecture and strategy priorities
- Drive architecture council approval process for new technology adoption and implementation
- Act as a technical lead in project/product development utilizing agile methodologies and DevSecOps automation practices
- Act as a technology partner within Aviso by proactively building relationships with the business groups to ensure achievable and technologically sound solutions are implemented
Requirements
- Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- 10 + years of experience in computer science or engineering
- 5+ years in customer-facing roles, leading deep technical architecture discussions with Senior Executives, Enterprise Architects, IT management, and developers
- 3+ years of experience / hands-on experience with Okta/Auth0 implementation, including user migration, passkey adoption, and modernization of authentication platforms
- Deep expertise in Identity & Access Management (IAM), including custom policies, migration strategies, branded experiences, and architecture design using Okta Auth0, Azure AD B2B/B2C, External ID, and Azure API Management (APIM) – along with experience designing onboarding and identity solutions for diverse user groups (e.g., investors, advisors) across multiple organizations, with integrated Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities
- Strong experience designing complex delegated authentication flows to enable personalized experiences across enterprise and consumer applications
- Extensive experience with cloud-based platforms, mainly Azure including resource configuration, management, and monitoring.
- Expertise in secure authentication and authorization design, including PKCE, mTLS, RBAC, and ABAC, and development of automated user management services
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture on Azure (e.g., Azure Container Apps), including integration with on-prem systems and use of cloud-native patterns (sidecar, service mesh, anti-corruption layer, façade)
- Informed decisions balancing complexity, depth, and timelines
- Strong experience with Agile methodologies and DevSecOps development practices
- Proven experience in API and batch processing development
- Strong collaboration and engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate with clients and partners to define identity requirements and user profiles
- Fluent communication skills in English are required and bilingual skills in French are an asset
Skills
- Okta/Auth0 implementation
- User migration
- Passkey adoption
- Authentication platform modernization
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Custom policies
- Migration strategies
- Branded experiences
- Architecture design
- Azure AD B2B/B2C
- External ID
- Azure API Management (APIM)
- Onboarding and identity solutions
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Delegated authentication flows
- Cloud-based platforms
- Azure
- Secure authentication and authorization design
- PKCE
- mTLS
- RBAC
- ABAC
- Automated user management services
- Microservices architecture on Azure
- Azure Container Apps
- Integration with on-prem systems
- Cloud-native patterns
- Agile methodologies
- DevSecOps development practices
- API development
- Batch processing development
- Collaboration
- Engagement
- English communication
- French communication
Location
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Montreal
- Winnipeg
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience in computer science or engineering
- 5+ years in customer-facing roles
- 3+ years of experience with Okta/Auth0 implementation
Education Level
- Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 - $160,000 CAD annually
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Excellent health, dental and insurance benefits
- Generous vacation time
- Fitness benefit
- Parental leave top-up options
- Matching contributions to our retirement program
- Learning & development opportunities
- Education assistance program
- Regular social events
About the Company
- Aviso Wealth is a leading wealth management and investment services provider for the Canadian financial industry.
- Approximately $145 billion in total assets under administration and management.
- Over 1,000 employees.
- Building a comprehensive, technology-enabled, client-centric wealth services ecosystem.
- Trusted partner for nearly all credit unions across Canada, portfolio managers, investment dealers, insurance and trust companies, and introducing brokers.
- Provides specific solutions that give partners a competitive edge.
- Investment dealer and mutual fund dealer and insurance services support thousands of investment advisors.
- NEI Investments specializes in investing responsibly.
- Qtrade Direct Investing® empowers self-directed investors.
- Qtrade Guided Portfolios® serves investors who prefer a hands-off approach.
- Aviso Correspondent Partners provides custodial and carrying broker services.
- Backed by the collective strength of credit union Centrals, Co-operators/CUMIS, and Desjardins.
- A career with Aviso means being part of a group of talented, energetic professionals who live their values every day, and belonging to an organization dedicated to your success and career development.
Equal Opportunity
- Aviso welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including persons with disabilities.
- If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs in all stages of the hiring process.
