Job Offer: Infrastructure Architect
Location: Toronto
Contract Duration: 1 year
Work Mode: Hybrid
Start Date: April 28th
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Why Join Us?
Astek is a global leader in technology consulting. With 9,600 experts worldwide, we guide our clients through digital transformation by developing innovative solutions.
In Canada, we excel in IT and engineering. We collaborate with leading companies to tackle major technological challenges, putting innovation, collaboration, and excellence at the heart of our actions.
Join a passionate and committed team ready to bring your ideas to life.
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About the Role
On behalf of our client in the Banking industry, Astek Canada is seeking a motivated Infrastructure Architect ready to take on new challenges.
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Your Responsibilities
As an Infrastructure Architect, you will be responsible for:
• Role also provides strategic guidance ensuring technology teams and business areas understand the architectural options and technology choices that account for total cost of ownership, Lead, design and/or develop an architecture framework including technology domain architecture strategy, policies, guiding principles and standards to govern how technology solutions will be developed and implemented.
• Develop enterprise or segment technology roadmaps and associated plans. Review project blueprints: Segment Architect approves or vetos blueprints based on alignment to enterprise standards.
• Oversee/define development specifications, technical requirements, system performance objectives and identify system modifications required to meet objectives.
• Research/analyze business requirements to evaluate and recommend optimal solutions within technology architecture.
• Provide expert consultation and participate as the top technical expert on the most high risk and complex initiatives / projects.
• Influence vendors in product design through subject matter expertise and may develop and/or contribute to negotiations of third party contracts/agreements where applicable.
• Build consensus and facilitate collaboration and decision making within/across business units/business leaders/IT professionals, vendors and outsourced partners to ensure consistent application of IT strategy and compliance with architecture framework.
• Contribute to the development of project plans by providing input and manage projects/initiatives by directing assigned resources, communicating project status and providing timely escalation of issues
• Ensure projects are compliant with technology domain architecture and design/operate processes to provide ongoing review of in-progress activity against technology architecture and development standards. Identify, recommend, source, negotiate and implement emerging IT trends, developments and improvements /solutions (buy / build / reuse).
• Conduct pre and post implementation reviews, ensuring all technical solutions have met business requirements.
• Protect/enhance the security, availability of technology, brand integrity and shareholder value by establishing parameters for continued investment in technology solutions, and by providing technical risk analysis and assessment.
• Provide guidance to technology teams and business partners understand the architectural options and technology choices that account for total cost of ownership, risk and leverage strategic enterprise assets.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the team and business partners by sharing information, knowledge and lessons learned on a regular basis. May coach, lead and/or develop others.
• Work effectively as a team, supporting other members of the team in achieving business objectives and providing client services.
• Support a positive work environment that promotes customer service, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest.
• Architectural specialist assigned to work autonomously on high profile, complex and/or high-risk technology projects with significant impact to the organization.
• Provides technical leadership / consulting / direction to a larger team on all aspects of architecture to ensure advanced learning occurs.
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Your Qualifications
Education/Experience:
• 10 years’ experience.
• Solutions architect experience.
• Solutions design experience.
• Network experience
• CSA Certification.
Key Skills:
• ServiceNow.
• Database management.
Personal Qualities:
• Analytical and solution-oriented mindset.
• Team collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Autonomy and rigor in managing priorities.
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The Astek Advantages
• Personalized CARE plan for our employees.
• Diversity & Inclusion Charter.
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Ready to Take on the Challenge?
Apply now by sending your CV and discover a rewarding career at Astek Canada.
