Solutions Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid (Downtown, Toronto)

Duration: 6 months

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Solutions Architect to collaborate with cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and development teams to integrate security during the design and development phases. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in Role:

• Network security in the cloud is one of the crucial security domains, with highly specialized experience required, and forms a fundamental building block in the entire cloud architecture.
• SCA Design for selected vendor including the below tasks:
  • SCA SaaS Tenant set up
  • SCA SaaS Integration with Bank including SSO, ESLM, CI/CD
  • Migration Design from Black Duck to a new SCA vendor
• Provide mentorship and training to other team members on cloud security principles.
• Help develop test cases and drive Proof of Value (POV) to completion.
• Help develop a procedure.
• Contribute to SCA project onboarding process development.
• Contribute to system architecture.

Must-Have Skills:

• 10+ years’ experience in IT Security in architecture or integration roles.
• 4+ years’ experience in software security controls architecting and solutioning.
• Strong recent project experience with large migrations.
• 2 to 3+ years’ recent project experience with integration, specifically with various cloud and on-prem solutions.
• Recent experience with and understanding of SBoM, OSS libraries, and licenses.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience with deployment and managing IaaS, PaaS & SaaS solutions.
• Experience in the financial industry.
• Knowledge of/exposure to CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, BitBucket/GitHub, Jfrog Artifactory, Ansible, Confluence, Jira, Bamboo, etc.

Soft Skills Required:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to think strategically and tactically about complex cloud security issues.
• Communication: excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fast learner with strong analytical skills and improvement mindset.
• Must be able to operate independently within tight time frames.
• High energy, demonstrated ability to work under pressure, deals well with ambiguities and uncertainties, and drives results.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required, professional experience is a priority.
• CISSP or similar certifications.

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.