About The Opportunity Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Architecture, the Senior Solution Architect, Payments Architecture is responsible for driving the organization's technology vision through the creation of comprehensive solution architectures aligned with both business and technology strategies. This role is primarily focused on driving consistent strategy across diverse programs, ensuring they adhere to enterprise architectural framework and technology governance, and contributing to the optimization of the IT landscape and the delivery of business value. As a key advisor to leadership, the Senior Solution Architect demonstrates a strong ability to make thoughtful and strategic, time‑sensitive decisions even with limited information and under changing conditions. The Senior Solution Architect ensures that Payments Canada’s architectures and solutions are secure, resilient, proactive, and seamlessly aligned with the organization’s strategic business objectives. Duties & Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Enterprise Payment Architecture Development and Governance Contribute to the long-term technology vision and enterprise architecture framework, ensuring solution architectures contribute to its realization Lead the architectural designs for the Real‑Time Rail (RTR) and other complex initiatives, ensuring designs mitigate risks and address technical debt Establish and enforce enterprise architecture standards, policies, and guidelines, ensuring compliance with ISO 20022 and relevant regulatory frameworks Produce and maintain strategic architecture artifacts, including system interaction, data flow, and event sequence diagrams Lead the development of reusable payments reference architectures and design patterns to accelerate system delivery Develop multi‑year architecture roadmaps and business cases for strategic initiatives Collaborate with business leaders and external stakeholders to present complex architectural recommendations and strategies in a compelling,



business‑centric manner Risks and Compliance Ensure architectural controls within all solutions are designed and built using a risk‑based approach Assess risk and prioritize decisions effectively in time‑sensitive situations, especially when making architectural choices Ensure compliance with the Enterprise Architecture Framework, Standards, and Tools Architecture Research Monitor industry, technology, and market trends (e.G., emerging fintech, payment protocols) to determine their potential impact Discover, evaluate, and recommend technology solutions to drive innovation and ensure future‑ready designs Collaborate with third‑party vendors to deliver resilient and scalable architectures that align with corporate strategies Qualifications Undergraduate degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field Minimum five (5) years of experience in information systems and progressive experience in enterprise or solution architecture Proven track record of developing and implementing strategic IT plans and mission‑critical solution architectures Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.G., TOGAF, Zachman) and their practical application About the Job Work arrangement: Hybrid position downtown Toronto or Ottawa Salary: $120,000 to $145,000/year + Great advantages Flexible, hybrid (remote/office) environment Competitive compensation package, including annual variable bonus and defined contribution pension plan with employer matching percentage (if eligible) Comprehensive health and dental benefit coverage, including mental health coverage, life insurance and a health spending account for you and your dependents (Permanent and temporary employees with contracts 12 months and over) Paid time off: minimum four weeks paid vacation, sick and personal days, December holiday shutdown and cultural holiday observance days 26 weeks of paid maternity and parental leave top-up (if eligible) Rewards and recognition program Access to office gym facilities Internal and external professional development opportunities Fun team and organizational events Monthly all staff forums led by our Executive Team #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Solutions Architect, Hybrid - Permanent - 19201 (Toronto)
🏢 LRO Staffing
📍 Toronto