Technical Solutions Architect 1

Location: Mississauga, Ontario (Hybrid)

Architect Enterprise Payment Solutions

At Symcor, we help some of Canada's largest institutions securely process and exchange the data that powers the digital economy.

As a Technical Solutions Architect reporting to the Director of Architecture, you'll design enterprise payment solutions, assess vendor technologies, and ensure vendor-delivered platforms integrate securely and effectively into Symcor's environment.

This is a hands-on architecture role spanning applications, integration, infrastructure, security, resiliency, and operations.

Why Join Us

- Architect solutions that matter, supporting critical payment processing capabilities
- Shape vendor solutions, influencing how platforms are designed and integrated
- Work across technologies, from applications and APIs to infrastructure, cloud, security, and resiliency
- Grow your career in architecture with a company with 30 years of industry experience
- Collaborate across teams, working with vendors, engineers, infrastructure, security, operations, and business stakeholders

Your Impact

In this role, you will:

- Design end-to-end solutions for vendor-delivered payment platforms
- Assess vendor technologies and designs through technical due diligence and architecture reviews
- Define integrations across applications, APIs, data, infrastructure, security, and supporting platforms
- Translate business needs into functional and non-functional architecture requirements
- Identify and address architecture risks, dependencies, and design gaps early in delivery
- Produce transparent architecture artifacts aligned with Symcor standards and governance
- Guide implementation, working with vendors and delivery teams to ensure solutions align with approved architecture
- Contribute to architecture governance and the evolution of Symcor's payment platforms

What You Bring

Education & Experience





- Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, software engineering, systems integration, consulting, or vendor solutions
- Experience with enterprise-scale, business-critical applications
- Experience assessing, designing, or integrating vendor-delivered technology solutions
- Exposure to financial services, payments, or transaction processing is an asset

Core Technical Skills

Must-Have

- Strong knowledge of solution and application architecture
- Experience with systems integration, including APIs, services, messaging, and data flows
- Working knowledge of infrastructure architecture, including network, compute, storage, middleware, and cloud/hybrid environments
- Understanding of security, scalability, high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery
- Ability to assess vendor designs, identify gaps and risks, and drive sound technical solutions
- Understanding of non-functional requirements and technology risk
- Ability to document and communicate architecture clearly to both technical and business audiences

- Familiarity with TOGAF, ArchiMate, UML, or similar architecture practices
- Understanding of architecture governance and enterprise technology standards

Bonus Points

You'll stand out if you bring:

- Experience with Day 1 and Day 2 cheque processing
- Experience with Alogent Payments Gateway (APG), Alogent Remote Deposit (RDC), or comparable payment and cheque-processing technologies
- Knowledge of cheque capture, clearing, settlement, returns, and exception processing
- Experience with high-volume, business-critical payment platforms
- Knowledge of PCI, SOC 2, or similar financial-services control environments
- Exposure to cloud, containers, APIs, OpenShift, event-driven architecture, observability, or automation

You don't need to check every box. If you're strong in the core areas and excited about the rest, we encourage you to apply.

📌 Technical Solutions Architect 1 (Mississauga)
🏢 Symcor
📍 Mississauga