Solution Architect

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  • Job type

    Permanent

  • Location

    Mississauga, Calgary or Stellarton NS

  • Profession

    Leadership

  • Industry

    Retail & Consumer Goods

  • Pay

    Salary & Bonus
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Build the backbone of loyalty technology for a leading retail brand.

Our client is seeking a Solution Architect to lead their design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cloud-native solutions for loyalty and personalization platforms. This role combines technical leadership, innovation, and collaboration across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture: Design & Implementation
  • Maintain and evolve solution architecture for loyalty and personalization platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise and domain standards.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, cloud-native designs using Microsoft Azure, event-driven patterns, and API-first principles.
  • Define and document integration patterns, system interactions, and data flow diagrams.
  • Develop and review architectural deliverables, including solution blueprints and high-level design documents (HLFDs).
  • Ensure code quality through design reviews, reusable patterns, and performance optimization.
  • Assess trade-offs between architecture options considering scalability, performance, cost, and maintainability.
  • Provide architectural input during discovery phases, proposals, and project charters.
  • Support estimation, dependency mapping, and technical feasibility assessments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Collaborate with product owners, delivery leads, developers, DevOps, data, and security teams to ensure a shared architectural vision.
  • Partner with internal and external architects to align integration and governance strategies.
  • Act as a technical authority in stakeholder discussions, translating business needs into solution architectures.
  • Advise on process improvements and support change management efforts.

Innovation & Strategic Influence
  • Evaluate vendor platforms and define transition strategies toward in-house, cloud-native capabilities.
  • Lead or participate in vendor evaluations and proof-of-concepts (POCs) for modernization opportunities.
  • Research and assess emerging technologies (AI, personalization engines, headless loyalty solutions) to support future platform evolution.

Governance & Standards
  • Coach and mentor technical leads and developers on architectural principles and best practices.
  • Drive governance around reusability, scalability, observability, and technical debt management.
  • Define and enforce standards for API design, data contracts, security, identity, and deployment.
  • Ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as high availability, performance, and compliance are incorporated into all designs.

Must-Have Qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience in backend application development (Node.js, JavaScript), systems integration, and solution architecture in cloud-native environments.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services (Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Event Grid, Application Gateway, App Services, Azure Functions, API Management, ACR, Key Vault).
  • 3+ years designing and optimizing non-relational databases (preferably Cosmos DB).
  • 5+ years working with microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture.
  • Strong knowledge of security best practices in cloud and application design.
  • Experience with Docker, containerization, and Kubernetes.
  • 4+ years of experience in frontend development (Next.js, JavaScript).
  • Proven ability to architect for scalability, resilience, and flexibility in ambiguous environments.

Good to Have
  • Experience influencing multiple delivery teams without direct authority.
  • Ability to simplify complex technical concepts and balance short-term needs with long-term scalability.
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum and SAFe environments.
  • Familiarity with loyalty platforms and personalized offer systems.
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform), and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ARO).

Preferred Qualifications
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (strongly preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.

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Located in Toronto (EN), 8 King Street East, 20th FloorTelephone:  4378262564

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