IT Architect

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Canada
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
Desjardins is looking for an IT Architect to contribute to its strategic goals by integrating human capital, data, and technology to provide an outstanding member/client experience. Responsibilities include guiding IT solutions, supporting business sectors, and monitoring new technologies. Competitive salary, benefits, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion are offered.
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IT architects at Desjardins build on on strategic planning by Desjardins Group, business requirements, market trends, current technological context and standards for the field. Desjardins is the largest private IT employer in Quebec with over 7,000 permanent employees in this field? An outstanding member/client experience is our #1 goal. It relies on security, performance and integration of solutions, as well as long-term investments. IT architects therefore contribute to Desjardins's goals as they take human capital, data and technology into account as well as their respective relationships with both internal and external environments. 

WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING: 

  • Solutions architect 

  • Software architect 

  • Domain architect 

  • Enterprise architect 

  • And much more! 

Here are the main IT areas we work with: 

Applications | Web | Digital | IT foundations | IT platforms | Cryptography | API | Cloud computing | Network and system security | Telecommunications | Data | Business intelligence | 

More specifically, you will be required to :

  • Guide IT solutions 

  • Guide and support business sectors 

  • Ensure cross-sector integration of solutions 

  • Actively monitor opportunities offered by new technologies and business approaches. 

  • Proactively develop architecture targets and supporting foundations. 

  • Help identify and prioritize business and technology projects and support business strategies 

  • Design solutions that meet the business needs of projects based on architecture targets and foundations that maximize the achievement of business objectives in a simple, efficient, compliant and secure manner, and that promote reusability. 

What we offer*

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus

  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year

  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement

  • Group insurance including telemedicine

  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

Advantages apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

  • Relevant experience in an architecture design, analysis and/or application development role 

  • Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

  • Knowledge of French required

  • Knowledge of cloud-based platforms

At Desjardins, we don't follow fads. We innovate. There's a difference. 

Communicates effectively, Tech savvy, Work processes

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At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Job Family

Information technology (FG)

The Company
Calgary, AB
40,858 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News

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