About Symcor
Symcor enables secure data exchanges and supporting business processes, to help clients succeed in an evolving digital world. Trusted by Canada's largest institutions for over 25 years to support their digital transformations, Symcor aligns industry participants to solve common challenges in the most effective and efficient way. Our goal is for every employee to feel valued and accepted as part of the team and connected to Symcor and our values, fostering a sense of belonging. Symcor is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. If you need accommodation for the interview process, just let us know! #youbelonghere
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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 clear 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.
What’s In It For You
At Symcor, we define our success by what we help others achieve. We were created to support our clients and, through our products, services, and solutions, protect and strengthen their brands. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program that includes a competitive compensation package, flexible benefits and time away options, retirement and savings plans and a commitment to your overall health and well-being through our myWell-being program.
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
- Opportunities to do challenging work and progressively take on greater accountabilities for growth.
- We foster an inclusive atmosphere of One Symcor with our philosophy of +1 Unique You®, we harness each employee’s uniqueness, different skills, backgrounds, and perspectives to contribute to mutual success. It is the diversity of our people and the inclusive environment that has been and will always be key to Symcor’s success.
Symcor is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. Upon request, we will provide accommodation for candidates.
