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IT architecture at Desjardins: At the heart of innovation and client experience
At Desjardins, IT architecture is more than just a technical framework—it’s a strategic driver that moves our mission forward. It relies on Desjardins’s planning, business needs, market trends and industry standards to build robust, integrated and sustainable solutions.
With over 9,000 IT professionals, Desjardins is Quebec’s largest private employer of IT professionals. Our top priority: providing an exceptional member/client experience. To achieve this, we focus on security, performance, intelligent integration of solutions and long-term investments.
IT architecture plays a key role in this vision by orchestrating the interaction between human capital, data and technologies, while taking internal and external environments into account. It’s an essential pillar for turning Desjardins’s ambitions into concrete and sustainable realities.
The Solution Architect’s Target Role
Application solution architecture advisor
Supports the solutions integration architecture advisor and their application scope:
Designs the application and functional layer of the solution architecture, taking business needs (functional and non-functional) into account
Aligns the functional and application layer with architecture targets and other layers of the solution architecture
Validates compliance with Desjardins Group’s and sectors’ IT/software frameworks (security, infrastructure, platforms, etc.) that could have an impact on the proposed solution
Ensures the reuse of common services and sector-specific services, especially shared solutions and reusable patterns
Helps assess the costs (recurring and non-recurring) of the solutions architecture and optimize solution architecture based on the 4 quality dimensions
Contributes to strategies (implementation, quality, deployment)
Directs and supports the landing of solution architecture within the delivery team
Operations solution architecture advisor
Designs the operational layer (infrastructure, networking and security) of the solution architecture, taking into account business needs (functional and non-functional)
Defines the level of service that needs to be delivered and develops solutions
Aligns the operational layer with architecture targets and other layers of the solution architecture
Validates compliance with Desjardins Group’s and sectors’ IT/software frameworks (security, infrastructure, platforms, etc.) that could have an impact on the proposed solution
Ensures the reuse of common services and sector-specific services, especially shared solutions and reusable patterns
Helps assess the costs (recurring and non-recurring) of the solutions architecture and optimize solution architecture based on the 4 quality dimensions
Contributes to strategies (implementation, quality, deployment, etc.)
Directs and supports the landing of solution architecture within the delivery team
Integration solution architecture advisor
In Feasibility And Design
Is accountable for the design of IT solution architectures, taking into account business needs (functional and non-functional), based on architecture targets and shared services, in accordance with norms and standards, and in coordination with the architectural triad
Integrates the various layers of architecture into a relevant, consistent, economical and sustainable IT solution, in coordination with experts from each layer of IT architecture
Optimizes solution architecture around the 4 quality dimensions: alignment of operations architecture, technical quality, meeting needs and costs/benefits
Contributes to strategies (implementation, quality, deployment)
Transfers the solution architecture to the delivery manager
Actively monitors opportunities offered by new technologies and business approaches
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 | AI
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
Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
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About the Company
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'...
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