Our client in the Insurance industry is looking for a Solutions Architect Toronto.

Requirements:

• University degree, preferably in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 10 or more years of experience in Information Technology, with a focus on architecture planning, design, development, implementation and operations, with 5 or more of those years in a leadership role.
• Experience in P&C Insurance Industry.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills. Excellent oral and written communication, ability to present confidently to senior executives, attention to detail and strong planning and management ability.
• Proven experience in cross-functional leadership and ability to work effectively with non-technical
  colleagues.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise and security technologies is expected. Specific strong knowledge and experience with common hosting, storage and networking technologies, as well as cloud, are required.
• Thorough knowledge of IT functions and technologies, processes, service delivery models, governance and standards.
• Ability to understand and practically apply enterprise architecture concepts.
• Strong ability to prioritize and complete simultaneous projects within a frequently changing work
  environment.
• Extensive practical knowledge of Enterprise Architecture including Business, Data, Application,
  Technology and Integration domains. TOGAF certification is an asset.
• Proven knowledge and experience of new technologies (SOA, Web Services, Cloud computing, Mobile platforms, Web Content Management, Portals, etc.) and their application.
• Experience with Azure services such as App Service, Managed SQL, Blob Storage, Azure AD is a plus.
• Similar experience with competing technologies (AWS/GCP) is also considered.
• Knowledge of ITIL framework and best practices for building robust and scalable solutions.
• Experience working with XML, EDI and JSON, Web Services SOAP/REST, WSDL and API, development with HTML, VB, C/C++, JavaScript, CSS, Scripting.
• Understanding of network technologies: TCP/IP, VPN, WAN/LAN, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, SQL, database
  schema and design.
• Knowledge of the CSIO Data Standards is an asset.