Senior Technical Solutions Architect

Job Description

Job Description

You will be working on a 100% remote schedule as part of Fidelity’s flexible working arrangement.

Who We Are

Fidelity Clearing Canada (FCC) is the leading independent clearing broker and custodian in the Canadian market. We provide trade execution, clearing, custody and back-office support services to Canadian-based brokerage firms and the Canadian brokerage arms of U.S.-based firms. For more information about Fidelity Clearing Canada, please visit https://clearing.fidelity.ca/ 

Position Overview

The Senior Technical Solutions Architect (FCC) is responsible for creating and maintaining architecture plans and specifications for FCC. This role architects complex technology solutions in environments characterized by a high degree of ambiguity, numerous system integration touchpoints, and significant dependencies across internal and external systems.

The position provides architectural leadership and guidance for project and program-level decisions to ensure IT assets align with enterprise architecture standards and strategies across application, business, and infrastructure domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of FCC architecture and technology strategies, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technology capabilities, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Provide strategic architectural guidance to business and technology leaders, clearly communicating solutions, dependencies, constraints, and risks to senior management.
• Design, assess, and maintain complex technology solutions that establish architecture patterns and integrate internal systems and external vendor platforms.
• Develop and maintain architecture blueprints, standards, and solution designs while ensuring business, technical, and operational requirements are met.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, architects, delivery teams, and Architecture Review Boards (ARB) to gain alignment and approval for solution approaches.
• Participate in product and project planning activities with internal teams and vendors, ensuring architectural considerations, dependencies, and constraints are incorporated into delivery plans.
• Maintain alignment between target-state architecture, project timelines, product roadmaps, and evolving business requirements.
• Serve as the primary architectural advisor for initiatives, providing leadership in discussions with business, product, technology, and project stakeholders, while addressing trade-offs, issues, and concerns.
• Identify, advise on, and manage architectural risks, contribute to issue resolution, and assume accountability for the successful completion of architecture-related initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, policies, and corporate strategies through effective requirements, implementation, and data governance, while communicating standards and best practices across project teams.

The Expertise You Bring

• Knowledge of operating in an architecture framework: TOGAF, Zachman
• Knowledgeable in UML or other standard modelling frameworks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Foundational knowledge of OO Design, SOA, microservices, JEE, cloud, n-tier architectures, databases, APIs, event oriented architecture, enterprise integration patterns, infrastructure.
• Strong sense of security architecture: identity and access management, encryption, network security, SSO.
• Excellent technical expertise in the following: traditional and Single Page Apps, Javascript, JEE,
• Spring, Oracle, AWS, BPM, API Gateway, Content Management, Oracle, MQ and cloud technologies. High breadth and depth of knowledge in multiple subject areas.

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 10 years of IT experience with more than 5 years of experience as an Architect within formal Architecture practice.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Experience working on projects that interface with Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Security functions.

Nice to Have

• Understanding of industry brokerage systems and related legacy system integrations.
• Experience in roles such as Solution Designer, Application Architect, Solution Architect, Data Architect, or Enterprise Architect.
• TOGAF Certification.

Current work authorization for Canada is required for all openings.

Total Rewards That Reflect Your Impact

We believe exceptional work deserves exceptional recognition. That’s why we offer a competitive compensation package designed to support your success today—and your financial well-being tomorrow.

For this role, your total rewards include:
• Base Salary and Discretionary Performance Bonus: Total annual cash compensation (base salary plus target bonus) ranges from 170,000 to 194,000 based on your experience and qualifications.
• RRSP Contribution: After 6 months of employment, we invest in your future with an RRSP contribution—no employee matching required.
We’re proud to offer a compensation package that aligns with provincial pay transparency requirements.
This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization—an opportunity to step into a role where your talents will make a meaningful difference.

Some of the ways we’ll help you feel valued and supported as part of our team:
•    Flexible working arrangements - 100% remote, hybrid, and in office options
•    Competitive total compensation, including company contributions to your group RRSP without a matching requirement from you
•    Comprehensive health benefits that start on your first day, with 100% employer-paid premiums, that include up to $5000 annually for mental health services and therapy
•    Parental leave top-up to 100% of your salary for a period of 25 weeks
•    Up to $650 for home office equipment
•    Generous time off policy, including 2 paid days annually to volunteer at a charity of your choice
•    Diversity and inclusion programs, including an active network of Employee Resource Groups
•    Extensive professional development opportunities, including access to over 11,000 training and development courses, tuition reimbursement, and monetary rewards for completing a required designation 

We care a lot about fostering a compassionate, people-centric culture, and are proud to have been named one of Canada’s Top 100 employers for the last five years.

We use AI-enabled LinkedIn Hiring Assistant to support parts of our sourcing process. Every hiring decision is reviewed and finalized by our recruiters. If you choose to ask questions to the LinkedIn HR Hiring Assistant, please be mindful that the responses are not official and must be confirmed for accuracy and completeness by Fidelity.  If you are selected for an interview, the recruiter who contacts you can best answer your questions.

Fidelity Canada is an equal opportunity employer

Fidelity Canada is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, family status, protected veterans’ status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected ground.

Accommodation during the application process

Fidelity Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in the selection process. If you require an accommodation, please email us at [email protected].

No telephone inquiries or agencies please. We thank all applicants for their interest, please be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Why Work at Fidelity?

We are proud to be recipients of the following:

Awards

•    Canada's Top 100 Employers 
o    Greater Toronto's Top Employers 
o    Canada's Top Family-Friendly Employers 
o    Canada's Top Employers for Young People 
  
•    Great Place To Work® Certified 
o    Best Workplaces for Inclusion 
o    Best Workplaces for Mental Wellness 
o    Best Workplaces for Today's Youth 
o    Best Workplaces for Women 
o    Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance 
o    Best Workplaces in Ontario 
o    Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams 

•    LinkedIn Top Companies in Canada
  
•    Human Resource Director (HRD) - Best Place To Work 
o    HRD - 5-Star Benefit Program 
o    HRD - 5-Star Diversity & Inclusion Employer 

Designations
•    Canadian Compassionate Companies – Certified 
•    Benefits Canada's Workplace Benefits Award - Future of Work Strategy 
•    TalentEgg National Recruitment Excellence Award - Special Award for Diversity & Inclusion in Recruiting 
•    Canadian HR Reporter's Most Innovative HR Team