Foresters Financial™

Application Architect

Toronto

Sponsorship not specified$89k-$132kDetected 28 days ago

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About the role

In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in a discretionary variable incentive plan, results are subject to both individual and company performance.
Please note that this posting is intended to fill an existing vacancy; however, there may be instances where more than one vacancy is available for the same role.
Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities.

Serve as the technical SME for a range of enterprise applications, providing direction on solution design and development in order to increase the value delivered by the technology landscape either through improvements to the efficiency of our technology environment or through reduction in the total cost of technology operations
Create certainty, clarity and simplicity within the IT Infrastructure by increasing re-use and reducing redundancy in applications and technology designs
Apply critical analysis as it relates to technical feasibility studies, system design artifacts, UML designs, and business requirement documents
Assist with projects and initiatives by assessing proposals and designs for architectural compliance (application, data, infrastructure and business solutions) before, during and after implementation
Lead application performance assessment
Ability to define and design high quality application architectures that meet stakeholder requirements and that are consistent with enterprise architectural standards and industry implementations.
Proven experience in application design patterns
Proven experience in service-oriented architectures including ESB, service registries, SOAP, XML, web services, BPEL, integration design patterns, and governance
Strong organizational skills with the ability to facilitate technical reviews or design sessions

$89,000.00 - $132,000.00
The actual base salary for this position will depend on several factors, including job-related skills, experience, and education.
In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in a discretionary variable incentive plan, results are subject to both individual and company performance.

Ensure that application architectures are flexible and support the business needs by maintaining an understanding of business strategies and infrastructure capabilities
University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent educational or professional experience and/or qualifications
Understanding of the life insurance business and financial services (e.g. Policy Administration, New Business/Underwriting, Claims, Billing, Compensation) is preferred

Employment and Inclusion - at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.
Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@foresters.com in advance of your appointment.
Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.
Employment and Inclusion - at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants.

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