Solution Architect

6-month Solution Architect contract opportunity building out fraud prevention solutions for a global brand with hybrid work in Vancouver.

• 6-month contract Solution Architect contract
• High profile fraud technology program
• Highly respected brand located in Vancouver with hybrid work, 3 days a week in office

What & Why:
As a result of investment in technology our client is looking to add a Solution Architect to their team.  As a Solution Architect you support delivery teams in detailed solution roadmaps for a well-defined set of capabilities or logical group of systems, services or projects related to the fraud and payments space. You will partner closely with engineers and project management to ensure that implementation meets design expectations, and you are proactive in reaching out to architects and leaders in teams with which your technology integrates and you drive results through strong cross-functional collaboration. You will serve as the organization’s subject matter expert for capabilities in your portfolio and work actively within the Architecture Community of Practice. Ideally you have experience with Payments from a Fraud/Security perspective and the ability to design for specific security threat models and able to describe basic and advanced security and compliance aspects of cloud platform primitives.  This is a great chance to join this high profile team.

Who:
This client is one of the most recognizable Canadian brands, a true Vancouver success story who has expanded globally. They are well known for their corporate culture and has won major awards for their accomplishments. They have invested majorly in technology and have had an incredibly successful past few years, including a major strategic acquisition. They have an all-star leadership team who keeps you accountable and provides support while still affording you tremendous autonomy. They are located close to rapid transit in newly renovated offices in downtown Vancouver and have a hybrid work environment with 3 days a week in office.

You:
You will bring the following education, skills and experience to the role:

• Minimum 5 years of real-world experience developing, deploying, scaling, and maintaining software systems; a majority of this experience should come from working in and around cloud-based services.
• Experience as a Solutions Architect in an enterprise environment architecting complex solutions and product management for Payment and Fraud solutions.
• Experience with AWS services – developing, deploying, scaling, and maintaining software systems; a majority of this experience should come from working in and around cloud-based services
• Deep hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database components in Amazon AWS (preferred).
• Able to design for specific security threat models and able to describe basic and advanced security and compliance aspects of cloud platform primitives.
• Be able to describe the key services of a given cloud platform and be able to select appropriately for given use cases, e.g., compute, storage, analytics, cost etc

Compensation: this role pays between $100-120 per hour.

Next Steps:
If the sound of this opportunity excites you, and you’re confident that it’s a good fit for your experience and career goals, then we’d love to hear from you! Please send your updated resume to us by applying to this posting and one of our awesome team of recruiters will be in touch.