Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Typical Day in Role:
• Reporting to Senior Manager Enterprise Platform – AD Operations, the Solution Architect will be working with multiple stakeholders and members of the team
• Attend weekly project meetings, provide technical advice related to Active Directory, GPOs and AD trusts based on analysis of collected reports as well as recommending best practices
• Implement changes following CAB standards
• Identify gaps in the current standards
• Identify and remove GPOs and AD trusts based on analysis outpout

Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:
1. 8+ years of working experience as a Solution Architect and Active Directory SME
2. 6+ years of hands-on technical working experience in supporting & deploying AD, GPO & DNS in a large corporate environment with 2,500 end-users or more
3. Excellent knowledge with AD security, security principals and standards, GPOs, AD trusts, and Privileged Access
4. Industry certification such as Microsoft and/or Cybersecurity certification required

Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Previous FI/Banking experience is a plus
• Experience with PowerShell scripting
• Knowledge of project management principles

Soft Skills:
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to collaborate and work closely with internal and external business partners
• Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction
• Good time management and organizational skills to effectively manage high scale project

Education:
• Post-secondary degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related IT field is an asset