Solutions Architect (GenAI)

Solutions Architect (GenAI)Apex Systems is a large staffing and consulting firm and we are looking for a Solutions Architect with 5+ Years of true Solutions Architect experience and has substantial experience working on GenAI projects. You will be joining a highly collaborative, fast paced and high performing team.Client: Big Five BankContract: 6 months contract, can extendEstimated Start Date: November 2024Working Location: Hybrid – 2 Days in Office Downtown TorontoWorking Hours: standard business hours, 37.5hrs/week, Monday-FridayDress Code: Business CasualGroup Info: This Banking group works to translate business needs for customer and employee facing applications, either for the creation of a new application or enhancements of various existing applications..What you will be working on: Implementing GenAI in various project streams to further automate and enhance end user experience and capabilities.Candidate Value Proposition (CVP): This position will allow for a candidate to not only play a vital role in the development and implementation of solutions, but will be also involved in its socialization and adaption by the business sponsors. This role will allow a candidate to develop business and technical expertise in the line of business, be exposed to industry and leading edge architectures, solution patterns and technologies and develop meaningful cross-functional relationships with other groups at the bank.Group Culture: This candidate will be working with a team of the following make up:A team of solution architects (FTE and contractors)At team of Account Managers (AM), representing the businessBusiness Analysts (BA) to aid in the collection and clarification of application requirements, of uncertain quantityThe team is incredibly close-knit, collaborative and high performing.Role Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):Lead and manage technical solutions for enterprise programs, and portfolio projectsBuild effective solutions based on business requirements, as clarified by AM’s and BA’sProduce conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value-chainsEnsure adherence of the solutions design with all relevant internal standards and external regulations.Manage trade-offs between speed to market, quality and financial impactWork alongside Account Managers and Business Analysts to clarify application requirementsAttend requirements meetings and analysis meetingsClarify application components and consolidate requirements to account managers, which are further extended to the business for approvalWork alongside the Enterprise Architecture team to gage the feasibility of application enhancements/creation and answer:Are these requirements feasible to implement?Are these requirements properly aligned with existing application features/limitations?How will this solution look once completed?Present and defend the solution at various governance forums.Must-Have Skills:5+ years of Solution Architect experience in a large, enterprise level environmentGenAI Project Experience as well as Data and Analytics Project experienceAWS Project Experience10+ years of experience in enterprise, application and information architecture design5+ years of software development experience (any language used on AWS)Angular, C#, C or PythonStrong understanding of service-oriented architecture, databases, and data modeling techniquesStrong understanding of TOGAF frameworkSecurity concepts (like Authorization and single sign on)Agile background