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At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose.

Whether you\xe2\x80\x99re helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work that matters in the world, in an environment built on teamwork, service, responsibility, diversity, and integrity.

Job Title Senior Solution Architect IAM (GCS)



What is the opportunity?

You will be responsible for architectural delivery in the IAM Domain for Global Cyber Security Services. You will play a critical role in defining the end-to-end architectures and designs for both customer and workforce IAM solutions within a global multi-cloud environment and driving RBC incrementally towards an event, API, and ML/AI-based target state architecture. This is a deep technical, delivery, and leadership-oriented role, and provides a unique opportunity to work closely with numerous business and functional areas across the bank.

What will you do?

• Define solutions realizing customer and workforce IAM capabilities, develop and evolve solution architectures and designs, demonstrate solutions meet stakeholders\xe2\x80\x99 requirements and obtain approval on your architectures and designs at the architecture review board
• Propose, evaluate, and recommend solution alternatives that best meet business strategy, requirements, current state environment constraints, and alignment to target state architecture
• Deliver architectures and designs in both agile and iterative waterfall project delivery models, and propose and implement improvements to improve the viability of the solutions to meet program timelines, budget, and quality measurements
• Support the development of comprehensive IAM strategy roadmaps, providing input to ensure project investments are moving RBC towards the target state architecture, and representing the architecture renewal and maintenance perspective
• Author patterns to drive the reuse of IAM solutions across the bank and subsidiaries
• Drive the technical evaluation of third-party technologies and products
• Be an authoritative and trusted partner with deep, practical experience in customer and workforce IAM and solution architecture best practices to various business and functional areas across the bank, as well as to risk management and governance functions
• Liaise with cloud, integration, data, security, and infrastructure architecture and development/engineering teams to ensure that all solution architecture views are defined and elaborated
• Participate in and support the execution of RBC architecture governance

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in a technical area of study (computer science, mathematics, engineering, etc.) or other BS/BA degree with a concentration in computer science or information systems
• IT experience of 10+ years with 3-5 years in solution architecture experience on large projects, with proven experience in defining and evolving the architectures of solutions with large user bases from project initiation to implementation to support
• Technical leadership and strong verbal and written communication skills to guide project delivery teams to implement the solutions that you have defined; strong negotiation skills to compel stakeholders to adopt your recommendations
• Extensive knowledge of IAM-related security capabilities (e.g., authentication, authorization, user, credential and role management, identity verification, access certification, privileged access management, etc.) and their realization and application across customer and workforce user populations
• Diverse solutions experience in a variety of environments, platforms, and channels, including multi-cloud, SaaS, on-prem, off-prem, mainframe, web, mobile, call center, public clients, etc.

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience in at least one of the following:

• Applying a variety of design patterns in solutions, including n-tier, containerization, SPA, microservices, events-driven architecture, SOA, modern data architectures
• Using a variety of protocols and standards in solutions, including SAML, OAuth, OIDC, XACML, SCIM, ZKP, FIDO2, human workflow, NIST 800-63, etc.
• Hands-on experience with different architecture and design frameworks (e.g., Zachman, TOGAF, SABSA), techniques (e.g., OO, Top-down, structured analysis, component-based design), and modeling tools (e.g., Sparx, Rational, ArchiMate, etc.)
• Extensive experience with various IAM products, tools, and technologies

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and have a lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater responsibilities

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Job Summary

Address: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada

City: CAN-BC-VANCOUVER

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: Technology and Operations

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2023-05-03

Application Deadline: 2023-05-15

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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