Senior Technology Architect

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

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What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Technology Architect, you will be responsible for the creation and evolution of CIBC BANK USA technology strategy, architecture, and governance management. You actively contribute to CIBC’s enterprise technology standards and best practices and create processes and procedures that align with CIBC’s enterprise governance standards. You pro-actively engage in initiatives and projects to ensure all requirements are met; align technology teams with the strategic direction for CIBC Enterprise Architecture and Domain organizations; and ensure the organization stays informed on emerging technology trends. You build relationships across the bank to align business needs with best-in-class technology solutions. The Senior Technology Architect position also emphasizes on strategic planning, technical leadership, and creating architectures of IT systems for both greenfield and existing applications. This role involves designing and overseeing the implementation of complex IT architectures, aligning technology with business goals, and providing guidance to development teams and vendors. This technology architect role also manages exceptions to architectural standards.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role.  You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How you’ll succeed

• Strategic Planning & Architecture: Develop and implement technology architectures, strategies, and roadmaps that align with business objectives. Ensure architecture and solutions created consider factors such as performance, scalability, impact to upstream and downstream systems, record retention and security

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and expertise to project teams, developers, and vendors.

• System Design & Implementation: Design, implement, and maintain IT systems, including infrastructure, applications, and data solutions. Engage on technology projects (requirements, design, and testing) to understand their needs and assess alignment to Enterprise standards. Recommend modifications to or exceptions from the standards as appropriate

• Standards & Compliance: Establish and enforce architectural standards, frameworks, metrics, policies, and procedures.

• Communication & Collaboration: Serve as liaison and partner to business teams, IT teams, and solution and enterprise architects. Communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement: Diagnose and tro