Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, and one of the largest employers in the country. It offers a full range of financial products and services and is home to a wealth of expertise in property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, wealth management, services for businesses of all sizes, securities brokerage, asset management, venture capital, and secure, leading-edge virtual access methods.

Job Level

NV-11Looking to play an active role in the IT transformation of a rapidly developing, modern and people-focused organization? Interested in joining a large team leading the development and governance of IT foundations, which are central to Desjardins Group’s modernization efforts? Desjardins is going digital and speeding up its IT transformation by implementing IT foundations, cloud platforms, tools and practices that will allow us to offer innovative, optimal and sustainable business solutions in a coordinated way that ensures data security. Within this division, our team is responsible for accelerating the organization’s modernization efforts through scalable and sustainable foundations that are easy to use and wisely integrated into business solutions.

As an architect in charge of Desjardins’s cloud computing infrastructure services, you ensure that their development is in line with the organization’s strategies and priorities. You ensure that these services meet business project needs. You therefore work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security and your IT and business partners to complete your roadmap and develop flowcharts to ensure the sound use of these business services. In product mode, you manage the corresponding backlog for the Agile SAFe delivery teams. Lastly, you provide tools and coaching to the designers of the solutions underlying your areas of responsibility. You serve as expert advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for senior management and decision making bodies.

The nature of the initiatives requires extensive expertise in several technology fields, covering aspects pertaining to processes, data, applications and infrastructure. These require analysis and an overall, in-depth understanding of the organization and its strategic priorities. Coordination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders. Highly developed interpersonal skills are therefore essential.

General Information on the Position

Main responsibilities

Other working conditions

Qualifications

Please note that other combinaisons of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

Specific knowledge

Desjardins Cross-sector skills

Action oriented, Collaborates, Customer Focus, Innovation

Key competencies for the job

Interpersonal Savvy, Strategic mindset

Work Location

400, boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest Montréal

Trade Union

Non Syndiqué

Unposting Date

2021-03-4

Job Family

Information technology (FG)