Solutions Architect, Endpoint Management
Bank of Canada
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Ottawa, Ontario
Contract type: Full time
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The Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.
Building on the principles that have always guided us – excellence, integrity and respect – we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.
With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance - find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada's top employers: Working Here - Bank of Canada
Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process .
What You Will Do
The Bank of Canada is hiring a Solution Architect to join the End User Technology team in ITS. This team drives the evolution and support of the Bank’s digital end-user technologies. You’ll lead the evaluation and delivery of new technologies that enhance staff experience, supporting the Bank’s hybrid work strategy with inclusive, location-independent solutions.
As a subject matter expert, you’ll ensure solutions meet business needs while balancing functionality and security. You’ll also oversee integration, data flow, and infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and availability. You’ll collaborate with other architects and IT teams to align solutions with the Bank’s roadmaps and best practices.
As a Solutions Architect, You Will
You are a self-starter with the ability to quickly grasp the essence of complex issues. You are an effective communicator, able to clearly convey key points, organize content, and write in a style appropriate to the audience and purpose of the document and presentation. Requiring little supervision with the ability to function effectively as part of a team. You will contribute towards creating positive team dynamics by engaging in productive and respectful conversations. You will also need deep expertise in virtualization platforms, including:
The Bank’s work environment is conducive to the use of both of Canada’s official languages - English and French. Although the position language requirement is English or French essential, we do encourage everyone to improve second their language proficiency for future career growth and to contribute towards fostering a bilingual environment.
What You Need To Know
The Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a substantial part of each month as part of the Bank`s hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of eight days per month to help build connections between colleagues. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.
What You Can Expect From Us
This is a great opportunity to join a leading organization and be part of a high-performing team. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet your needs at every stage of your life and career. For more information on key benefits please visit A great deal to consider .
The Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.
Building on the principles that have always guided us – excellence, integrity and respect – we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.
With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance - find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada's top employers: Working Here - Bank of Canada
Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process .
What You Will Do
The Bank of Canada is hiring a Solution Architect to join the End User Technology team in ITS. This team drives the evolution and support of the Bank’s digital end-user technologies. You’ll lead the evaluation and delivery of new technologies that enhance staff experience, supporting the Bank’s hybrid work strategy with inclusive, location-independent solutions.
As a subject matter expert, you’ll ensure solutions meet business needs while balancing functionality and security. You’ll also oversee integration, data flow, and infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and availability. You’ll collaborate with other architects and IT teams to align solutions with the Bank’s roadmaps and best practices.
As a Solutions Architect, You Will
- Lead the design and implementation of modern device management strategies using Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM).
- Architect and support hybrid identity and device join scenarios, including Hybrid Azure AD Join, Group Policy integration, and co-management between Intune and SCCM.
- Troubleshoot critical issues across virtual platforms (AVD, MRDS), including performance bottlenecks, session host instability, user login delays, profile corruption, and connection broker issues.
- Integration and optimization of Entra ID (Azure AD) and on-premises Active Directory in hybrid environments.
- Design and deployment of security and compliance policies, leveraging tools such as Windows Autopilot, BitLocker, Conditional Access, Defender for Endpoint, and Microsoft Purview.
- Drive end-to-end architecture and adoption of cloud-first or hybrid endpoint strategies across large, complex environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including security, networking, and support operations to ensure platform stability and scalability.
You are a self-starter with the ability to quickly grasp the essence of complex issues. You are an effective communicator, able to clearly convey key points, organize content, and write in a style appropriate to the audience and purpose of the document and presentation. Requiring little supervision with the ability to function effectively as part of a team. You will contribute towards creating positive team dynamics by engaging in productive and respectful conversations. You will also need deep expertise in virtualization platforms, including:
- Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
- Windows 365
- Azure Stack HCI
- Hands-on experience with FSLogix for profile containerization and Office container management in virtual desktop environments.
- experience implementing Cloud services for Canadian government organizations to support sensitive data (i.e. Protected B data)
- exposure to diverse work environments, with a broad understanding of multiple business sectors, hardware and software technologies and IT security
- Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (asset)
- bachelor’s degree in computer science, software or systems engineering or another related discipline
- Your combined education and work experience demonstrate that you are effective at learning and applying new skills in relation to the implementation of cloud-based digital collaboration tools (i.e. Office 365, Workspace, AWS Collaboration Solutions).
- Experience of integrating Microsoft Office 365 technologies with various security capabilities including Defender 365, mail gateways, multi-factor authentication and encryption
The Bank’s work environment is conducive to the use of both of Canada’s official languages - English and French. Although the position language requirement is English or French essential, we do encourage everyone to improve second their language proficiency for future career growth and to contribute towards fostering a bilingual environment.
What You Need To Know
- Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
- Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
- There will be no relocation assistance provided
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
- The official title for this position is “Solutions Architect ”
The Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a substantial part of each month as part of the Bank`s hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of eight days per month to help build connections between colleagues. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.
What You Can Expect From Us
This is a great opportunity to join a leading organization and be part of a high-performing team. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet your needs at every stage of your life and career. For more information on key benefits please visit A great deal to consider .
- Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $124,279 to $146,211 (job grade 18)
- The Bank offers an incentive for successfully meeting expectations at 7 to 10% of your base salary. The Bank offers additional performance pay (5%) for those who exceed expectations. Exceptional performers who far exceed expectations may be eligible for higher performance pay.
- Flexible and comprehensive benefits so you can choose the level of health and dental coverage that meets your needs
- Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
- Option to join the indexed, defined-benefit pension plan after 24 consecutive months of service
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