Solutions Architect

Our Edmonton headquartered client is seeking a permanent Solutions Architect to lead, guide, evaluate & define the appropriate architectural strategy and technology-based solutions to align business objectives with their Information Services (IS) strategies.  Mindful of the comprehensive cost of ownership & required investment for future, you contribute to the development of all styles and patterns of architecture solutions – and can easily articulate how technology choices affect current and future business value.

This organization offers everyone Everyday Flexibility, Flexible Work Arrangements and a Hybrid Work Environment!

• Identify problems, identify solutions and make it all happen.  Document, learn & optimize and repeat.
•  Design
  • Develop and implement architectural processes (governance and operational) to gather requirements, obtain business consensus, perform vendor and product evaluations, deliver solutions, including thorough documentation.
  • Design implementation, migration, and interface strategies within assigned applications and/or projects to facilitate conformance to the organization’s technology architectures. Responsible for continuity across integration projects through standards enforcement.
  • Provide technical guidance and ensure solutions are consistent with architectural direction and consist of approved technologies and reusable assets. Actively seek ways to re-use components to improve ROI on assets.
  • Analyze user requirements taking into consideration interfaces with other systems, as well as hardware and software limitations and develop options to satisfy user requirements and optimize reliability and availability.
• Strategize
  • Resolve complex issues of an operational and/or applications nature or issues. Lead IS and/or project management through a process of narrowing a problem statement to settle on an overall scope and approach to solve it.
  • Identify gaps and maintain a repository and their associated roadmaps as architectural assets.
  • Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of supported applications.
  • Create and manage technology strategy and roadmap to influence IS decision making.
  • Research and evaluate emerging and maturing technologies to facilitate the identification, introduction, and exploitation of technologies for solutions.
• Lead
  • Identifies opportunities for IS to ensure high quality in all deliverables and continuous improvement in solution definition and delivery.
  • Oversee the creation, delivery and approval of detailed functional and design specifications being produced by developers and/or vendors and review test plans. Ensure all architecture goals are communicated as work transactions to detailed specifications prior to any construction beginning.
  • Documents formal architecture definition per solution where IT components and IS services are needed, filling any gaps, and shows traceability back to business and functional requirements.
  • Provides feasibility documents, solution diagrams, rough cost estimates, and comparative viewpoints as supporting material to help make decisions.
  • Promotes the Enterprise Architecture function and advocates benefits of longer term or more holistic thinking.

• 8+ years’ hands-on demonstrated experience in a Business Intelligence Delivery role, Data Management, Data Analytics or related data disciplines.
• Strong knowledge and demonstrated hands-on experience of Data Technologies and Architectures.
• Experience with cloud-native data persistence technologies and Analytics tools/tech: Databricks, PowerBI, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of Data Virtualization and Master Data Management experience is required.
• At least 3 years of working experience with Scrum as an agile framework for product development and delivery; as well as a general understanding of Pragmatic Marketing and Agile using SAFe principles and other as applicable.
• Good understanding of Data Integration, platform/API services is required.
• University, college or technical degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent. Alternatively, extensive proven track record in the primary position disciplines within Financial Sector environment.

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please click the ‘Apply for Job’ button below to send your resume securely and in confidence directly to the recruiter in charge of this position. We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.