Position:
Solutions Architect
Reports to:
Director, Employee Centric Delivery
Position Term:
Full Time Permanent
Primary Location:
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Workplace Type:
Hybrid
Job Purpose
World Vision Canada is in the midst of a digital transformation, and the Employee-Centric Delivery group within the Enterprise Technology and Transformation team is at the heart of it. The Solutions Architect is primarily responsible for the end-to-end design of technology solutions to business problems. This responsibility encompasses interfacing with all levels of internal and external stakeholders (both non-technical and technical) to fully understand problems and environments. They collaborate closely with other technical leaders and the agile teams that they support. The Solutions Architect is responsible for ensuring that solutions follow all Enterprise Architecture standards and policies, as well as being an active participant in the community that defines and maintains them.
Responsibilities
- Solves, at a high-level, business and technical problems faced by the organization
- Estimates, creates, documents and presents reusable solution architectures to solve existing or future business problems
- Interfaces with all levels of the organization to understand problems and communicate solutions
- Has a complete understanding of all aspects of the software development lifecycle
- Has working knowledge of modern solutions in server technology, networking, databases, big data solutions and web technologies
- Understands design patterns and the principles of creating reusable architectures
- Articulates solutions to Scrum teams and ensures adherence to documented architecture
- Ensures that solutions adhere to all Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, processes and policies
- Participates in the definition and maintenance of Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, processes and policies
- Works with the Enterprise Architecture community to define strategic direction and roadmap
- Safeguards the Enterprise against technology creep and technical debt
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of development experience
- 5+ years in software architecture, data architecture, solutions architecture or equivalent
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to ensure full understanding of problems and compelling articulation of solutions
- Wide breadth of technical skills, including but not limited to:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar CRM/ERP business suite
- Web technologies (including HTTP/HTTPS, Web services, SAML, Javascript and JS frameworks)
- Integration technologies/architectures, e.g. SOA, Microservices, MQ, EDI
- RDBMS, No SQL and Big Data data storage and related technologies (e.g. Snowflake, Spark, etc.)
- System migration and integration architecture
- Cloud solutions architecture
- SaaS, PaaS and COTS implementation architecture
- DevSecOps principles and Design patterns
- Strong ability to adapt and learn new technologies
- 2+ years of delivery experience in Agile environments
Why Consider Us?
- World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada and GTA top employer awards.
- We are Canada’s largest development, relief, and advocacy non-profit organization.
- We embody an Agile mindset here.
- We offer competitive pay and benefits. Our comprehensive health benefits start at day 1 which includes a Health Spending Account.
- We match pension contributions up to 6% and provide a top-up for pregnancy & parental leaves.
- We offer extra time off for restoration by closing for an additional day on long weekends, 6 times a year.
- We provide up to six weeks’ vacation, plus paid sick days, personal days & wellness days.
- We offer a family-friendly, caring, and flexible work environment.
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JobFamily
IT
JobFunction
Manager/Supervisor
PayType
Salary
EmploymentIndicator
Hybrid