Solutions Architect

Job Purpose

World Vision Canada is in the midst of a digital transformation, and the Solution 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

• Designs solution architectures that address business and technical challenges while meeting functional and non-functional requirements 

• Develops architecture artifacts, estimates effort, and communicates reusable solution designs to support current and future business initiatives

• Interfaces with all levels of the organization to understand problems and communicate solutions

• 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 

• Experience with design patterns and the principles of creating reusable architecture (e.g. TOGAF) 

• 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.)

• Artificial Intelligence and its use in software development lifecycle 

• Cloud infrastructure architectures, including networking, identity and access management, security controls, disaster recovery, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices. 

• 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?  

• Our competitive compensation & benefits include:

• Health Spending Account
• Up to 6% matched pension contributions
• Parental leave top-up
• Generous paid vacation, sick days, wellness and personal days
• Office closed extra days before long weekends (6x/year)

• 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.

This is a current vacancy that we are actively recruiting for. The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with Ontario’s pay transparency requirements under the Employment Standards Act. 

Placement within the range will be determined based on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. The final offer will reflect the successful candidate’s background and demonstrated capabilities. 

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