Solutions Architect

World Vision

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

World Vision Canada is undergoing a digital transformation, with the Solution Delivery group within the Enterprise Technology and Transformation team at its center. The Solutions Architect is primarily responsible for the end-to-end design of technology solutions to business problems. The role involves working with technical and non-technical internal and external stakeholders to understand problems and environments, and collaborating with technical leaders and agile teams. The Solutions Architect ensures solutions follow Enterprise Architecture standards and policies and actively participates in the community that defines and maintains them.

Requirements

• 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 principles of creating reusable architecture (e.g., TOGAF).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to understand problems and compellingly articulate solutions.
• Broad technical skills, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar CRM/ERP business suite; web technologies such as HTTP/HTTPS, web services, SAML, JavaScript, and JavaScript frameworks; integration technologies and architectures such as SOA, microservices, MQ, and EDI; RDBMS, NoSQL, and Big Data storage and related technologies such as Snowflake and Spark; artificial intelligence and its use in the 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; and DevSecOps principles and design patterns.
• Strong ability to adapt and learn new technologies.
• 2+ years of delivery experience in Agile environments.

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 defining and maintaining 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.

Benefits

• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level