Sr. Specialist Enterprise Solution Architect (m|w|x)

Magna International • Aurora, ON

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About The Position

As a Senior Specialist Enterprise Solution Architect, you are responsible for designing and governing enterprise-level, cross-domain solution architectures within the MPT IT landscape. You translate business capabilities and requirements into scalable, integrated, and sustainable solutions across enterprise applications, data, integration, infrastructure, and cloud platforms, with future readiness in mind.

Requirements

• Degree in computer science, business informatics, or a comparable qualification.
• More than 10 years of relevant professional experience in an enterprise IT environment.
• Experience in business and system analysis across complex application landscapes, including assessing dependencies, integration requirements, and architectural impacts.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application landscapes, application and integration architectures, APIs, data flows, and hybrid IT environments (on-premises and cloud).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to present complex architectural topics in a structured and audience-appropriate manner.
• Ability and willingness to combine strategic, conceptual, and implementation-oriented responsibilities.
• Willingness to travel internationally approximately 15%.
• English language skills at C1 level are required.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant professional experience in the automotive or manufacturing industry.
• Experience with manufacturing IT and OT/IoT integration.
• Certifications in IT architecture or IT service management, such as ITIL.
• German language skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and continuous enhancement of enterprise and solution architecture principles and standards in collaboration with domain experts from business applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, security, and OT.
• Conduct business and system analyses across multiple domains to identify opportunities for optimization, digitalization, integration, and modernization.
• Define and align cross-domain target architectures and architectural roadmaps with business and IT stakeholders.
• Evaluate architecture-relevant demands within the demand management process, assess architectural impact, and ensure alignment with IT strategy, architecture principles, and integration requirements.
• Design end-to-end enterprise solution architectures across business applications, enterprise platforms, integration, data, infrastructure, and cloud, including interfaces to OT/IoT environments where relevant.
• Ensure solution architectures align with enterprise architecture principles, target architectures, technology standards, and strategic platform decisions.
• Provide architectural guidance and governance throughout project implementation, supporting projects in translating approved solution architectures into implementation.
• Maintain relevant architecture artifacts and architectural decisions in LeanIX to ensure architectural transparency and quality.
• Coach and enable business, IT, and OT stakeholders in applying architecture principles, target architectures, and solution concepts.

Benefits

• Engaging and dynamic environment.
• Support and resources to help employees succeed.
• Exciting and varied responsibilities.
• A wide range of development prospects.

What This Job Offers

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