Expert Solution Architecture

at  Canadian National Railway

At CN, we work together to move our company—and North America—forward. Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion. From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks. You will be able to develop your skills and career in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us!

JOB SUMMARY

The role of Expert Solution Architect is to define a sound architecture that will meet the Business and IT needs and that will align with the CN directions and standards. The main area of focus will be to assess Cloud (SaaS) solutions and define their integration into the CN application landscape. This includes the definition of solution architecture at High and detailed level, collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and other solution architects, provide governance in the delivery of the solution to designers & integrators. More precisely, the Expert defines the solution and validates with other stakeholders (e.g. security, RAM, Safety, etc.), drives alignment of the proposed solution with the Enterprise & Domain strategies, roadmaps and manages risk mitigation and as required drives issue escalation & resolution related to the solution architecture.
Main Responsibilities

Build Solution Architecture

• Create, scope, plan, document solution architecture.
• Work with peers and designers to make sure the proposed solution is realized as per the architecture requirement.
• Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have.

Modernization

• Build long term business roadmaps.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION/DESIGNATION

Bachelor degree in computer sciences, engineering or equivalent degree and experience
Skills/Knowledge
Strong architecture knowledge within numerous fields: business, security, application, information, and technology architecture facets
Strong knowledge in HR leading applications (eg. Workday, Success Factors)
Strong ability to bring complex concept to actionable architecture deliverable.
Strong capacity to learn new concepts and technology quickly with the capacity to coach, mentor and develop others in learning them.
Strong ability at making hard decisions by understanding and explaining trade -offs between business enablement and technology economics impacts.
Ability to influence business and technology stakeholders to define a solution that meets stakeholder’s requirements.
Very good ability to build collaborative cross functional relationships, pulling together and maintaining a cohesive and high functioning team.
Strong ability to lead team on a mandate and to lead decisions.
Capable of building and safekeeping integrity and credibility among all solution’s stakeholders (Business & IT).
Ability to deliver mandate with great autonomy – self-driven.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.

EXPERIENCE

Minimum 10-15 years overall IT work experience
Minimum 10 years integrating SaaS solutions into an existing ecosystem
Minimum 10 years working directly with business partners understanding their requirements, and assisting/driving RFI, RFP, RFQ

Please refer the Job description for details