Expert Application Data Architect

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

CN Customer Solutions Group is seeking a Senior Data Architect to drive strategic innovation and modernization initiatives and architecture practices. As a data and technology architect, you will lead the architecture of cloud native APIs, Data-Hubs, Data-Lake Information models and cloud infrastructures to drive the creation industry leading products. As an expert product builder, you will define practical architectures that ensure the performance, scalability, and maintainability of complex distributed systems. You will also contribute to the definition of strategic data and technology directions and define continuous improvement objectives in collaboration with Innovation leadership team.

Main Responsibilities

Responsibility 1

Assist in developing and of modernization initiatives that is in line with business processes. The strategy includes data model designs, database development standards.

Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors for the smooth functioning of the enterprise data system.

Managing product end-to-end data architecture, designing the technical architecture.

Integrating technical functionality, ensuring data accessibility, accuracy, and security.

Builds roadmap(s) for implementing and manage best practices in alignment with product architecture strategy.

Keeps abreast of latest technological/industry trends.

Lead modern data architecture best practices including Domain Driven Design and Analytical data models.

Design and optimize application and integration strategies for the cost-effective delivery of scalable and reliable distributed systems.

Responsibility 2

-Evaluate current and emerging Data, Analytics and AI technologies. Be a leader in the architecture and engineering group, fostering a culture of design thinking, brainstorming, efficiency, and balancing vision with practicality.

-Define architecture and engineering standards, patterns & best practices.

-Influence leadership with effective communication of proposals, directions and strategic decision making.

Requirements

Experience

12+ years of experience with data engineering and architecture.
5+ years of experience in IT environments especially in the areas of data management, system development life cycle and data integrations.
5+ years of experience as a Data Architect with application, technology architecture modelling, planning and documentation for development, including SQL development and database administration.
3+ years of experience as Senior Architect using cloud native data architecture and technologies.

Education/Certification/Designation

Competencies

Leadership
Communication
Time management
Business Acumen

Technical Skills/Knowledge

Must haves

Expert knowledge of engineering, architecting, and delivering enterprise grade products.

Expert knowledge of designing integration solutions, with good understanding of Enterprise Data Integration and Architectural Data Patterns.

Expert knowledge of Information and Data Architecture patterns

Good knowledge of Data Governance and Data Lineage and technologies.

Goof knowledge of SOA architecture, patterns and implementation

Good knowledge of analytical data models Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Fact and dimensional Tables, Physical and Logical Data Modeling

Good knowledge of Database Architectures - SQL, NoSQL, Document, Graph, Search, In-memoryDB

Good knowledge of Micro Service Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, CQRS

Good knowledge of API Architecture and Schema Modeling is a plus

Ability to simplify complex concepts.

Good communication and presentation skills

Ability to plan and lead the work of data designers and developers

Nice to haves

Experience in program & project scoping and planning with Agile process and tools

Experience in delivering agile and iterative architectures

Experience architecting/operating solutions build on Azure, GCP, others

Experience implementing Big Data, Pipelines and Data Warehouse Architectures

o Like Hadoop, ADLS, Spark, DeltaLake

o Tools like Sqoop, Flume, Kafka, Oozie, Solr, Avro

Experience with Event Driven Architecture - Pub-Sub, Kafka, MQ, MQTT

Experience with Integration of Transactions, Data, Streaming, Batch, Files, APIs

Cloud Data Services Architecture knowledge

DevOps knowledge

Experience working with DevOps, CI/CD/CT - Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab

Experience with Test Automation, TDD, BDD, ATDD

Experience with AI/ML technologies

Experience with Legacy Systems Modernization (Mainframe, SAP, Java) is a plus

Lead the architecture and delivery of data products with very high strategic value and business visibility

Lead strategic data architecture practices and modernization approaches of the innovation group

Create strategic technology directions

Define continuous improvement objectives

Employees Supervised/Organizational Structure

Be a functional and though leader to indirect reports

This position is posted as a grade 7. For internal candidates, note that the grade level of the position may adjust based on the employee's experience.

About CN

CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. As the only railroad connecting Canada's Eastern and Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S. through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship. At CN, we work as ONE TEAM, focused on safety, sustainability and our customers, providing operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.

At CN, we are dedicated to building North America's safest, most inclusive and sustainable railroad, which includes reflecting the communities in which we operate. Research shows that candidates from underrepresented groups often don't apply unless they feel they fit the job posting at 100%. Even if you don't see yourself in every job requirement listed in a posting, we still encourage you to apply. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please reach out to our team at .

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