Integration Architect

1 month ago


Nepean, Ontario, Canada Thales Canada Full time
Location: Ottawa, CanadaIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada's capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada's best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

This position is hybrid Ottawa, Ontario.

Position Summary

Thales Canada, Defence & Security is engaged in supporting the Canadian Army's Land Command, Control, Communications & Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (LC4ISR) systems which enable critical decisions on a daily basis. Together with industry partners, Thales is building on the existing networks and applications to enhance digitized operations, support communications between joint and allied forces, and monitor and defend against the threats and evolving capabilities of potential adversaries.

Thales Canada is looking for people interested in directly contributing to the evolution of advanced digitized operations for the Canadian Army into the future, both in Canada and on overseas deployments. There are opportunities available in each of the four LC4ISR programs, which include:


• System of systems engineering and integration;

• Core network;

• Applications; and

• Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR).

The Integration Architect will complete architecture tasks such as needs analysis, development of logical and physical architecture descriptions, development of application data communications architectures, and options analysis. The Integration Architect will be responsible for defining the integration strategy, and for maintaining the repository of integration architecture artifacts in a formalized manner in alignment with internal Thales Canada Defence and Security practices. During the implementation phase, the Integration Architect will be "hands on", leading a software development team and participating him or herself in the software implementation.

Key Areas of Responsibility


• Define solution and/or solution element candidate architectures to meet stakeholders' expectations in compliance with standardization and reuse policies, technology roadmap, and business strategy, while accounting for trade-offs between stakeholders' expectations, technical/technological risk, cost, and schedule;

• Produce architectural artefacts, and review the resulting lower level specifications;

• Develop and maintain inter-product communication protocols as necessitated by business requirements and processes;

• Conduct technical arbitration between various contributors (internal and/or external to Thales);

• Produce white papers, studies, analyses, and technical recommendations;

• Present architectural proposals to the customer group and guide technical discussions amongst stakeholders;

• Document and maintain an up-to-date architectural model;

• Maintain minutes for architectural discussions summarizing key discussion points and capturing actions for follow-up;

• Contribute to the long-term product/solution vision and strategy; and

• Develop/maintain currency in software system best practices, methodologies, initiatives, and advancements.

Minimum Qualifications


• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent education with relevant experience

• Experience developing, integrating, and testing enterprise systems: 5 years (within the last 10)

• Experience specifying, architecting, and designing enterprise systems: 5 years

• Of these, 2 years of experience using tools typically used for model development such as Enterprise Architect by Sparx Systems or other, similar tools

Regulatory Compliance Requirements:


• Ability to obtain a NATO Secret security clearance

• Ability to meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the Canadian Controlled Goods Registration Program (including ITAR-controlled articles)

Special Position Requirements


• Hybrid position. Full time, standard business hours.

• Possibility of occasional travel to customer site for technical support / integration activities.

• Possibility of occasional travel within Canada for planning events.

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.

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