Senior Solutions Architect

6 days ago


Winnipeg, Canada Bison Transport Inc Full time

Senior Solutions Architect page is loaded Senior Solutions Architect Apply locations Winnipeg, MB time type Full time posted on Posted 4 Days Ago job requisition id R5250

The Senior Solutions Architect will collaborate with Continuous Improvement and Development teams as well as business leaders, stakeholders, and vendors to develop strategies and roadmaps. They work to define and maintain architecture artifacts for supporting project delivery and application support and lead technical vision and direction for solutions, ensuring consistency with overall enterprise and portfolio architecture that may at times include hands-on development (e.g., Proof of Concept and project development). The Solutions Architect will also have an opportunity to effect change within the organization by incorporating new patterns and/or technologies into new ways of working that improve business value.

Specific Responsibilities include:

  • Defines and facilitates a solution architecture that leverages enterprise capabilities and efficient usage of process, technology, data, and people to align these capabilities.
  • Consults with business partners and delivery stakeholders.
  • Leads the definition of and maintains the technical architecture(s).
  • Owns architectural decisions for the team and leads technical vision and direction for solutions.
  • Integrate vendor supplier software into the Bison technology eco-system.
  • Focal point for significant infrastructure and development issues ensuring quality designs that meet reliability and resiliency needs.
  • Builds roadmap(s) for implementing software and technology best practices in alignment with Bison’s technology strategy.
  • Proactively identifies opportunities where solutions can enhance organizational efficiency.
  • Keeps abreast of latest technological/industry trends.
  • Acts as a Trusted Technology advisor/advocate for business and peers.
  • Supports the development of technology roadmaps and proposals to achieve business plans.
  • Works closely with all team members to create solutions that accommodate future architectural changes and designs.
  • Identify critical driving forces of process, data, people, and technology at the highest levels.
  • Ability to look beyond traditional business concepts and drill to the heart of a given concept.

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

  • Bachelor Computer Science / Software Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in IT environments especially in the areas of application development and integrations.
  • 3+ years of experience in hands-on application architecture and solution design.
  • Experience designing integration solutions, with good understanding of Enterprise Integration and Architecture Patterns.
  • Familiar with architecture quality attributes, their basic tactics, and most-common trade-offs.
  • Experience tackling engineering aspects of an application including performance, availability, security, resiliency and maintainability issues.
  • Understanding and experience of with API Management and enterprise integration platform and design strategies.
  • Understanding and experience on most of the following architectural styles: Layered Architectures, Transactional applications, Client-Server, Sync/Async messaging, Microservices, PaaS-based architectures and SaaS-based applications; Experience designing Cloud PaaS and SaaS solutions.
  • Values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to utilize an iterative or agile approach.
  • Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with geographically dispersed teams and business functions.
  • Ability to effectively communicate high-level concepts and solutions with Technology and Business teams and stakeholders. 
  • Clear ability to simplify complex concepts.
  • Self-starter with the ability to comfortably operate in ambiguity.
  • Understands the framework (i.e., structure, people, processes, and technology) that supports an organization’s strategy and can successfully leverage it.
  • Ability to challenge; understanding how to impact and influence.
  • Ability to gauge, express and communicate risk.

Considered to be an Asset:

  • Experience in the transportation industry or a similarly complex supply chain environment.
  • Experience with vendor offerings in the trucking domain.
  • Experience with vendor engagement.
  • Experience with database design or data modeling.
  • Development experience in RDBMS, modern programming language(s) and frameworks such as services/API’s, SDLC, automation, agile.
  • Architectural experience using modelling languages and frameworks (UML, TOGAF, Archimate, 4+1 View Model, etc.), architecture practices and principles in Business, Information (data), Application, Technology, and Security architecture disciplines.
  • Understanding of continuous architecture and value stream approach to business solutions.
  • A general understanding of Business Architecture and Lean Six Sigma.

Why Bison:
• Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
• Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
• Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:
• Celebrating over 50 years in Business
• Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
• Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. 

About Us

Background and suitability for a career in Transportation is wide ranging. Some of our brightest people have joined us with no previous “trucking” experience. We always say we work in the “people business”. So, whether you have a background in the airline, automotive, retail or hospitality industries, to name a few, your experience is valuable and we are bound to find many transferrable skills.

We are ready to welcome exceptional, high potential contributors who aspire to lead people and processes in the pursuit of service excellence in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment. We seek team players who are eager to learn our business from the ground up, are able to demonstrate a track record of strong performance and possess a sincere interest in growing their careers in the transportation arena. We seek top notch communicators who adopt a driver of change mindset of “how can we be better, do better and get better results”.

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