Manager Solution Architecture

2 months ago

Canada Canadian National Railway Full time

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**

CNDS (CN Data Services) is seeking a Data Platform Architecture Manager to lead the delivery of the Data Platform and Systems Architecture practice and Data Platform Engineering delivery at CN. The role is responsible for leading technological roadmap discussions, data platform and system architecture, Data Platform System Design, Data Platform delivery and steering the organization towards innovative and secure Data Platforms to meet business requirements in collaboration with the leadership team.

**Main Responsibilities**

**Team Management**
- People Management - management of direct reports, goals setting, career development, hiring, work assignments, team performance.
- Talent Development - ensure people have clear skill growth objectives in alignment with strategic technology directions and required training resources.
- Staff Aug Management - Manage the performance of staff augmentation partners to ensure timely staffing of top talent resources.
- Ensure financial objectives are reached and tracked (OPEX/CAPEX).

**Data Platform System Architecture & Platform Delivery**
- Architecture Review Board - Oversee the delivery of complex & critical solution architectures: Ensure processes and governance are understood and followed, works with other teams to facilitate collaboration, ensures involvement of the right architects, right SMEs and key stakeholders during the processes. Ensures that deliverables are meeting quality standards and delivered on time
- Project Scoping - Translate business requirements into project delivery plans.
- Project Staffing - Create agile delivery PODs with properly skilled architects
- Project Delivery -Drive project execution and quality with regular engineering reviews.
- Strategy, planning and management of data platform budgets.

**Architecture Practice Management**
- Give overall direction and guidance for putting in place best-in-class architecture processes for designing large and complex systems. Assign and coordinate extensive workload based on project criticality and architecture complexity.
- Ensure key architecture decisions made during projects aimed to maximizes the value and manage the risk of CN investment
- Ensures that solutions are in line with enterprise and domain architecture content to support short and long-term business objectives
- Ensure architecture solutions from the team are aligned with the requirements from the Reliability team and the Safety team
- Drive change to enable enterprise and domain architecture strategies and positions
- Represent Architecture in project management process improvement initiatives
- Identify, promote, and lead process improvements.
- Development and implementation of strategic planning for data platforms and systems Architectures.
- Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and influence, with a customer-centricity mindset for optimal expectations management.
- Continuous communication planning and execution to keep all stakeholders informed and engaged.

**Organizational Impact**

**Decision Making & Impacts**

As this role focuses on leading a team to deliver business and technical solution, the organizational impact is substantial.

**Level of Interaction/Influence**

The following team interaction is expected:

- I&T Directors, Senior Managers and peer managers
- Product Manager group
- Architecture group
- Data Engineering
- Data Design
- Data Governance
- Data AI
- Information Architecture
- Project Managers
- Operations Team
- Other Design Team
- CN business partners (Signal & Communication, Intermodal, etc.) and other I&T teams

**Employees Supervised/Org Structure**

Manages a team of experts, specialists, analysts and consultants

**Requirements**:
**Education & Experience**
- Minimum 10-15 years overall work experience, with a gradual evolution from software development roles
- Minimum 5 years experience leading teams and overseeing deliverables
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree

**Skills/Knowledge**
- Data Platform architecture and system design
- Define capabilities, principals, patterns, and positions
- Define architecture and engineering standards, patterns & best practices.
- Lead the delivery and rollout of data platforms into PROD and comply to service operationalization standards
- Platform modernization strateg

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