Solutions Architect

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a leading national law firm focused on serving the transaction, advocacy and advisory needs of Canada’s most dynamic business sectors. We have one of the largest business law practices in the country, serving multinational, national and mid-market clients from our offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.

Our Culture:

At Cassels, our mission is to attract, retain and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from as broad a range of backgrounds as possible. We offer meaningful career opportunities, invest in professional growth, and foster an inclusive environment. Our Firm’s success is built on the unique skills, perspectives, experiences and values of each individual. We encourage a corporate culture that respects and celebrates the dignity, value and diversity of all.

Role Overview:

Our Toronto office is currently seeking a Solutions Architect to join our Information Technology department, reporting to the Team Lead, Data & Analytics / AI Transformation. This role centers on the design, build, documentation, and maintenance of automation and Business Intelligence solutions that enhance efficiency and productivity across the Firm. The role also provides third-level support to other IT team members, addressing complex issues and providing advanced technical assistance for automation, BI and analytics solutions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Evaluating, designing, and analyzing the implementation of automation and BI solutions across a group of specific business applications or technologies, based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements, and enterprise standards.
• Designing, building, documenting, and maintaining automation solutions using Power Automate, Azure Cognitive Services, Copilot agents, and other BI services.
• Maintaining and supporting the Firm's data lake, including data pipelines, data integrity, and overall data quality.
• Designing, building, and maintaining BI dashboards and analytics to support business decision-making.
• Staying current on developments in BI, AI, data, and automation technology, and relays new developments and their impact to IT management.
• Consulting with application team leads to ensure connectivity of data between business applications and identifies when it is necessary to modify designs to accommodate the solution's connected architecture.
• Creating and maintaining architectural data flow designs to guide and contextualize solution development across applications.
• Working closely with the project management office (PMO) to ensure the execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised throughout the project or product life cycle.
• Understanding emerging AI, automation, and data technology trends and their practical application to enable new and evolving business and operating models (stretch).
• Designing and implementing governance to ensure solutions architecture assurance, security, and compliance across all automation, AI, and data solutions.
• Liaising with stakeholders to establish requirements, plan solutions, and guide execution through to delivery.
• Providing advanced (third level) support for automation, BI, and analytics solutions.
• Ensuring that incidents are resolved within established SLAs.
• Maintaining a well-documented known state of automation and BI solutions.
• Continually reviewing and identifying processes and configurations to ensure that they meet expectations.
• Modelling and cultivating behaviours that achieve business success, including collaboration, accountability, and ownership.
• Developing new ideas for improving organizational performance.
• Providing on-call support to deal with emergency support, outages, and updates.
• Other duties and responsibilities as they may be assigned.

The successful candidate must have the following education, experience and/or demonstrated skills:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in enterprise applications and automation development, with 3+ years of experience implementing and administering Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps) and services such as Azure Cognitive Services and Copilot Studio / Copilot agents
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in technical or infrastructure architecture, application development, database management, and cloud implementation
• In-depth experience with the setup, configuration, and deployment of applications using Azure services, ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability
• Experience maintaining and supporting data lake, including pipeline development, monito