Business Systems Architect

Southern Irrigation is actively seeking a motivated and reliable individual to join our team for our Chilliwack location.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Business Systems Architect & Development Lead

Location: Chilliwack, BC
Rate of Pay: $160,000–$200,000 per year, depending on experience

Job Purpose

The Business Systems Architect & Development Lead is responsible for the technical integrity and long-term direction of Southern Irrigation’s core business systems.

This role owns Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power BI, our webstore, and the integrations connecting them to other business applications.

We are not looking for a ticket-taking programmer. We need someone who can develop and troubleshoot directly, but whose greatest value is knowing what should be built, how it should be built, and whether it has been built properly.

This person will set technical direction, guide internal and external developers, challenge weak solutions, and ensure our systems remain dependable, scalable, maintainable, and ready for future growth.

It is not a remote contract role. Applicants must already be legally entitled to work in Canada without employer sponsorship. Southern Irrigation is not offering immigration sponsorship or relocation assistance for this position.

Key Result Areas

• Business Central is stable, efficient, maintainable, and properly architected.
• Internal and external development meets appropriate technical standards.
• Power BI reporting is accurate, dependable, efficient, and scalable.
• Business Central, Clover, the webstore, Power BI, and other applications integrate reliably.
• Systems continue to perform as data volumes, users, locations, and business requirements grow.
• Technical debt and poor architecture are identified and reduced.
• Problems are resolved at the root cause rather than repeatedly patched.
• Southern retains appropriate ownership, documentation, source code, and knowledge of its systems.
• Technical decisions balance immediate needs with long-term scalability, security, maintainability, and cost.
• Employees and leadership can trust the systems and information they rely on.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

• Own Business Central architecture and development standards.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain extensions and applications using AL.
• Assess business requirements and determine the right technical solution.
• Review existing customizations, extensions, and processes for performance, maintainability, and technical debt.
• Refactor or redesign weak or overly complex solutions.
• Troubleshoot issues and address root causes.
• Ensure custom development remains compatible with Microsoft updates.
• Maintain appropriate testing, version control, deployment, and documentation practices.

Development Leadership & Architecture

• Set technical standards across Southern’s business systems.
• Direct and review work completed by employees, contractors, consultants, and third-party developers.
• Review significant solutions before development begins.
• Assess work for architecture, code quality, performance, security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Hold external development partners accountable for the quality of their work.
• Determine when work should be completed internally or externally.
• Prevent unnecessary customization, duplication, and short-term solutions that create long-term problems.
• Maintain a clear understanding of major applications, integrations, and data flows.
• Anticipate system needs and recommend improvements before growth creates problems.

Power BI & Data

• Own the architecture and reliability of Southern’s Power BI environment.
• Design and maintain efficient data models, datasets, connections, and reporting structures.
• Ensure reporting is accurate and consistent.
• Establish clear definitions for key business metrics.
• Troubleshoot data discrepancies, failed refreshes, performance issues, and reporting errors.
• Reduce duplication and inefficient reporting structures.
• Ensure reporting scales with company growth and increasing data volumes.
• Build reports directly where appropriate and guide others completing Power BI development.

Integrations & Business Applications

• Own the design and reliability of integrations between Business Central and other systems.
• Design and maintain appropriate API and data-integration architecture.
• Oversee integrations involving Clover, the webstore, Power Platform, third