Digital Services Architect

ALSTOM Gruppe; Saint-Bruno; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation technology company located in Quebec is seeking a Digital Services expert to drive major strategic projects. This role requires strong technical architecture knowledge and 5+ years in industrial project management. The ideal candidate will excel in cross-functional team environments and have a solid background in IT and OT systems. Join us to contribute to innovative Digital Services that enhance project efficiency.

Benefits

Collaborative team environment

Opportunity for career development

Cutting-edge project exposure

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing industrial projects with IT and OT systems.
• Proficient in English.
• Hands-on experience in interface management.
• Experience with signaling projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct performance analyses to identify issues.
• Design and validate digital system integration architecture.
• Develop and execute validation strategies.
• Support design and implementation of test environments.

Skills

Technical architecture

Cloud services

System architecture

Leadership skills

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Engineering Graduate/Diploma in Information Systems

Job description

Overview

Take on a new challenge and apply your Digital Services expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and results-driven teammates. You'll play a pivotal role in driving Digital Services projects in the frame of major and strategic Alstom project. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across several organizations such as Rolling Stock, Services, DIS, central experts, represent Digital Services in front of the final customers, ensure compliance with corporate Digital Services and cybersecurity processes, and document stakeholder requirements to meet business needs—and much more.

Responsibilities

• Assess RFP and project needs for Digital Railway solutions:
• Analyze client’s functional and technical requirements (RAMS, validation criteria, internal and transversal specs)
• Identify key integration topics and dependencies, coordinating with sub-systems managers
• Ensure integration and end-to-end validation activities are identified and shared within cross-functional teams
• Perform the End-to-End analysis:
• Conduct performance analysis to identify issues and areas for improvement
• Design and build the Technical Integration:
• Design and validate overall architecture, including technical documentation and interfaces
• Support seamless integration of various digital solutions, fostering interoperability and efficient communication
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain integration standards and protocols
• Address integration challenges by developing innovative solutions to enhance system coherence and functionality
• Support the Validation Strategy:
• Develop and execute a robust validation strategy to meet safety, performance, and regulatory requirements
• Provide technical expertise, coordinate testing efforts, and ensure thorough documentation of results
• Align validation objectives with project goals and timelines, ensuring successful execution
• Provide detailed reports and actionable insights to stakeholders
• Support the design and implementation of the Test Environment:
• Provide expertise for the design and implementation of test environments
• Ensure test environments have necessary tools, data, and configurations for comprehensive testing
• Collaborate with project teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues within the test environment
• Support the standardization of Digital integration activities
• Build and maintain the Digital Services architecture references
• Support the standardization of Digital integration ways of working
• Support the growth of Digital architects community with a training plan
• Proactively lead Project return of experience to improve costing and project execution
• Lead benchmark activities to ensure alignment of Alstom products with latest architecture and technology trends

Education and experience

• Engineering Graduate/ Diploma in Information Systems and Technology field or equivalent on-work experience
• English mandatory - proficient
• Expertize on technical architecture, Cloud services and IT processes delivery desirable
• Experience of 5 years on management of industrial projects with strong technical background in the field of IT and OT systems architecture
• Hands-on experience on interface management in multiple team context
• Previous experience on costing of activities in Tender phase desirable
• Previous experience on a signaling project (system application engineering, T&C) is a plus
• Knowledge of ALSTOM way of working for efficient process execution desirable
• Rigorous, autonomous, capacity to learn fast complex technical topics
• Interest for system architecture with good capacity of abstraction, technical writing and modeling
• Strong leadership, coordination and communication skills and capacity to orchestrate cross-functional activities in a multi-cultural and multi-level (system & sub-systems) environment. Result-oriented.
• Drive to push new topics throughout the organization and in front of the customer.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Work with cutting-edge Digital Services projects that enhance project efficiency
• Progress towards becoming a key player in establishing innovative and secure Digital Services scope of work in the frame of major Alstom contracts