Solution Architect, Enterprise Applications

Kinaxis; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days

Flexible work options

Well-being programs

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Kinaxis is seeking a Solution Architect for Enterprise Applications to transform business operations through innovative solutions. This role involves bridging business strategy with technical execution across various domains like HR, Finance, and IT.

The ideal candidate will have 7–10 years of experience and a Bachelor’s degree, excelling in leading complex initiatives and providing architectural leadership. Kinaxis offers flexible vacation, work options, and a strong commitment to inclusion and fairness.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in solution architecture or related roles.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-scale initiatives.
• Strong expertise in architecture modeling and API design.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into scalable enterprise solutions.
• Lead architecture for complex initiatives across functions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption opportunities.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise applications architecture

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Location

Hybrid - Ottawa and Toronto. Remote for other locations in Canada.

About The Team

We’re looking for a Solution Architect, Enterprise Applications to help transform how our business operates through innovative, scalable, and secure enterprise solutions.

In this role, you’ll bridge business strategy and technical execution, translating complex business needs into architecture that delivers measurable outcomes. You’ll provide architecture leadership across our enterprise application landscape ensuring solutions align with business priorities, enterprise standards, and long-term technology strategy. This is an opportunity for an experienced architect who thrives on solving complex challenges, influencing technology direction, and partnering with leaders across the organization to drive meaningful business impact.

What you will do

• Translate business needs and strategic objectives into scalable, secure enterprise solutions across HR, Finance, Corporate IT, Cloud Services, Facilities, Legal, Security, collaboration, productivity, and data platforms.
• Lead architecture for complex, cross-functional initiatives, defining solution approaches, patterns, and technical direction.
• Design end-to-end solutions that balance business value, user experience, security, compliance, scalability, governance, and cost efficiency.
• Guide key architectural decisions throughout delivery, ensuring solutions remain aligned with intended business outcomes.
• Develop architecture artifacts including solution designs, integration patterns, data flows, APIs, workflows, and architecture diagrams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, and recommend practical, responsible adoption opportunities.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to shape roadmaps, evaluate technology investments, and support build-versus-buy decisions.
• Communicate architectural recommendations, trade-offs, risks, and impacts to both technical and business audiences.
• Mentor technical teams, lead architecture reviews, and promote reusable patterns, standards, and best practices across the organization.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in solution architecture, enterprise applications architecture, or related senior technical roles.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, enterprise-scale initiatives involving multiple business functions and stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in architecture modeling, business process and service design, data and integration architecture, API design, and non-functional requirements.
• Proven ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems and establish effective architectural approaches where limited precedent exists.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security, governance, privacy, compliance, and risk management principles.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to drive decisions and alignment without direct authority.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.