Solutions Architect

Brunel; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel is seeking a Solution Architect to lead architectural accountability across multiple projects, including a time and pay migration from JDE to Workday for a U.S.-based entity. The role emphasizes governance, integration design, and liaison with vendors, analysts, and technical teams.

You will balance business needs with technical constraints, ensuring solutions align with standards and program goals, while driving risk mitigation and architectural consistency across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT, engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in ERP, HCM, and identity solutions; integration architecture preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication; customer-focused mindset.
• Experience with third-party vendor support resources.
• Knowledge of waterfall and agile delivery methods.
• Ability to collaborate with business partners at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary architectural accountability across projects and ensure conformance to architectural principles, standards, and guidelines.
• Serve as the technical liaison between project leads, third-party architects, SMEs, and stakeholders across the program.
• Ensure architectural standards and guardrails for key program decisions; partner with service providers for governance and oversight.
• Work with system integrators and vendors to align integration designs with enterprise strategy and business requirements.
• Maintain architectural consistency across delivery teams and represent architecture in key decisions.
• Support risk identification and mitigation to improve Digital risk posture across the program.

Skills

ERP Systems

HCM

Identity Management

Integration Architecture

Communication

Delivery Methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering

Job description

Our client is looking for a Solution Architect for an exciting opportunity to partner with a growing and transforming business to advance key strategic efforts for the company.

You will be the primary point of architectural accountability across a variety of projects, including a time and pay migration from JDE to Workday for one of our U.S.-based entities. As a results-driven professional with a strong bias for action, you will be accountable for ensuring project

conformance to architectural principles, standards, and guidelines while advancing program goals.

As a strong communicator, you will serve as the technical liaison between project technical leads, third-party architects, SMEs, and key stakeholders across the program. You will work closely with, and take day-to-day direction from, the Program Technical Lead.

What You Will Be Doing

• As a visible champion of our core values, you will actively engage with Digital team members and business partners, rolling up your sleeves to achieve results.
• While the role spans the enterprise, it will primarily focus on initiatives within our corporate portfolio, helping us leverage technology to accelerate value delivery across the company
• You will ensure architectural standards and guardrails are in place for key program decisions and partner with service providers to enable leading-practice architectural governance and oversight.
• You will work with system integrators and vendors to ensure integration designs align with enterprise integration strategy. Partnering with business analysts and functional leads, you will ensure technical solutions meet business requirements.
• You will be accountable for ensuring project and program architecture decisions are technically sound and aligned with company standards and architectural principles.
• You will facilitate alignment across the program, collaborating with technical leadership and stakeholders across the broader enterprise portfolio.
• You will be responsible for maintaining architectural consistency across delivery teams and ensuring the architecture function is actively represented during key decisions.
• You will support technical and functional leads in managing and prioritizing business needs, while balancing demand and technical resource constraints within the program.
• You will lead the identification and execution of technical work required for boundary applications and integration services.
• This work will require strong communication skills, as you will regularly engage with managed service providers, vendor technical resources, and internal technical teams.
• You will proactively support risk identification and mitigation activities across the program, helping continuously improve Digital risk posture.
• You will provide technical leadership in the development, implementation, and maintenance of new solutions and applications, ensuring they are efficient, scalable, reliable, and aligned to program objectives.
• You will guide program resources in creating and maintaining architecture documentation that supports both solution delivery and ongoing operational support.

What You Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum seven (7) years of related experience working with ERP, HCM, and Identity solutions. Preference will be given to candidates with strong integration architecture experience.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Customer-first service mindset and approach.
• Experience working with third-party vendor support resources is preferred.
• Utility industry experience is preferred but not required.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with business partners at all levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies.
• Strong organizational, presentation, time management, and prioritization skills.
• Expertise in HCM, ERP, and Financial Systems, particularly in designing integrations with enterprise applications, is considered an asset.