Solutions Architect

BQ INTERNATIONAL LTD.; Regina; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Solution Architect with extensive expertise in Microsoft 365 to join their Solutions & Architecture team. This role involves leading IT projects, developing technical specifications, and ensuring solutions meet business needs. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and hands-on experience with O365 services, including SharePoint and OneDrive. The position requires on-site work at the SaskEnergy Head Office in Regina, with a focus on delivering technology solutions that address client business challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience leading at least 2 large IT (O365 related) projects.
• Minimum 2 years architecture experience with O365 solutions.
• Expert level communicator and technical leader.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution evaluation and technical leadership on projects.
• Develop non-functional and technical specifications.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise strategies and deliver business outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Technical Leadership

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Power Platform

SharePoint

OneDrive

Job description

SaskEnergy is seeking a solution architect resource with a broad based background of technical experience and deep technical expertise in the Microsoft 365technology stack to be part of the Solutions & Architecture team to provide Information Technology (IT) solutions to business problems.

These solutions may include systems, applications, infrastructure or processes, and may involve the enterprise and integration of a wide variety of products, services and technologies. The Solution Architect position requires extensive knowledge of systems, architectures, systems management, networking, network computing and application design techniques, different platform implementations and should be able to identify, evaluate and select the elements of the solution which best meet the business needs of the client organization.

Solution Architects apply extensive knowledge to products, technologies, services and methodologies in response to business needs. The skills required of all Solution Architects are very broad, and come from all of the technical disciplines in which IT Architects are directly involved. Also required are strong personal business, industry and project management skills.

Solution Architects are engaged in enterprise design and / or development for transforming client requirements and process models into plans, process IT solutions which include hardware, software, network and data specifications. Activities include technical planning, build vs. buy assessment, reviews, development of architecture, and modification of specifications for customized application solution components.

1.2 Description of Requirements

Typical activities in this role include but not limited to:

Leading solution evaluation and assuming a technical leadership role as part of the core team on PDO projects, acting as the representative for Information Systems.

Ensuring solutions are in alignment with enterprise strategies and focused on business outcomes.

Developing non-functional and technical specifications for solution RFP documents.

Development of proof of concepts

Ensuring solutions and services are successfully and sustainably delivered into operations.

Actively contributing to architecture boards and continued improvement of our practice.

Overseeing the activities of technical resources to deliver solutions.

Work with project teams to develop the conceptual architecture design; ensuring it contains appropriate level of guidance (business, information, application and technical perspective).

Providing assistance and mentorship as required.

Experience:

At minimum have lead two (2) large IT (O365 related) projects, in a Solution Architect role, from start to finish as part of a project team. Indicate all projects that fit this experience if more then the two (2) required.

Architecture and hands-on experience including implementing collaboration solutions with O365 Services such as SharePoint, and OneDrive

O365 Governance – leading and defining roadmap implementation strategy and rollout O365 Technical Governance – defining and implementing including Information protection and Information Governance

Power Automate and PowerApps – leading and architecting business process solutions leveraging the Power Platform

Change management – Experience leveraging the Microsoft Service Adoption Framework for User adoption

Expert level communicator (ability to communicate and present effectively, create effective tailored content).

Experience working closely with business to solve technical and process problems.

Canadian federal, provincial, municipal government or similar work

Government of Saskatchewan / Utilities or similar work

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

NOTE: Above should be clearly detailed within submitted Resume

The preference for start date is as soon as possible. The initial term for this role(s) will be up to one (1) year after which SaskEnergy will evaluate its on-going requirements and potentially extend the term for this resource in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SaskEnergy Master Services Agreement.

The resource will be required to work and be located on site at SaskEnergy Head Office in Regina, Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm and the proposed hourly rate shall be inclusive of all travel and living costs (PST and GST are extra).

Mandatory Requirements (Pass/Fail):

Candidate must show experience leading at least 2 commercial scale IT (O365 related) projects, in a solution Architect role, start to finish as part of a project team

Candidate must have at least 2 years experience with Architecture experience including implementing collaboration solutions with O365 services such as SharePoint and OneDrive

Candidate must have 2 years experience leading and defining roadmap implementation strategy and rollout

Candidate must have 1 year experience O365 Technical Governance – defining and implementing including information protection and information governance

Candidate must have 1 year experience Power Automate and PowerApps – leading and architecting business process solutions leveraging the Power Platform

Candidate must have 1 year experience change management – experience leveraging the Microsoft Service Adoption Framework for user adoption