Solutions Architect

Canadian Tire Financial Services; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement programs

Performance incentives

Continuing Education

Product discounts

Broadband

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited seeks a Retail Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture across Supply Chain, Merchandising, Store Technology, and eCommerce. You will translate business needs into scalable and secure designs, create artifacts, and guide cross-functional teams to implement architecture aligned with enterprise standards.

The role emphasizes cloud-native approaches, API-first design, and AI-enabled capabilities, with a focus on modernization and integration across O M,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions within the retail industry.
• Strong understanding of multiple business domains (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Retail).
• Deep knowledge of cloud-driven solutions, particularly with Azure and Azure Kubernetes Services.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to create architecture artifacts including diagrams, design patterns, data flows, and APIs.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise platforms in retail and supply chain ecosystems such as Order Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Merchandising Management, POS, Digital Commerce.
• Experience designing and implementing API-led, event-driven, and microservices-based architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture across retail domains (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Store Technology).
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient solution designs.
• Create architecture artifacts (solution diagrams, design patterns, data integrations and flows, APIs).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and cross-functional teams to align on outcomes.
• Act as a bridge between business strategy and technical execution.
• Provide architectural guidance and influence decision-making.
• Design solutions across enterprise systems (Order Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Merchandising Management, POS, Digital Commerce).
• Define integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, and data flows.
• Ensure consistency across data models and business processes.
• Partner with delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented as designed.
• Support solution reviews, risk mitigation, and issue resolution.
• Ensure adherence to Enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate platforms, tools, and vendor solutions.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Retail industry

Azure

Azure Kubernetes Services

API-led architectures

Event-driven architectures

Microservices

Job description

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Manager, Solution Architect, the Retail Solution Architect will support hands-on technical solution design and delivery for Supply Chain & Logistics, Store Technology, Merchandising, and eCommerce/Digital lines of business.

Solution Design & Architecture

• Define end-to-end solution architecture across retail domains (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Store Technology)
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient solution designs
• Create architecture artifacts (including - Solution Diagrams, Design Patterns, data integrations and flows, APIs)

Business & Stakeholder Alignment

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and cross-functional teams to align on outcomes
• Act as a bridge between business strategy and technical execution
• Provide architectural guidance and influence decision-making

Domain Expertise

• Supply Chain: forecasting, replenishment, inventory, fulfillment, logistics
• Merchandising: assortment, pricing, promotions, product lifecycle
• Retail: POS, store systems, associate tools, omnichannel experiences

Integration & Data Architecture Design

• Design solutions across enterprise systems (Order Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Merchandising Management, POS, Digital Commerce etc.)
• Define integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, and data flows
• Ensure consistency across data models and business processes

Delivery Oversight

• Partner with delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented as designed
• Support solution reviews, risk mitigation, and issue resolution
• Ensure adherence to Enterprise architecture standards and best practices

Technology Strategy & Modernization

• Contribute to technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives
• Evaluate platforms, tools, and vendor solutions
• Drive adoption of cloud, API-first, and AI-enabled capabilities

What you bring

• 8+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions within the retail industry.
• Strong understanding of multiple business domains (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Retail).
• Deep knowledge of cloud-driven solutions, particularly with Azure and Azure Kubernetes Services.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to create architecture artifacts, including: Solution architecture diagrams System integration designs Logical diagrams Component diagrams API and interface specifications
• Deep knowledge of enterprise platforms in retail and supply chain ecosystems - including Order Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Merchandising Management, POS, Digital Commerce and related applications and technologies.
• Experience designing and implementing: API-led architectures Event-driven architectures Microservices-based solutions Enterprise integration patterns
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives
• Evaluate platforms, tools, and vendor solutions
• Drive adoption of cloud, API-first, and AI-enabled capabilities

We’s always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives
• Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts
• Broadband

Salary Range: 90,000 - 131,000 per annum.

Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies.

We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward.

We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees.

As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees.

Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging!

We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them.

From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can.

We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do.

We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification.

We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond.

Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.

We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them.

From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can.

We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment.