Solutions Architect Resource – SX6917

BQ INTERNATIONAL LTD.; Regina; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SaskEnergy, a leading company in IT solutions, is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join their Business Applications Solutions & Architecture Team. The role involves technical leadership on large-scale projects and requires specific expertise in JD Edwards and DocuSign, alongside a strong background in Microsoft Azure and architectural design. Successful candidates will play a key role in aligning solutions with business needs while mentoring and guiding project teams in the development of innovative IT solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years architecture and/or hands-on experience with JD Edwards and DocuSign.
• Experience leading large scale IT projects worth over $1 million.
• Expert communicator with technical governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading solution evaluations and acting as a technical leader on projects.
• Developing technical specifications for solution RFP documents.
• Overseeing activities of technical resources to deliver solutions.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Architecture Design

Microsoft Azure

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

SaskEnergy is seeking a Solution Architect resource with a broad based background of technical experience and deep technical expertise in at least one of the following:

a. JD Edwards Enterprise One

b. DocuSign applications/environments

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 Solutions Architect resource will be part of the Business Applications Solutions & Architecture Team and will assist to provide Information Technology (IT) solutions to business problems. This 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 Architect resource 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.

Typical activities in this role include but not limited to:

1. Leading solution evaluation and assuming a technical leadership role as part of the core team on Business Applications projects, acting as the representative for Digital, Technology and Security (DT&S).

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

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

4. Development of proof of concepts

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

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

7. Overseeing the activities of technical resources to deliver solutions.

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

9. Providing assistance and mentorship as required.

Experience:

1. At minimum, a technical lead on two (2) large IT projects (worth $1 million +), in a Solution Architect role, from start to finish as part of a project team. Indicate all projects that fit this experience if more than the two (2) required.

2. Architecture and hands-on experience including implementing collaboration solutions with JD Edwards Enterprise One, Microsoft Azure and DocuSign applications

3. Architecture and hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure: a. Infrastructure As Code, Azure App Service Environment, Docker Containers,

4. Architecture and/or hands-on experience in leading and defining roadmap implementation strategy and rollout with one or more of the following methodologies; a. Rational Unified Process (RUP)

b. TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)

5. Technical Governance – defining and implementing including Information protection and Information Governance

6. Change Management – Experience leveraging the Microsoft Service Adoption Framework for User adoption

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

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

9. Canadian federal, provincial, municipal government or similar work

10. Government of Saskatchewan / Utilities or similar work

11. Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

NOTE: Above should be clearly detailed within submitted Resume.

Mandatory Requirements (Pass/Fail):

1. Resource must have experience of being a technical lead at a minimum on two (2) large scale IT projects (worth $1 million +), in a Solution Architect role, from start to finish as a project team member.

2. Resource must have minimum two (2) years architecture and/or hands-on with one or more of the following technologies experience, including implementing collaboration solutions with:

a. JD Edwards Enterprise One application

b. DocuSign application

3. Resource must have minimum two (2) years architecture and/or hands-on experience in leading and defining roadmap implementation strategy and rollout with one or more of the following methodologies;

a. Rational Unified Process (RUP)

b. TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)