SOLUTIONS DESIGNER – Information Technology

Personnel Search Ltd; Saint John, City of Moncton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in New Brunswick is seeking a Solutions Designer to develop IT solutions and architecture. The role involves collaboration with stakeholders and delivering on technical requirements. Ideal candidates have a degree in computer science, with substantial experience in enterprise architecture and solution design, alongside excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in a similar role.
• 10+ years in a professional IT environment.
• Strong background in enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and specification of information system solutions.
• Provide solution architecture design to project teams.
• Support development teams and estimate costs.

Skills

Technical direction

Communication

Problem-solving

Critical thinking

Enterprise architecture

Solution design

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related disciplines

Job description

Overview

Our client is currently seeking a Solutions Designer to join their team. Based in either Moncton or Saint John, NB, the Solutions Designer will be responsible for the design and development of IT solutions and architecture for our client’s group of companies. As the successful candidate you will analyze the functionality and constraints of recommended solutions and changes across multiple systems, platforms, and applications.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Business Stakeholders, Business Analysts, and technology specialists to lead the design, specification, and selection of information system solutions while considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure, scalability, and performance.
• Provide solution architecture design and recommendations to the project team, ensuring a clear understanding of both business and technical requirements and alignment with business, application, information, and technology principles to enable and support successful delivery.
• Update the Enterprise Architecture repository and maintain impacted components, relationships, and attributes.
• Support software architecture design and development teams, estimate costs, prepare business cases for IT solutions, and work with Project Managers and Business Analysts to develop project schedules, task lists, and resource plans for solution delivery.
• Drive organizational change by leveraging emerging technologies and applying knowledge of IT solutions to support business process design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, business management, or a related discipline.
• 5–7 years of experience in a similar role, with at least 10 years in a professional IT environment.
• Experience providing technical direction to less experienced team members; strong background in enterprise architecture and solution design in diverse IT environments.
• Experience creating design documents for solutions; excellent communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Good understanding of solution designs relevant to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, including enterprise systems, and experience with web application architecture and emerging technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• TOGAF certification (The Open Group Architecture Framework) would be considered a plus.

How to apply

Please click the “Apply to Job” button below to submit resume or contact Jared Larsen at 506-852-8068 for a confidential exchange of information.