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JOIN US IN ENABLING TRADE THROUGH CANADA'S LARGEST PORT.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is anarm’s-length federal agency responsible for the shared stewardship of the landsand waters that make up the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. Ourmandate, as outlined in theCanada Marine Act, is to enable Canada’s tradeobjectives on behalf of all Canadians, ensuring the safe movement of goodsthrough the Port of Vancouver while protecting the environment and consideringlocal communities.

As an organization with a significant impact oncommunities and businesses across Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authorityis dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. We strive to create aworkplace that mirrors the richness of our community, empowering all employeesto achieve their full potential.

The business solutions architect worksclosely with business stakeholders and technology teams to find solutions tobusiness problems and guide the process from idea inception, through functionaland technology requirements, to delivery.

This position will assist the manager, businesssystems design and implementations with translating individual business unitneeds into enterprise applications map, forming solutions architecture, andsolidifying the technology vision of the solutions.

As a technology product owner, the businesssolutions architect will be choosing the right technology for business problemsand play a pivotal role throughout the systems development lifecycle : from developingbusiness requirements, work plans and technical specifications, to implementationand staying involved in future updates to the solution.

What you do :

• Conduct research and analyzehow and which technologies can be used to solve business problems. Define andrecommend what framework, platform, or technical stack can be used to create asolution. Design and envision how the applications will look, what the moduleswill be, and how they will interact with each other.
• Provides input to the businessplanning and participates in the project planning process.
• Identify opportunities forimprovement and / or enhancements opportunities of existing business applicationsand processes; implement these improvements through effective leadership andengagement of others.
• Collaborate with internal andexternal customers to identify and validate specific business needs, create thetechnology and business requirements.
• Utilize artifacts such asbusiness requirements documents (BRDs), JIRA, data analysis and BusinessProcess Documentation, facilitates requirements alignment sessions.
• Produce documentation to aidin the understanding of existing architecture solutions
• Provide technical leadershipas it relates to developing strategy, scalability, performance, architectureand overall high-level design to ensure solution quality.
• Oversee consultants to developand implement solutions aligned with agreed upon specifications.
• Lead the project close out andlessons learned activities to validate solutions with the business to ensuredelivery and continuous improvement.
• Identify integrationopportunities and overlaps among VFPA business applications; recommendimprovements and enhancements. Resolve application and data integration issuesas required

What you bring :

• A post-secondary degree incomputer science, business administration or another acceptable area
• A minimum of five yearsrelated experience, including recent proven leadership on creating technologysolutions for business problems, business analysis, project management andbusiness and technology requirement gathering in complex business environments.
• Experience working with bothagile and waterfall delivery methodologies is required, and well as proficiencyin tools like Visio, draw.io, Jira, and SharePoint.
• Must value maintaining theirtechnology skills and act proactively to stay on top of advances in areas ofexpertise.
• Must have demonstratedexperience with the following :
• o Experienceworking with both agile and waterfall delivery methodologies is required
• o Proficiencyin tools like Visio, draw.io, Jira, and SharePoint
• o Clouddata platforms (Azure and AWS) along with on-premises data integration.
• o Understandingof on-premises and on cloud dashboard deployments.
• o Experienceworking as a solution technology owner on ServiceNow platform.
• o Complextechnical and architectural documentation skills.
• o Conceptualunderstanding of and exposure to modern programming languages, data management,analysis and reporting tools
• The following will beconsidered assets :
• o Experiencewith supporting or creating solutions for finance and accounting systems.
• o Exposureto other no-code / low-code platforms such as Microsoft Powerautomate / PowerApps,OpenText AppWorks, etc
• o Experiencewith data management platforms, IOT Integration and analytics projects.
• o Developmentand programming experience / exposure.
• o Datasecurity principles, efficiency, quality, and governance.

What we offer :

• Market-competitive base salaries and variableincentive plan
• Generous and inclusive benefits offeringincluding retirement benefits plan
• Earned time off program
• Paid vacation and personal care leave
• Learning, development, and advancementopportunities
• Onsite gym with towel service in a nationallandmark in the heart of Vancouver’s waterfront
• Friendly, unique, and respectful workplace

Job type : BargainingUnit, Full-Time, Permanent, Hybrid

Working environment : Normaloffice conditions.

Marine Transportation Security Clearance

The incumbent must obtain and maintain a validMarine Transportation Security Clearance as this position is required to accessrestricted areas / information as defined by the Marine Transportation SecurityRegulations.

This is Canadian-based employment, and itis expected that all employees maintain legal entitlement to work in Canada.Applicants selected to move forward in the hiring process may be subject tobackground checks, including but not limited to criminal record, credit, and / orreference checks.

At theVancouver Fraser Port Authority,we are dedicated to employment equity and a workplace reflective of thediversity of our port community. We welcome applications from all qualifiedcandidates including women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, andmembers of visible minorities. Reasonable accommodation can be provided in theselection process and while working with the port authority. If you requiresupport applying to our openings, please contact us at [emailprotected] .

We recognize and acknowledge that we are locatedon the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh(Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. To learn more about ourindigenous relations and commitment to reconciliation, please visit our website .

About Us

• Contributes to the competitiveness, growth, and prosperity of the Canadian economy.
• Organizes marine transportation services that meet port users’ needs at a reasonable cost.
• Provides a high level of safety and environmental protection.
• Responds to local needs and priorities.
• Encourages and considers input from port users and local communities.
• Re-invests around 90% of our revenues back into trade enabling infrastructure.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority :

• Contributes to the competitiveness, growth, and prosperity of the Canadian economy.
• Organizes marine transportation services that meet port users’ needs at a reasonable cost.
• Provides a high level of safety and environmental protection.
• Responds to local needs and priorities.
• Encourages and considers input from port users and local communities.
• Re-invests around 90% of our revenues back into trade enabling infrastructure.

Our purpose statement

Enabling Canada's trade by being reliable and innovative, while protecting the environment.

Our values

• We drive efficiency to optimize performance.
• We build strong relationships to succeed together.
• We are customer-focused to deliver on our commitments.
• We are accountable to find solutions and take the right action.
• We are one team to achieve our purpose.

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