Solutions Architect

Canadian Tire

  • Location: Toronto, ON

  • Category: Cloud Architect

  • Job Type: Full-time

  • Salary: $0K-$0K/mo

Job Description:

The Solutions Architect's primary role is to design and lead the technical delivery of integrated technology solutions at Canadian Tire. This integrated solution typically consists of various in-house services and may be coupled with external solutions. The Solutions Architect will research emerging technologies and provide advice on data movement and integration best practices, solution security, infrastructure, networking, and resiliency. They will work closely with teams across the enterprise to implement and integrate scalable and reliable technologies. The Solutions Architect will also be responsible for creating solution designs, establishing and maintaining solution architecture standards, and monitoring and assessing emerging technologies.


Job Responsibility:

  • Provide technical solution leadership for capabilities under the HR and Corporate portfolios
  • Produce target state architecture and roadmaps for the accountable portfolio
  • Acts as a trusted advisor by providing advice on data movement and integration best practices, solution security, infrastructure, networking, and resiliency
  • Lead architecture for projects of various types including SAAS selection and implementation, Migration of legacy solutions from on-prem to the cloud, or build of custom solutions in Azure
  • Work closely with teams across the enterprise to implement and integrate scalable and reliable technologies
  • Manage architectural risk mitigation and remediation
  • Deliver solution designs that align with our overall enterprise architecture strategy and standards
  • Communicate solution design to get alignment across business and technology stakeholders
  • Provide more detail for delivery on enterprise architecture designs so offshore development or external vendors can complete the solution
  • Publish and present design findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Establish and maintain solution architecture standards, providing direction to project teams and vendors to ensure compliance
  • Work closely with delivery, platform security and risk/compliance areas to review and evaluate designs
  • Monitor and assess emerging technologies and future direction of major application platforms to recommend improvements for delivery
  • Govern the delivery elements for the overall solution to ensure fit to design
  • Create technical process model/flows to visualize solution architecture. These are driven from business requirement flows and are utilized by the development teams
  • Complete the solution implementation plan for all internal and external service providers delivering solutions for the project


Educational Requirements:

Post secondary education, preferably in Computer Science or related fields


Experience Requirements:

5 or more years of practical experience as a Solution Architect


Extra Benefits:

  • Competitive salaries and wages
  • Store discounts
  • Supported learning through Triangle Learning Academy
  • Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
  • Retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
  • Mental health benefits of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
  • Total well-being and mental health tools and resources for all employees


Job Summary:
  • Job Posted: 16 September, 2024

  • Expiration: 31 October, 2024

  • Salary: $0.00-$0.00

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