Expert Solution Architect - Infrastructure About the job Expert Solution Architect - Infrastructure (#10913) Job Location in Montreal, QC; Toronto, ON
The role of Expert Solution Architect Infrastructure is to define and recommend sound IT infrastructure architectures that will support the business needs and align with company direction and standards. This includes collaborate with enterprise architects and other solution architects, providing direction in the delivery of the solution to designers & integrators. More precisely, the role builds the solution, gets approval from other stakeholders (e.g. security, RAM, Safety, etc.), drives alignment of the proposed solution with the Enterprise & Domain strategies and roadmaps, manages risk mitigation, and as required handles issue escalation & resolution related to the architecture. The Expert signs off on architectures where they have the delegation authority and governs the implementation of the architecture during the design phase.
Main Responsibilities
Review, understand and evaluate business requests to determine feasibility, impacts, risks, and recommendations
Collaborate with System Architecture in shaping, scoping, defining, planning, and reviewing solutions
Provide direction to and align specialized architects in project engagements, ensuring proposed solutions meets business needs and are aligned with (or properly exempted from) corporate standards
Present and drive sign-off on the technology solution
Manage architectural risk mitigations, issue escalation, and resolution processes
Document the existing technology portfolio and propose recommendations for improvements and / or alternatives
Document architecture for solutions requiring on-premises infrastructure and technology
Evaluate current and emerging cloud and on-prem infrastructure technologies
Create, support, and influence pragmatic architectural oversight, using principles, policies, and guardrails




Design solutions that are modular and can be replicated and look for replication opportunities for solution being developed.
Support other Solution Architects
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelors degree or more in computer science or related discipline.
10+ years experience in IT
5+ years in similar role
Strong ability to bring complex concepts to actionable architecture deliverables
Strong ability at taking hard decisions by understanding and explaining trade-offs between business enablement and economics impacts
The role requires people skills to influence and orient business and technical audience toward a common goal that is satisfying all stakeholders
Very good ability to build collaborative cross functional relationships, pulling together and maintaining a cohesive and high functioning team
Strong ability to lead team on a mandate and to lead decisions
Ability to balance requirements and concerns from different stakeholders (business, finance, IT, etc.) and make efficient judgement calls, providing clear rationale for decisions
Ability to deliver mandate with great autonomy self-driven
Ability to breakdown complex concepts into digestible and actionable architectural components
Ability to influence and orient business and technical audiences toward common goals and approaches
Ability to navigate complex organizations and build cooperative cross functional relationships
Ability to efficiently communicate with people of varying seniority and backgrounds
Ability to guide and support cross functional teams (business, PMs, analysts, delivery, QA, support) during projects shaping and execution
Ability to collaborate with and guide external development/configuration partners
Autonomous and self driven,



at the same time knowing when to reach out and how to provide adequate visibility
Capacity to engage on multiple concurrent initiatives efficiently
Curious and interested in acquiring knowledge over multiple new architecture concepts, business domains and technologies
Capacity to perform with little or no prior knowledge of a project context, domain, or technologies
Experience with numerous architectural fields: application, information, technology, security, etc.
Excellent written and oral communications skills
Experience and ability to coach other solution architects on new technology platforms and approaches.
Knowledge with Service Oriented Architecture and Domain Driven Design
SKILLS & EXPERIENCES
In depth knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure solutions and services.
In depth knowledge of on-prem infrastructure solutions; data centers, compute, and storage
Preferred with certification(s) on Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform
Experience with platform-based architecture
Experience with IT transformational initiatives
Experience with cloud first paradigm shift
Experience in program & project scoping and planning
Experience with integration between legacy solutions
Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management.
Preferred with Security certification or relevant IT security experience (CISSP, CCSP)
Preferred with certification(s) for ITIL concepts as a plus.
Experience with full application lifecycle management
Knowledge of Archimate or UML modeling
Transportation or rail related experience a plus
TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS IN SCOPE
Cloud (Azure, Google Cloud Platform), Virtual Servers, Windows Server, Linux Server, AIX, Storage, Backup, Netezza, ServiceNow, Kafka, Container Management (Anthos), Kubernetes, API platforms, Micro Services, Data Lake, Mobile Backend as a Service, Notification solutions, Access Management, Active Directory, LDAP

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📌 Expert Solution Architect - Infrastructure (Ontario)
🏢 Global Talent Alliance, Canada
📍 Ontario