We’re looking for multiple **Solution Architects** to design and govern end-to-end solutions across the retail value chain—**Supply Chain & Logistics, Store Technology, Merchandising, eCommerce/Digital**, and enabling capabilities including **AI/ML, data platforms, integration, and cloud**. You will translate business outcomes into secure, scalable, and resilient architectures, partnering closely with product, engineering, data, security, and operations teams. **Architecture & Solution Design*** **Lead solution architecture for initiatives** across supply chain, stores, merchandising, and digital platforms.* Produce and maintain architecture deliverables: high-level designs, integration flows, sequence diagrams, data flows, NFRs, deployment views, and architecture decision records (ADRs).* Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements: availability, performance, resiliency, scalability, security, and operability **Retail Domain Enablement (Cross-domain)*** Architect solutions across domains including:* **Supply Chain & Logistics:** demand planning, replenishment, inventory visibility, WMS/TMS integration, ASN, yard management, DC automation, last-mile.* **Store Technology:** POS, store inventory, handhelds, RFID, edge solutions, offline/nearline patterns, store networking.* **Merchandising:** PIM, pricing & promotions, assortment planning, vendor onboarding, space/category analytics.* **Digital & Omnichannel:** eCommerce, order management, fulfillment orchestration (BOPIS/ship-from-store), returns, customer identity. **Cloud, Data, Integration & AI*** Design cloud-first solutions using Azure and/or Google Cloud architecture best practices.* Partner with data and AI teams to enable: + AI/ML lifecycle architecture (training pipelines,



deployment patterns, inference) + GenAI-enabled use cases with responsible AI guardrails + Advanced decisioning for forecasting, pricing, inventory, personalization, and fraud.* Promote strong data architecture practices: domain-aligned models, master/reference data, lineage, and privacy. **contribute to architecture and engineering communities of practice. **Clearly communicate architectural intent, risks, and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.* What you bring****Required experience*** 7+ years in technology with 3+ years in solution or technical architecture roles.* Experience delivering solutions across retail platforms (supply chain, stores, merchandising, and/or digital).* Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or GCP) including networking, identity, and deployment models.* Robust understanding of security, resiliency, performance, and observability.**Data platform and analytics architecture experience (lakehouse/warehouse patterns, streaming).* AI/ML or GenAI architecture exposure, including deployment, monitoring, and responsible AI considerations.* Core skills*** Architecture modeling (C4, UML, sequence/data flows, domain models).* In addition to competitive pay, we offer:* Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs* Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs* Other perks to support your well-being* Career growth opportunities and product discountsOur typical hiring range is between $80,000.00 and $131,000.00 per annum. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

📌 Solutions Architect - Information Security (Toronto)
🏢 Canadian Tire Financial Services
📍 Toronto