2 days ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements into enterprise solution architectures aligned with standards, governance, and technology roadmaps.
- Develop and maintain logical, physical, integration, security, data, and infrastructure architecture artifacts.
- Evaluate solution alternatives based on business value, feasibility, cost, risk, and operational considerations.
- Lead architecture reviews, resolve governance findings, and secure architectural approval.
- Design integration approaches across applications, platforms, infrastructure, data sources, and external partners.
- Lead collaboration with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, network, and application teams.
- Identify technical risks, dependencies, constraints, and implementation challenges throughout the project lifecycle.
- Document architecture decisions and implementation guidance and contribute to architecture methods, standards, templates, and reusable patterns.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- Twelve or more years of experience in solution architecture, application architecture, infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Eight or more years of experience designing and implementing complex business and technology solutions across multiple technology domains.
- Experience leading architecture activities across requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational transition.
- Hands-on experience in at least three technical disciplines, such as application development, cloud platforms, systems integration, infrastructure services, data management, cybersecurity, networking, or enterprise applications.
- Strong knowledge of architecture governance, architecture reviews, solution architecture principles, design methodologies, and systems integration practices.
- Experience with cloud services, SaaS platforms, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and hybrid environments.
- Knowledge of application, data, integration, security, and infrastructure architecture disciplines and non-functional requirements such as resiliency, scalability, performance, maintainability, and disaster recovery.
- TOGAF Foundation or Certified certification and a Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent cloud certification.
- ITIL Foundation and SAFe Architect, SAFe Agilist, or other Agile-related certifications.
- Ability to influence stakeholders, build consensus, evaluate trade-offs, communicate complex concepts clearly, and recommend practical solutions.
- Must be eligible for or able to obtain Canadian Controlled Goods Program authorization and a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.
Benefits
- Company-paid extended health, dental, HSA, life, AD&D, short-term disability, cancer care, travel insurance, employee assistance, and well-being programs.
- Retirement savings plans including RRSP, DCPP, and TFSA, with company contributions and DCPP matching without a vesting period.
- Company-paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
- Voluntary life, AD&D, critical illness, and long-term disability coverage.
- Employee discounts on home, auto, and gym memberships.
- Remote role localized to Quebec or Ontario, with a Monday-to-Friday first-shift schedule during core business hours.
About Thales
Thales designs and sells defense, aerospace, space, and digital identity/cybersecurity systems to governments, armed forces, infrastructure operators, and enterprises. Its portfolio spans avionics, radars and sensors, satellites, air traffic management, secure communications, and cybersecurity and identity solutions (bolstered by the 2019 Gemalto acquisition). Headquartered in Meudon, France, Thales is publicly traded on Euronext Paris (HO) and reported €20.6 billion in sales in 2024.