Expert System Architecture - Montréal, Canada - Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

At CN, we work together to move our company—and North America—forward.

Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion.

From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks.

You will be able to develop your skills and career in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM.

The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us

Job Summary

This include:

Define Systems & plan architecture activities required to deliver it

Provide direction & Lead Specialized architects in the delivery of the Sysytem architecture to Designers & I&T Integrators, for a project, this include:

Approve decisions made by Specialized architect
Drive alignment of the proposed solution with the Enterprise & Domain strategies, master plans & roadmaps
Manage risk mitigation and as required Drive issue escalation & resolution related to the architecture

3. o Signoff on Architecture where he does have the Architecture delegation authority

4. o Govern the implementation of the architecture during Delivery

5. o Lead more than one initiative simultaneously (4-6)

6. o Can be the accountable architect for a program

7. o Is accountable for the care management and talent development of 2-3 Gr. 9 architect

Note:

(*)IT Stakeholders:
Delivery team (PM, Designers, I&T Integrators), Architecture teams (Enterprise & Solution), APM & I&T Teams

Main Responsibilities

Evaluate

Provide direction & lead

Specialized architect in the delivery of the System architecture for a project or program & Approve decisions made by the Specialized architects.

Drive alignment with the Enterprise & Domain strategies, master plans & roadmaps.

Manage risk mitigation and Drive issue escalation & resolution related to the architecture as required.

Lead more than one initiative simultaneously (4-6).

Ensure the architecture is well understood by the designers and I&T integrators that will design the solution per the architecture specifications.

Signoff on proposed Solution

Under his/her architecture delegation authority, Confirm the End to End solution proposed meets Business needs, and is aligned with the Architecture, Security & IT Operation standards.

Confirm IT Stakeholders support the solution or waivers for non-compliancy.

Manage

Provide care management and by targeting development of the employee under its responsibility to either more specific specialization or broader knowledge to become solution architect.

The architects under its responsibility are not specifically working on projects under its own leadership.

Requirements:

Education/Certification/Designation

Baccalaureate degree or equivalent work experience

Skills/Knowledge

The role requires people skills to influence and orient business and technical audience toward a common goal that is satisfying all stakeholders
Capable in building collaborative cross functional relationships, pulling together and maintaining a cohesive and high functioning team
Capable to lead team on a mandate and to lead decisions
Capable of building and safekeeping integrity and credibility among all solution's stakeholders (Business & IT)
Ability to deliver mandate with great autonomy selfdriven
Strong ability at taking hard decisions by understanding and explaining tradeoffs between business enablement and economics impacts
Strong Architecture knowledge within numerous fields: Business, systems, Application, Information and technology architecture facets
Strong ability to bring complex concept to actionable architecture deliverable
Strong capacity to learn new concepts and technology quickly with the capacity to coach, mentor and develop other in learning them
Excellent written and oral communications skills

Experience

15+ years experience in IT and 5+ years in similar role

About CN
CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler.

Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year.

As the only railroad connecting Canada's Eastern and Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S.

through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919.

CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship.

At CN, we work as ONE TEAM, focused on safety, sustainability and our customers, providing operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.