Position Title: Infrastructure Solution Architect
Position Type: Regular FullTime
Position Location: Florenceville GTC
Requisition ID:32757
JOB PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Manager IT Architecture the Solutions Architect will contribute to the success of the IT Architecture program. This position is focused on design concepts and the ability to provide a consultative role to our business. The ideal candidate would have a mix of architect and operations experience and is expected to interface with stakeholders to define and reach an understanding of their technical requirements. Designing documenting sizing the work effort and determining the needed skills and resources for projects and having strong process time management and communication skills.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyze requirements Using your experience and knowledge of both the business and systems footprint to analyze new or existing requirements to understand impact on applications and network infrastructure
- Road maps Develop & maintain platform road maps for McCain. This will require working collaboratively with our business units other IT Architects application support teams vendor management teams project teams and Operations teams
- Develop Our future state architecture for our data centers and network in collaboration with other Technology Services teams through the creation of new technical service offerings for our operations team
- Create White papers and presentations for senior leadership on new and upcoming technologies and clearly articulate the value our business will receive from implementing these technologies
- Coaching Challenge others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model. Share acquired skills and business/system knowledge with team members through formal and information channels
- Continued learning Stay current on industry technologies trends and best practices
- Communicate Effective communication both verbally and written to IS project team members IS staff and IS management
- Develop and/or review architectural and detailed designs to insure it meats the requirements of McCain
- Assist in the creation of complex solutions both onpremises and in the cloud
MEASURES OF SUCCESS:
Technical Solution Architecture and Design Skills for the following:
- A clear understanding of core Azure Cloud Computing services
- A detailed understanding of Networking Databases Software APIs Logic/Function Apps and Servers in the Cloud.
- Experience in designing building deploying operating and optimizing resources in Azure
- Support cloud migration/implementations
- Experience in Digital Manufacturing solutions Factory Talk OSiPi Pavilion High Byte
- Detailed understanding of Azure Data services Cosmos SQL Paas Postgres AKS Azure Data factory Data pipeline services Synapse
- Experience in C# .Net SDK and Angular Apps
- Handson experience with IaC and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Proficiency in Python Scripting YAMLSR1 Microsoft DevOps Terraform (IaC) Bash etc. for automation tasks.
- Expert level of proficiency with performance and scalability on cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP)
- Experience working with edge compute and containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes AKS).
- Demonstrated experience developing and/or architecting performant applications in public cloud.
- Demonstrated experience in implementing cloud observability across complex cloud workloads and technology stacks.
- Demonstrated experience working with various cloud native technologies and services including compute storage networking security and data services.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling and practices.
- Understanding of the Agile project management framework
- Experience from a design perspective in the following Azure areas:
- Azure Networking:
- Virtual Networks (IP Addressing VNet Peering and Virtual Network Connections)
- Hybrid connectivity (Virtual Hubs Virtual Network Gateways sitetosite VPN ExpressRoute)
- Orchestrating Routing Paths especially in a Hybrid Cloud including the use of BGP
- Azure Load Balancers
- Azure Bastion Hosts
- Monitor Resources and Log Analytics:
- Use Log Analytics to write a simple query and charts
- Direct resource logs to a centralized log analytics workspace for monitoring/reporting
- Compute:
- Virtual Machines Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- Virtual Machine cost optimization performance and security
- Backup strategies and Failover Recovery
- Storage:
- Securing Data against unauthorized access
- Backing Up strategies that allow for efficient restores
- longterm archival storage to maintain corporate compliance
- Application Workloads in Azure:
- Synapse Data Warehouse
- SQL Managed Instances
- Azure API Management Services
- Logic Apps / Function Apps
- Azure Data Factories
- Azure Machine Learning
- Backup strategies Failover Recovery and Disaster Recovery
- Security and Protecting Identities:
- Encrypting data in transit at rest and in use
- Protecting Azure Active Directory accounts against compromise
- Reducing the attack surface of all your Azure resources
- Azure Firewalls Azure VPN Gateways and NVAs
- Azure Application Gateways/Web Application Firewalls
- NSGs & ASGs
- Azure Private Endpoints
- Private DNS Zones
- Azure B2B and B2C
- Azure Costs Controls
- Azure Budgets and Budget Alerts & Budget Dashboards
- Reporting on Azure Consumption
- Azure Resource reservations
- Azure Resource Deployments
- Terraform to deploy and manage Azure resources assign RBAC
- Azure DevOps to deploy resources
- Azure DevOps GitHub Pipeline Github For Advanced Security
- Understanding of Azure Boards Repos Pipelines Test Plans and Artifacts
- Create new organizations
- Add users to organizations and projects using best practices
KEY QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCES:
- University degree in Computer Science (or related field of study) or equivalent work experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Solutions Architect with an emphasis on supporting complex environments
- Handson experience with complex enterprise systems networks and technologies
- Accountable to ensure solutions are stable scalable capable of providing consistently acceptable performance and reliability
- A track record of implementing and maintaining best practices and standards
- Ability to assess new initiatives to determine work effort and estimate timetocompletion
- Applied knowledge of ITIL and enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF is considered an asset
- Microsoft Azure Certifications such as:
- Microsoft Certified: Security Compliance and Identity Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Key Competencies:
- Drives Results Collaboration Customer focus
OTHER INFORMATION
This position is located at theGlobal Technology CentreinFlorencevilleBristolNew Brunswickand reports to theManager IT Architecture. FlorencevilleBristol is a small community nestled on the bank of the Saint John River and offers a global work environment with a smalltown pace of life. Relocation assistance may be available.
The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Compensation Package:$102700.00$137000.00CAD annually bonuseligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education/training and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCainwere on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employeesare eligible for the following benefits:health coverage (medical dental vision prescription drug) retirement savings benefits and leave support including medical family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacationandholidays companysupported volunteering time and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level location and nature of the role.Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your wellbeing matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse antiracist inclusive meritbased and equitable workplace. As a global familyowned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business stronger.
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Job Family:Information Technology
Division:Global Digital Technology
Department:Infrastructure Architecture
Location(s): CA Canada : New Brunswick : FlorencevilleBristol
CA Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Company:McCain Foods (Canada)