Expert Solution Design

Job title: Expert Solution Design

Job 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

The role of Expert Solution Design is responsible for producing technology solutions aligned with business objectives within a specific field of expertise and associated set of technology capabilities. This is achieved through three main functions:

• Consultation – participating in workshops with various stakeholders, understanding user & business requirements, researching data, and technological capabilities

• Ownership – translating information from workshops into a Technology Blueprint or software design

• Planning – Work with the Project Manager in creating work breakdown structures, delivery timeline and effort estimates

Main Responsibilities

Technology Blueprint & Design

• Support the Enterprise & Solution Architect during their requirements phase as well as providing expertise on current capabilities to build the high-level architecture

• Translate a portion of the high-level solution architecture document into existing capabilities available within the domain(s) of expertise

• If needed, define new capabilities required by the project as identified by architecture; ensure maximum automation in the design for deployment. Instruct and host workshops to determine sizing.

• Lead medium/high complexity blueprints and/or participate in high complexity blueprints

• Responsible for ensuring the blueprint, which covers domain(s) of expertise, complies with CN Information Security • Participation in product and vendor selections (RFP/RFI/RFQ)

Project Delivery Planning

• Estimate efforts of work breakdown structure elements associated with domain(s) of expertise

• Ensure alignment of the schedule with the functional team in line with domain(s) of expertise

• Define testing strategy and align with the functional team in with domain(s) of expertise

• Identify any special requirements for transition-to-core Information & Technology

Project Delivery Oversight

• Oversee solution delivery to ensure alignment with blueprint and adjust blueprint as required

• Work with Project Manager to adjust deliverables and timelines as required.

• Provide technical leadership and coordination between various delivery teams.

• Provide technical assistance and direction to delivery teams.

Technology Roadmap

• Research market for innovation and emerging technologies aligned with business strategy and direction

• Assist Product Managers in maintaining catalog of existing capabilities within domain(s) of expertise and provide advisory services to various technology owners

• Research ways to improve and automate deployment of existing and new capabilities

• Provide leadership in the roadmap within the domain(s) of expertise; making recommendations to ensure components relevant; otherwise trigger introduction of new technology as well as containment or retirement

Requirements

Education/Certification/Designation

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree & experience

Skills/Knowledge

• Strong knowledge on Apigee EDGE API management platform.

• Strong knowledge on Cloud Native API’s.
• Good understanding of PaaS, SaaS, Cloud technologies and platforms.
• Knowledge on ELK, ADX and DevOps is an Asset.
• Strong knowledge in at least 2-3 technical domains (specialties)

• Broad knowledge of technical domains: Public/Private cloud, Infrastructure as Code, Telecom, Infrastructure, or Industrial IoT technologies Familiar with Agile and Waterfall project methodologies

• Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions

• Ability to estimate efforts and costs required for delivery

• Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel and meet deliverable dates

• Very good technical documentation skills

• Very good communication and presentation skills

• Proactive, able to plan, address or mitigate technical risk

• Proven experience delivering technology projects involving multiple parties

• Knowledge of IT security principles

• Ability to clarify requirements and ensure solution meets business needs

• Strong systems engineering or development knowledge

• Strong sense of prioritization for meeting deadlines

• Ability to navigate within a complex I&T organization

• Ability to lead in ambiguous situations

Experience

• 5 to 10 years’ relevant work experience
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a software development.
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant technical experience (specialty) in complex detailed design and solution integration.
• Experience designing, configuring and deploying Integrations.
• Proven experience delivering technology projects involving multiple parties.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in design and build of “Integration” solutions including message flows, transformation, routing and error handling using – IIB, Mulesoft, Apigee, Kinvey and Datapower.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in designing DFDL/XSD schemas, SOAP/REST API
• Minimum 7 years’ experience with communication protocols (HTTP/REST, SOAP, JMS, MQ, SAP). Must understand the use of each protocol.
• Experience in OAuth 2.0, SAML and SSO.

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in SOA design, Event Messaging and integration patterns
• Experience in integration testing and performance testing/tuning of “Integration” solutions, preferably using IIB, Mulesoft, Apigee, Kinvey, Datapower, Kafka and MQ.

Working Conditions

Occasional business travel (in Canada and US) in accordance with CN policy

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.

CN requires that all employees in Canada be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof thereof as a condition of employment. The Company’s vaccination mandate extends to employees of our wholly owned subsidiaries as well as CN’s contractors, consultants, agents and suppliers and anyone who accesses CN properties in Canada.

CN requires that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof thereof as a condition of employment. The Company’s vaccination mandate extends to employees of our wholly owned subsidiaries as well as CN’s contractors, consultants, agents and suppliers and anyone who accesses CN properties in Canada.

CN is an employment equity employer and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Please monitor your email on a regular basis, as communication is primarily made through email.

Company: Canadian National Railway

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Location: Montreal, QC

Job date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:07:53 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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