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 leverage 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 Expert Solution Architect will support the work for the Corporate and SAP function but more specifically for the Finance business units. The Expert evaluates business needs and determine IT supporting solutions via usage of SaaS, Clouds, or development of internal applications. This include define solution score and plan architecture, collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and other solution architects, provide direction in the delivery of the solution to designers & integrators. More precisely, the Expert builds the solution, drives alignment of the proposed solution with the Enterprise & Domain strategies, master plans & roadmaps and manages risk mitigation and as required drives issue escalation & resolution related to the architecture. The Experts signs off on architecture where he/she does have the delegation authority and governs the implementation of the architecture during the design phase.

Main Responsibilities

Build Solution Architecture

• Create, scope, plan, document and estimates work required to deliver solution architecture

• Actively participate in RFI and RFP evaluation for product selection and make recommendation

• Determine architecture components and integrations of complex solutions based on business requirements and use cases

• Work with system, technology, telecom, and security architects to define and document end to end solution architecture leveraging available technology platforms

• Work with peers and designers to make sure the proposed solution is realized as per the architecture requirement

• Remove impediment and provide guidance when tactical solution is required to achieve business benefits

Modernization

• Work with peers to improve architecture processes and deliverables with trending technology

• Participate in yearly product health assessment

• Maintain solution architecture roadmap based on Enterprise Architecture & Business strategic direction

Technical Leadership

• Accountable to lead communication and to drive escalation & resolution with Stakeholders

• Ensure technical development of the employee (e.g: specialization or broader knowledge to become solution architect.)

Requirements

Education/Certification/Designation

• Bachelor\'s degree in computer sciences, Business Administration or equivalent degree and experience

Skills/Knowledge

• Strong architecture knowledge within numerous fields: business, application, information and technology architecture facets

• Finance functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Microservices, Web Services (REST, SOAP, Websocket) and API Platforms (Apigee)

• Knowledge of development technologies (Microservices / Java / Springboot Framework, IIB, Mulesoft, MQ, Kafka, Postgres)

• Good understanding of application design patterns (Dependency Injection, Microservices and others) and modern platforms (API/Microservices, Mobile, MBaaS, Mulesoft, Container)

• 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 by teaching them

• Strong ability at taking hard decisions by understanding and explaining trade-offs between business enablement and economics impacts

• The role requires people skills to influence and orient business and technical audience toward a common goal that is satisfying all stakeholders

• Very good ability to build collaborative cross functional relationships, pulling together and maintaining a cohesive and high functioning team

• Strong ability to lead team on a mandate and to lead decisions

• Ability to deliver mandate with great autonomy - self-driven

• Excellent written and oral communications skills

Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on Finance systems experience

• Proven experience implementing Finance best practices and Finance systems

• Experience with SAP Finance modules (ECC and S/4HANA) and SAP integration with other SAP modules and Non-SAP systems

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 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.

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