Job Description

Solution Architect

Posted Date: Jan 3, 2024

Location: Regina, Sask.
Number of Positions: 1
Position Types: Permanent Full-time
Salary: $79,575 - $106,099 (Determined based on education and experience)
Close Date: January 17, 2024

Competition Comments: POSITION COULD BE LOCATED EITHER IN REGINA, SASKATOON, YORKTON, PRINCE ALBERT, NORTH BATTLEFORD, SWIFT CURRENT, MOOSE JAW, WEYBURN, or ESTEVAN.

Network discipline - preference to have CCNA/NP, CCIE, CompTIA Network+

This a Technical Career Path position.

POSITION OVERVIEW

In this position you will be accountable for providing technical leadership and consulting services for all aspects of the planning, design, architecture, evolution, performance, operational tools, and capacity of technical environments within SaskTel\'s Business Solutions technical environment as well as Customer environments. Specifically, you are accountable to develop and implement practical and cost-effective plans for the information technology infrastructure environment(s) to support the services and solutions of Business Solutions.

You will provide consultative expertise to senior management, SaskTel departments and the customer. As a Solution Architect, you lead the introduction of new information technology infrastructures required to support existing and future services and will provide consultative expertise to customers as well as senior management.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Accountable for the evolution of existing (planning, research, development) services and creation of new and innovative infrastructure (data centre, network, compute, storage, security, application, etc) to support SaskTel\'s Business Solutions services and SaskTel customers.
2. Ensures the infrastructure solution is capable of providing all technical requirements in a practical and cost-effective manner through analyzing future business requirements, future technical requirements, and objectives.
3. Works closely with the tactical design and assurance teams, suppliers, other SaskTel resources and SaskTel Customers to determine technical and business requirements and ensure that assurance processes have been developed.
4. Plans, design and coordinates the implementation of infrastructure, applications or policies for SaskTel and SaskTel customers.
5. Accountable for researching infrastructure solutions, vendor landscape, creating and recommending short and long term strategies, and preparing Executive presentations for required services to meet SaskTel\'s and customers business needs. Prepares and maintains strategies, plans, policies, educational presentations, and standards as required based on this research.
6. Manages infrastructure products and services through their lifecycle by developing and ensuring execution of product introduction and retirement plans.
7. Provides professional advice/consulting and high level support regarding technologies, strategies and services to various internal teams including middle and senior management.
8. Accountable for managing technical project teams that will consist of both SaskTel employees, contractors, and customer employees. Provides leadership, direction and support directly to the customer and /or partner on pertinent technical developments.
9. Leads and participates in customer technology advisory initiatives, conduct customer technology and business assessments, including the assessment and design of customer technology architectures, integration strategies and technology/service roadmaps.
10. Provides consulting services inclusive of advisory, assessment, and architecture services which includes translating customer business challenges or objectives into technical solutions.
11. Participates in all aspects of the employee lifecycle including hiring, performance management, coaching and mentoring employees.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

1. Bachelor\'s Degree OR Technical Certificate and 3 years relevant experience OR 6 years equivalent experience in a related field.
2. Current standing of advanced vendor certification(s) as specified in the posting.
3. Thorough knowledge and understanding of information management technologies and management disciplines, along with extensive experience in the application of information technology principles, methodologies, and techniques. Experience in technology planning and/or infrastructure (data centre, network, compute, storage, voice, security, application) design, consulting, implementation, support or operations is desirable.
4. Experience in developing customer proposals and contracts.
5. Experience with developing and/or maintaining business relationships with customers and solution partners. Demonstrated expertise in managing & negotiating contracts, license agreements and service level agreements with vendors, partners, consultants and customers.
6. Demonstrated analytical, business and technical leadership in developing & delivering IT Products, Services and Solutions.
7. Management skills to plan, coordinate and control the resources needed to effectively support major projects.
8. Experience with financial management and budgeting.
9. Strong team leader and member, able to develop staff and influence the performance of others.
10. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to influence and deal effectively with others.

About SaskTel

SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, with approximately $1.3 billion in annual revenue and nearly 1.4 million customer connections including more than 654,000 wireless accesses, 257,000 wireline network accesses, 295,000 internet and data accesses, 111,000 maxTV service subscribers, and 77,000 security monitoring customers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries offer a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 3,300 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Visit SaskTel at .

#LI-POST

Thank you for your interest in SaskTel - we look forward to reviewing your application!

SaskTel