Solutions Architect

Position: Solutions Architect Location: Surrey About Compugen Compugen is one of Canada's largest privately-owned Information Technology (IT) Solution Providers. We help customers design, acquire, integrate and operate technology. Our mission is to help organizations realize new possibilities. Every day, our dedicated staff across North America focus on providing extraordinary customer service and support experiences to private and public sector organizations. We combine breadth of skill, depth of expertise, and commitment to operational excellence at scale to deliver exceptional, customer-focused experiences. If you are driven to make a difference, relentlessly curious and collaborative at the core, we’d love to talk to you. Join us and help us make a difference. Position Overview You’re a pro at designing solution architecture for Information System (IS) projects. Along with your knack for thinking outside of the box, you’re ready to use your knowledge of implementing new systems solutions based on current, new, and emerging technologies and best practices of our business. As a Solution Architect, you’ll work with senior managers and stakeholders to shape the long-term direction of systems and applications solutions by leveraging your knowledge of architecture practices in various aspects like business, application, data, security, and infrastructure. Responsibilities

• Familiarize yourself with our procedures, processes, applications, and infrastructure landscape, and build relationships with our employee end-user community.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with senior managers and business stakeholders and participate in planning sessions to shape the long-term direction for systems/application solutions.
• Lead the design of solution architecture for Information System projects, ensuring alignment with business, operational, and enterprise requirements.
• Leverage your knowledge of regulations, technology trends, vendors' product maps, and organization and enterprise architecture strategies to deliver solutions that bring maximum business benefits.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a business-related discipline.
• More than 12 years of experience in Information Systems with a minimum of five years of experience as a Solution Architect.
• Excellent strategic thinking to deliver major, new, and traditional projects that combine project management, continuous improvement, and change expertise to drive our business forward.
• Exceptional communication skills to engage with leaders and stakeholders across the business as you design solutions that guide us toward excellence.

Consistent with our commitments to equity and diversity, we actively recruit women, visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities. We also provide employment accommodation upon request to current employees and to applicants during the recruitment process. We comply with human rights codes in all jurisdictions where we operate and aim to provide a work environment where excellence is allowed to flourish and diversity is prized. Compugen is committed to providing accommodation throughout the interview and employment process. If you require an accommodation, the hiring manager and the human resources contact will work with you to meet your needs. #ITR