Solution Architect

Requisition ID: 182477 

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers  

Job Category: Technology Solutions - HR & CDO  

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

  Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA) 

Province: Nova Scotia; Ontario

City: Stellarton / Mississauga

Location: Foord St. Office  

Postal Code: B0K 1S0 

Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family. 

Ready to Make an impact?

Are you looking to create solution designs and set the technical direction for innovative retail projects?

As a  Solution Architect with Sobeys, you will work with business partners and IT managers to architect and design the Next Generation of store applications.

This role can be based out of any of our offices including: Mississauga, ON or Stellarton, NS;. We offer a hybrid work model (3+ days per week in office) with the opportunity for additional flexibility. 

Sobeys Inc. is investing big in technology – Join us and invest in your future

We are on a journey to completely transform how we do business. 

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

In this exciting role, you will:

• Lead and coach project development teams in architecting solutions that achieve project goals while meeting our architecture and IT principles.
• Deliver solution Blueprints and Technical Designs.
• Influence the evolution of enterprise architecture strategic goals and deliverables.
• Evaluate and provide input into discovery initiatives, business proposals and charters for new projects.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, techniques, and processes to enhance software development and quality.
• Analyze current technical solutions to meet the business process.
• Consult on recommendations for business process change with respect to total solution.
• Analyze technical changes required to meet new business goal.
• Determine business and technical requirements for the solution.

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What you have to offer:

What you have to offer:

• An Undergraduate degree in a related area.
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in all aspects of the development and deployment of software solutions in a distributed environment.
• Technical knowledge of cloud, Azure, integration, and architecture standards.
• Experience and knowledge of retail systems including POS, workforce, fresh and ordering systems.
• Significant experience in 3 or more distinct software development environments.
• Demonstrated ability to align technical solutions to business goals.
• Great breadth and depth of technical and business knowledge, strong familiarity with current and upcoming technological capabilities, and a proven ability to architect, construct, and deploy solutions in a collaborative team environment.
• Effective communication skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate and coordinate with others in a matrix organization.
• Planning and execution skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple resources to a team goal.
• Leading all the IT Lead role within projects.
• Bilingual is an asset.
• The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development, development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada.

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.