Position Title: Infrastructure Solution Architect
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Florenceville GTC
Requisition ID: 32757
JOB PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Manager, IT Architecture, the Solutions Architect will contribute to the success of the IT Architecture program. This position is focused on design concepts and the ability to provide a consultative role to our business. The ideal candidate would have a mix of architect and operations experience and is expected to interface with stakeholders, to define and reach an understanding of their technical requirements. Designing, documenting, sizing the work effort, and determining the needed skills and resources for projects and having strong process, time management and communication skills.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Analyze requirements - Using your experience and knowledge of both the business and systems footprint to analyze new or existing requirements to understand impact on applications and network infrastructure
Road maps - Develop & maintain platform road maps for McCain. This will require working collaboratively with our business units, other IT Architects, application support teams, vendor management teams, project teams and Operations teams
Develop - Our future state architecture for our data centers and network in collaboration with other Technology Services teams through the creation of new technical service offerings for our operations team
Create - White papers and presentations for senior leadership on new and upcoming technologies and clearly articulate the value our business will receive from implementing these technologies
Coaching - Challenge others to develop as leaders, while serving as a role model. Share acquired skills and business/system knowledge with team members through formal and information channels
Continued learning - Stay current on industry technologies, trends, and best practices
Communicate - Effective communication both verbally and written to IS project team members, IS staff and IS management
Develop and/or review architectural and detailed designs to insure it meats the requirements of McCain
Assist in the creation of complex solutions both on-premises and in the cloud
MEASURES OF SUCCESS:
Technical, Solution Architecture and Design Skills for the following:
A clear understanding of core Azure Cloud Computing services
A detailed understanding of Networking, Databases, Software, APIs, Logic/Function Apps and Servers in the Cloud.
Experience in designing, building, deploying, operating, and optimizing resources in Azure
Support cloud migration/implementations
Experience in Digital Manufacturing solutions - Factory Talk, OSiPi, Pavilion, High Byte
Detailed understanding of Azure Data services - Cosmos, SQL Paas, Postgres, AKS, Azure Data factory, Data pipeline services, Synapse
Experience in C#, .Net SDK and Angular Apps
Hands-on experience with IaC and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
Proficiency in Python, Scripting YAML[SR1] , Microsoft DevOps, Terraform (IaC), Bash, etc.) for automation tasks.
Expert level of proficiency with performance and scalability on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience working with edge compute and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS).
Demonstrated experience developing and/or architecting performant applications in public cloud.
Demonstrated experience in implementing cloud observability, across complex cloud workloads and technology stacks.
Demonstrated experience working with various cloud native technologies and services including compute, storage, networking, security and data services.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling and practices.
Understanding of the Agile project management framework
Experience, from a design perspective, in the following Azure areas:
Azure Networking:
Virtual Networks (IP Addressing, VNet Peering and Virtual Network Connections)
Hybrid connectivity (Virtual Hubs, Virtual Network Gateways, site-to-site VPN, ExpressRoute)
Orchestrating Routing Paths, especially in a Hybrid Cloud including the use of BGP
Azure Load Balancers
Azure Bastion Hosts
Monitor Resources and Log Analytics:
Use Log Analytics to write a simple query and charts
Direct resource logs to a centralized log analytics workspace for monitoring/reporting
Compute:
Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Virtual Machine cost optimization, performance, and security
Backup strategies and Fail-over Recovery
Storage:
Securing Data against unauthorized access
Backing Up strategies that allow for efficient restores
long-term archival storage to maintain corporate compliance
Application Workloads in Azure:
Synapse Data Warehouse
SQL Managed Instances
Azure API Management Services
Logic Apps / Function Apps
Azure Data Factories
Azure Machine Learning
Backup strategies, Fail-over Recovery and Disaster Recovery
Security and Protecting Identities:
Encrypting data in transit, at rest, and in use
Protecting Azure Active Directory accounts against compromise
Reducing the attack surface of all your Azure resources
Azure Firewalls, Azure VPN Gateways and NVAs
Azure Application Gateways/Web Application Firewalls
NSGs & ASGs
Azure Private Endpoints
Private DNS Zones
Azure B2B and B2C
Azure Costs Controls
Azure Budgets and Budget Alerts, & Budget Dashboards
Reporting on Azure Consumption
Azure Resource reservations
Azure Resource Deployments
Terraform to deploy and manage Azure resources, assign RBAC
Azure DevOps to deploy resources
Azure DevOps, GitHub Pipeline, Github For Advanced Security
Understanding of Azure Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans and Artifacts
Create new organizations
Add users to organizations and projects using best practices
KEY QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCES:
University degree in Computer Science (or related field of study) or equivalent work experience
Minimum 5 years of experience as a Solutions Architect with an emphasis on supporting complex environments
Hands-on experience with complex enterprise systems, networks and technologies
Accountable to ensure solutions are stable, scalable, capable of providing consistently acceptable performance and reliability
A track record of implementing and maintaining best practices and standards
Ability to assess new initiatives to determine work effort and estimate time-to-completion
Applied knowledge of ITIL and enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF is considered an asset
Microsoft Azure Certifications such as:
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Key Competencies:
Drives Results, Collaboration, Customer focus
OTHER INFORMATION
This position is located at the Global Technology Centre in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick and reports to the Manager, IT Architecture. Florenceville-Bristol is a small community nestled on the bank of the Saint John River and offers a global work environment with a small-town pace of life. Relocation assistance may be available.
The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Compensation Package: $91,000.00 - $131,400.00 CAD annually + bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Job Family: Information Technology
Division: Global Digital Technology
Department: Infrastructure Architecture
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
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