Job Specifications
Ready to Transform Retail? Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers where your unique contributions drive success.
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Solution Architect. This role can be based out of one our main offices: Stellarton, NS; Mississauga, ON; Calgary, AB; Burnaby, BC.
In This Exciting Role, You Will
Lead and coach project development teams in architecting ecommerce solutions that achieve business objectives while meeting enterprise architecture and IT principles.
Deliver solution blueprints and technical designs for ecommerce initiatives, including customer-facing and order-to-fulfillment capabilities.
Influence the evolution of enterprise architecture strategic goals and deliverables related to ecommerce platforms.
Evaluate and provide input into discovery initiatives, business proposals and project charters for new ecommerce capabilities and enhancements.
Evaluate and recommend tools, techniques, and processes to improve ecommerce solution quality, scalability, performance, and reliability.
Analyze current technical solutions to ensure alignment with business processes, customer experience objectives and enterprise security, privacy, and compliance standards.
Consult on recommendations for business process change with respect to total solution.
Analyze technical changes required to meet new ecommerce business goals.
Determine business and technical requirements for ecommerce solutions.
Partner with business stakeholders to translate ecommerce requirements into effective technical solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure integration with enterprise systems.
Engage with system integrators, SaaS vendors, and platform providers to review designs and ensure delivery quality.
Present and defend solution designs in architecture review boards and governance forums.
Job Requirements
What You Have To Offer
An Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in the development and deployment of software solutions in complex, distributed environments.
Strong technical knowledge of cloud-based architectures, integrations, APIs, and enterprise architecture standards (Azure preferred).
Experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures on Microsoft Azure.
Experience working with system integrators, SaaS vendors, and platform providers, including reviewing technical designs and holding partners accountable.
Significant experience in 3 or more distinct software development environments or platforms.
Demonstrated ability to align technical solutions to business goals.
Great breadth and depth of technical and business knowledge and strong familiarity with current and emerging technological capabilities.
Proven ability to architect, build, and deploy solutions in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
Strong storytelling skills to explain complex architectures in simple, business-relevant terms.
Effective communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate and coordinate with technical and non-technical stakeholders in a matrix organization.
Confidence presenting and defending solution designs in architecture review boards and governance forums.
Strong planning and execution skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple resources toward a common delivery goal.
Nice To Have
Retail or omnichannel domain experience.
Experience with ecommerce, headless commerce, or composable architectures.
Experience integrating SaaS ecommerce platforms with ERP, OMS, CRM, and third-party services.
Experience working with SI partners, vendors, and platform providers.
Who We Are
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.
Our family of 128,000 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.
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is fuelled by our purpose and values. It shapes our culture and drives business success. As a family nurturing families, we embed DE&I into everything we do. We know that it takes open minds and respect for distinct perspectives to create engaging workplaces, inclusive customer experiences and strong community partnerships. We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applica
About the Company
As one of only two national grocery retailers in Canada, Sobeys Inc. serves the food shopping needs of Canadians with more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces with retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drugs, as well as more than 330 retail fuel locations. Our five core retail food formats are designed to ensure that we have the right offering in the right-sized stores for each individual market we serve -- from our full service format to the convenience f...
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