Manager System Architecture-CA

Role summary

System architecture and delivery

• Support epic refinement, feature analysis, and solution design; analyze business, functional, non-functional, security, and operational requirements.
• Define system architectures and design patterns; develop architecture artifacts aligned with enterprise and solution architecture guidance.
• Ensure solution designs comply with architecture standards, principles, and governance requirements.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, data, security, platform, and integration teams; participate in PI Planning and delivery planning.
• Resolve technical issues and design challenges with implementation teams; contribute to architecture reviews, risk assessments, and technology evaluations.
• Maintain architecture documentation, standards, patterns, and repositories.

Technical leadership and collaboration

• Guide Solution Designers and delivery teams, share architecture best practices and reusable patterns, and contribute to community forums and knowledge sharing.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption; support continuous improvement of architecture processes, standards, and governance.
• Collaborate with business, product, architecture, cybersecurity, and engineering teams; present recommendations and design decisions to stakeholders.
• Support alignment between business needs, delivery timelines, and technical constraints, and contribute to governance forums and decision-making.

Experience and education

• Requires 10 or more years in IT, enterprise, solution, or system architecture, engineering, or related technology roles.
• Requires at least 3 years defining solution or system architectures for medium-to-large technology initiatives.
• Requires experience developing architecture artifacts, technical roadmaps, standards, and implementation guidance, and working in Agile, SAFe, product, or project delivery environments.
• Requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or System Analysis; equivalent practical experience, education, or training is considered.

Architecture knowledge

• Knowledge of information and enterprise data architecture, data alignment, conceptual/logical/physical modeling, MDM, reference data, and data quality.
• Knowledge of data integration, lifecycle management, metadata, glossaries, catalogs, governance frameworks, ownership, stewardship, and operating models.
• Knowledge of DSPM, data discovery and classification, DLP controls, information security, privacy by design, data protection, retention, compliance, and risk management.
• Knowledge of data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, analytics, BI, AI-enabled data ecosystems, data products, interoperability, event-driven architecture, lineage, and modernization.
• Knowledge of enterprise networks including LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, campus, data center, and cloud networking; telecom, carrier services, fiber, radio, cellular, private wireless, and satellite connectivity.
• Knowledge of hybrid cloud networking, interconnects, DNS, load balancing, segmentation, resiliency, failover, disaster recovery, SDN, virtualization, and automation.
• Knowledge of secure connectivity, network observability, service assurance, performance and capacity management, access control, Zero Trust, remote access, edge and field connectivity, and infrastructure lifecycle.
• Knowledge of emerging connectivity technologies such as 5G, private LTE, and LEO satellite services, and of governance, standards, and architecture roadmaps.

Assets and certifications

• Railroad, transportation, or global industrial experience is considered an asset, not mandatory.
• TOGAF, ITIL, Google Professional Cloud Architect, and SAFe Architect certifications are considered assets, not mandatory.
• Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered.

Work conditions

• Standard office-environment conditions and a regular Monday-to-Friday workweek.
• Eligible to participate in CN's hybrid work model.
• Occasional business travel within Canada and the United States is required under CN policy.

Compensation

• Hiring salary range is $110,000 to $144,000; individual salary depends on skills and experience.
• Eligible for an annual bonus, employee share investment program, pension, benefits, and other perks.