SOLUTIONS DESIGNER Information Technology Our client is currently seeking a Solutions Designer to join their team. Based in either Moncton or Saint John, NB, the Solutions Designer will be responsible for the design and development of IT solutions and architecture for our clients group of companies. As the successful candidate you will analyze the functionality and constraints of recommended solutions and changes across multiple systems, platforms, and applications. Working closely with Business Stakeholders, Business Analysts, and technology specialists, you will lead the design, specification, and selection of information system solutions while considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure, scalability, and performance. You will provide solution architecture design and recommendations to the project team, ensuring a clear understanding of both business and technical requirements and ensuring alignment with business, application, information, and technology principles to enable and support a successful delivery. Additionally, you will be responsible for updating the Enterprise Architecture repository and maintaining impacted components, relationships, and attributes. You will also support software architecture design and development teams, estimating costs, preparing business cases for IT solutions, and working closely with Project Managers and Business Analysts to develop project schedules, task lists, and resource plans for solution delivery. A key part of the role involves driving organizational change by leveraging emerging technologies and using your knowledge of IT solutions to support business process design. The ideal candidate will have a bachelors degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, business management, or a related discipline. A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a similar role, with at least 10 years in a professional IT environment, is required. You should have experience providing technical direction to less experienced team members and a strong background in enterprise architecture and solution design in diverse IT environments. Experience in creating design documents for solutions, coupled with excellent communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, is essential. A good understanding of solution designs relevant to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, including enterprise systems, as well as experience with web application architecture and emerging technologies, is also important. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must. TOGAF certification (The Open Group Architecture Framework) would be considered a plus.
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Solutions Engineer