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Enterprise Architect

FCTGs global technology team is responsible for delivering technology solutions that provide efficiency and enhanced effectiveness for both our people and our corporate customers. 

The Enterprise Architect (EA) will own the design and evolution of the architectural blueprint and roadmap, facilitating our journey to an architecture centered around (micro) services and APIs, while becoming more cloud native. The EA is a business-driven technology leader that drives innovation and enables new business capabilities for our internal and external customers.

The EA will shape cutting-edge products and solutions while guiding and mentoring a group of talented engineers on all phases of the software development lifecycle: requirements definition, design, architecture, development, testing, and integration. They will provide leadership to the engineering community by owning key modernization initiatives.

The EA will assess a project’s technical feasibility, as well as implementation risks. They are responsible for designing and implementing the technical architecture. They define the structure of a system, its interfaces, and the principles that guide its organization, software and data design and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Work with leaders across the organization to understand business strategies, direction, and identify needs and requirements that feed into technology and data strategy and design.
• Lead the definition, communication, and application of the Corporate Technology strategy.
• Define the architecture for and support the implementation of services that will deliver next generation business capabilities. Build the architecture blueprint and roadmap around services and APIs.
• Facilitate complex design and technical discussions, reconcile differing opinions and drive the decision making process.Collaborate with solution architects, Technology leadership, and delivery teams to ensure alignment with target and reference architectures, provide guidance, solicit feedback, and identify enterprise IT needs
• Drive simplification and integration of our technology stack, harmonizing and converging our heterogenous technology and tooling portfolio, capitalizing on existing investments into (enterprise) technology.

Requirements:

• 5+ years project experience in a hands-on technical leadership position with a minimum 3+ years’ experience working in an Enterprise Architect role.
• Knowledge and experience with SDLC techniques
• Results-oriented with a demonstrated sense of urgency to drive multiple projects to successful completion
• Strong understanding and experience with crafting modern solutions leveraging Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of software development tools, methodologies, and frameworks (e.g., Zachmann, TOGAF)
• Experience estimating and planning software development projects
• Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Math preferred, but not required).
• Strong understanding of data management technologies (MDM, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Science)
• Hands on engineering experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure;
• Experience with Serverless frameworks and serverless architecture, with microservices architectures and constituent technologies (hapijs, gokit, Spring Cloud), and with containerization and container platforms. (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Docker EE, Mesosphere)
• Knowledge about Event Driven Architectures and constituent technologies (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis) and patterns (Event Sourcing, etc)
• Experience with NoSQL and cloud native database designs.
• Strong working knowledge of Salesforce (or other leading CRM) out-of-the-box functionality
• Salesforce in a development or configuration capacity (including Salesforce services and APIs)
• Experience in integrating Enterprise Technology platforms, e.g. Voice with CRM, or with other (home grown) applications.

Benefits Include:

• Generous remuneration structure
• Travel perks/discounts.
• Health & Wellness Programs and Employee Financial Wellness Services
• Generous paid-time off policy 
• National/International Award Nights and Conferences
• Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
• Benefits including vision, medical, and dental
• Employee Assistance Program
• RRSP with matching
• Employee Share Plan
• Global career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Fun and flexible work environment
• Proud Corporate Social Responsibility platform through the Flight Centre Foundation and Brighter Futures program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, Volunteering and Fundraising.
• Employee giving program
• Annual Charity Trip
• Office Environmental Program
• 1 Volunteer Day per Calendar Year

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Location – Remote, Canada

 

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for and you would like to be part of our award winning culture then APPLY NOW.

Travel is booming once again,  and our roles are being filled quicker than a nonstop from London to New York.  We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.

Our promise is to provide an environment with equality of respect, dignity and opportunity for all our employees.  We value an inclusive and supportive workplace which truly reflects the diversification of our society.  Flight Centre Travel Group is committed to providing a barrier-free pathway throughout our recruitment selection process.  If you require accommodation because of a disability at any stage of our hiring process, please let us know in advance by contacting our Recruitment Team at fccareers@flightcentre.ca