Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion. From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks. CNDS (CN Data Services) is seeking a Data Platform Architecture Manager to lead the delivery of the Data Platform and Systems Architecture practice and Data Platform Engineering delivery at CN. The role is responsible for leading technological roadmap discussions, data platform and system architecture, Data Platform System Design, Data Platform delivery and steering the organization towards innovative and secure Data Platforms to meet business requirements in collaboration with the leadership team. People Management – management of direct reports, goals setting, career development, hiring, work assignments, team performance. · Talent Development – ensure people have clear skill growth objectives in alignment with strategic technology directions and required training resources. · Staff Aug Management – Manage the performance of staff augmentation partners to ensure timely staffing of top talent resources. · Data Platform System Architecture & Platform Delivery · Architecture Review Board - Oversee the delivery of complex & critical solution architectures: Ensures that deliverables are meeting quality standards and delivered on time · Project Scoping – Translate business requirements into project delivery plans. · Project Staffing – Create agile delivery PODs with properly skilled architects · Project Delivery –Drive project execution and quality with regular engineering reviews. · Strategy, planning and management of data platform budgets. Architecture Practice Management · Give overall direction and guidance for putting in place best-in-class architecture processes for designing large and complex systems. Assign and coordinate extensive workload based on project criticality and architecture complexity. · Ensure key architecture decisions made during projects aimed to maximizes the value and manage the risk of CN investment · Ensures that solutions are in line with enterprise and domain architecture content to support short and long-term business objectives · Ensure architecture solutions from the team are aligned with the requirements from the Reliability team and the Safety team · Drive change to enable enterprise and domain architecture strategies and positions · Represent Architecture in project management process improvement initiatives · Development and implementation of strategic planning for data platforms and systems Architectures. · Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and influence, with a customer-centricity mindset for optimal expectations management. · Continuous communication planning and execution to keep all stakeholders informed and engaged. As this role focuses on leading a team to deliver business and technical solution, the organizational impact is substantial. I&T Directors, Senior Managers and peer managers · Architecture group · Data Engineering · Data Design · Data Governance · Data AI · Information Architecture · Project Managers · Minimum 10-15 years overall work experience, with a gradual evolution from software development roles · Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree Data Platform architecture and system design · Define architecture and engineering standards, patterns & best practices. · Lead the delivery and rollout of data platforms into PROD and comply to service operationalization standards · Platform integration planning, optimizations, and continuous improvement · Platform adherence to CN security policies and standards · Determine TCO and ROI of platforms by understanding business value and opportunities of IT costs reduction · Work with Enterprise Architecture to align and introduce new solution/technologies for the Enterprise · Actively participate and lead recurrent architectural & technical meetings with vendors · Communication planning to ensure the operations team understands the platform and the roadmap of the platform · Demonstrate leadership by helping colleagues participate in the platform development activities and get exposed adequately for further career growth. · Perform technological surveillance for continuous modernized and innovative platform capabilities. · Expert knowledge of Big Data Architecture is required · Expert knowledge of Cloud Architecture – Monitoring, Networking, Security, Storage, Compute with GCP and Azure is an required · Strong experience all phases of software SDLC and DevSecOps technologies and practices · Strong experience with Agile/Scrum/Safe delivery management and planning · Very good experience in the identification, assessment and management of solution and business risks/value · Good ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations · Knowledge of key regulatory guidelines as a definite asset Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. S. through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship. this is why CN invests around $100 million every year on I&T projects and infrastructure. And with close to 1,000 in-house employees, CN's I&T team is more than a first-class technology shop – they're railroaders, dedicated to enabling our people to work better and to helping our trains run safely. CN's Information & Technology group is looking for someone to help drive its transformation journey. It also means participating in a variety of innovative initiatives and thus, deepening your knowledge and experience in the IAM field. You must also possess the right balance of technical acumen and customer focus to deliver both high-quality solutions and high-quality service to the many different stakeholders you will be collaborating with across CN. Analyze, design, build, test and deploy enterprise and/or customer-facing projects (including requirements gathering, business analysis and process engineering) Participate in the design, creation and update of SAP roles with associated entitlements; translating functional requirements into technical design Participate in the design, creation and update of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with a central Identity and Access Management solution Support and provide technical assistance for the implementation of new solutions Experience in SAP ECC, including HR and BW security authorizations Ability to translate SAP security business requirements into technical terms Minimum 1-3 years of experience in planning and implementing IAM capabilities: Experience in other SAP solutions such as Solution Manager, SRM security an asset Experience with Windows Active Directory, Unix, cloud apps security integration an asset Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and French At CN, we are dedicated to building North America's safest, most inclusive and sustainable railroad, which includes reflecting the communities in which we operate. As an equal employment opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.