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We are looking for a solution architect to be part of definition, estimation, and deployment for one of our clients’ major projects in the America regions within the Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) group. Your key involvement will be during project initiation phase. You will support project teams during requirement gathering phase, solution selection process, proof of concept execution, high level and detailed architecture design documentation, solution approval by the enterprise architecture committee, and project execution team as technical expert.

If selected, your will report to the Strategy and Architecture Chapter Lead. You will be part of a project team to support the client’s copper mine expansion program.  You will be responsible for technical and integration aspects of the project with the support of other IS&T technical experts (solution architect, network, server, applications, data, …).

Roles/Responsibilities: 

• Work with demand management team, project managers and business analysts to identify internal clients’ needs and translate them into technical requirements
• With support of other technical experts, identify the potential solutions to meet identified requirement based on client standards
• Provide effort estimate for technical deliverables
• Develop and get the approval for the high-level architecture design and the detailed design of the solutions
• When required, execute proof of concept, and participate to the deployment of the proposed solutions
• Review proposed architecture done by our external partners
• Execute quality assurance activity on technical deliverables done by project team
• Reuse and promote utilization of standard and known solutions to simplify and accelerate the solution estimation and selection
• Support the transition of the solution to the operation teams

Skills:

• 10 years of experience as IT and I&OT Infrastructure expert
• 5 years of experience as solution architecture on IT or I&OT projects
• Excellent knowledge of I&OT infrastructure and application solutions used in underground and surface mining industry
• Excellent skills to summarize and present complex solution
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Excellent collaboration, influencing and negotiation abilities
• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience