Solution Architect, Infrastructure & Cloud
About the role
Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.
Air Canada is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our diverse and vibrant team as we continue to lead the growth and expansion of Canada’s flag carrier. If you are passionate about technology, collaboration, and making a meaningful contribution, we invite you to bring your experience, curiosity, and perspective to this role.
As a Solution Architect, Infrastructure & Cloud at Air Canada, you will help define, design, and evolve technology solutions that support business needs, agility, and strategic growth. Working collaboratively with business and IT stakeholders, you will translate business strategies and requirements into practical technical solutions, applications, and process designs. You will contribute to solution architecture and provide architectural guidance across the product lifecycle, from inception and design through implementation, including development, infrastructure, data, and security considerations.
This position will be reporting to the Director, Technology Architecture.
Responsibilities
Understand business drivers and business capabilities, both current and future, and recommend enterprise system designs and change requirements that support targeted business outcomes. Understand emerging technology trends and disruptions to enable new business and operating models. Translate business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints to achieve business objectives and document all solution architecture design and analysis work. Contribute to solution design and planning to ensure platforms are optimized for performance, scalability and cost. Present and socialize proposed solutions through solution review sessions and communicate designs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Support the solution delivery by providing insights to project managers that plan and execute delivery activities. Provide technical guidance to internal and external teams involved in implementation activities, while supporting alignment with architecture standards and guidelines. Support the quality of the defined solution and its alignment with technology strategies, standards, and best practices defined by the Enterprise Architecture team. Provide architectural guidance to delivery teams and serve as a key architecture resource. Create solution architecture artifacts that describe the solution, key decisions, and associated benefits. Build effective technical relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
Qualifications
A relevant university degree, technical certification, and/or experience commensurate to the role. Significant experience (usually 7+years) in IT, including solution architecture, application architecture, development, infrastructure, or related technology domains. Experience designing solutions in cloud or hybrid technology environments. Experience with corporate, airline, or commercial systems is considered an asset. Experience with architecture modeling tools and frameworks such as ArchiMate, TOGAF, or BIZBOK is considered an asset. Cloud platform certification is considered an asset. Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI/ML, LLMs, or agentic systems is considered an asset. Understanding of IT standards and controls. Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a systematic approach. Professional, service-oriented, and collaborative approach with the ability to build effective business relationships. Ability to work effectively in rapidly changing environments and manage priorities with support and collaboration. Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment. Bilingualism in English and French is considered an asset. Flexibility to adapt to business needs, including occasional extended hours when required.
Conditions Of Employment
Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.
Linguistic Requirements
Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.
Diversity and Inclusion
Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.
Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.
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About Air Canada
Canada's largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network celebrating its 25thanniversary in 2022, Air Canada provides scheduled passenger service directly to 51 airports in Canada, 51 in the United States and 86 internationally. It is the only international network carrier in North America to receive a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax, which in 2021 gave Air Canada awards for the Best Airline Staff in North America, Best Airline Staff in Canada, Best Business Class Lounge in North America, and an excellence award for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Air Canada est la plus importante société aérienne du Canada, le transporteur national du pays et un membre cofondateur du réseau Star Alliance — le plus vaste regroupement mondial de sociétés aériennes, qui célèbre son 25e anniversaire en 2022. Les lignes passagers régulières d’Air Canada relient sans escale 51 aéroports au Canada, 51 aux États-Unis et 86 sur le reste du globe. En Amérique du Nord, Air Canada constitue le seul transporteur aérien d’envergure internationale offrant une gamme complète de services à détenir la cote quatre étoiles de Skytrax qui, en 2021, lui a décerné les prix Meilleur personnel au sol et à bord en Amérique du Nord, Meilleur personnel au sol et à bord au Canada, Meilleur salon de classe affaires en Amérique du Nord ainsi qu’un Prix d’excellence pour sa gestion de la pandémie de la COVID-19.
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Solution Architect, Infrastructure & Cloud
About the role
Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.
Air Canada is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our diverse and vibrant team as we continue to lead the growth and expansion of Canada’s flag carrier. If you are passionate about technology, collaboration, and making a meaningful contribution, we invite you to bring your experience, curiosity, and perspective to this role.
As a Solution Architect, Infrastructure & Cloud at Air Canada, you will help define, design, and evolve technology solutions that support business needs, agility, and strategic growth. Working collaboratively with business and IT stakeholders, you will translate business strategies and requirements into practical technical solutions, applications, and process designs. You will contribute to solution architecture and provide architectural guidance across the product lifecycle, from inception and design through implementation, including development, infrastructure, data, and security considerations.
This position will be reporting to the Director, Technology Architecture.
Responsibilities
Understand business drivers and business capabilities, both current and future, and recommend enterprise system designs and change requirements that support targeted business outcomes. Understand emerging technology trends and disruptions to enable new business and operating models. Translate business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints to achieve business objectives and document all solution architecture design and analysis work. Contribute to solution design and planning to ensure platforms are optimized for performance, scalability and cost. Present and socialize proposed solutions through solution review sessions and communicate designs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Support the solution delivery by providing insights to project managers that plan and execute delivery activities. Provide technical guidance to internal and external teams involved in implementation activities, while supporting alignment with architecture standards and guidelines. Support the quality of the defined solution and its alignment with technology strategies, standards, and best practices defined by the Enterprise Architecture team. Provide architectural guidance to delivery teams and serve as a key architecture resource. Create solution architecture artifacts that describe the solution, key decisions, and associated benefits. Build effective technical relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
Qualifications
A relevant university degree, technical certification, and/or experience commensurate to the role. Significant experience (usually 7+years) in IT, including solution architecture, application architecture, development, infrastructure, or related technology domains. Experience designing solutions in cloud or hybrid technology environments. Experience with corporate, airline, or commercial systems is considered an asset. Experience with architecture modeling tools and frameworks such as ArchiMate, TOGAF, or BIZBOK is considered an asset. Cloud platform certification is considered an asset. Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI/ML, LLMs, or agentic systems is considered an asset. Understanding of IT standards and controls. Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a systematic approach. Professional, service-oriented, and collaborative approach with the ability to build effective business relationships. Ability to work effectively in rapidly changing environments and manage priorities with support and collaboration. Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment. Bilingualism in English and French is considered an asset. Flexibility to adapt to business needs, including occasional extended hours when required.
Conditions Of Employment
Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.
Linguistic Requirements
Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.
Diversity and Inclusion
Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.
Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.
Not the right fit? Search for Solution Architect, Infrastructure & Cloud jobs in Dorval, Quebec, Canada
About Air Canada
Canada's largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network celebrating its 25thanniversary in 2022, Air Canada provides scheduled passenger service directly to 51 airports in Canada, 51 in the United States and 86 internationally. It is the only international network carrier in North America to receive a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax, which in 2021 gave Air Canada awards for the Best Airline Staff in North America, Best Airline Staff in Canada, Best Business Class Lounge in North America, and an excellence award for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Air Canada est la plus importante société aérienne du Canada, le transporteur national du pays et un membre cofondateur du réseau Star Alliance — le plus vaste regroupement mondial de sociétés aériennes, qui célèbre son 25e anniversaire en 2022. Les lignes passagers régulières d’Air Canada relient sans escale 51 aéroports au Canada, 51 aux États-Unis et 86 sur le reste du globe. En Amérique du Nord, Air Canada constitue le seul transporteur aérien d’envergure internationale offrant une gamme complète de services à détenir la cote quatre étoiles de Skytrax qui, en 2021, lui a décerné les prix Meilleur personnel au sol et à bord en Amérique du Nord, Meilleur personnel au sol et à bord au Canada, Meilleur salon de classe affaires en Amérique du Nord ainsi qu’un Prix d’excellence pour sa gestion de la pandémie de la COVID-19.