Expert, Information Architecture

Expert InformationArchitecture

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Job Summary

The Expert Information Architecture is responsible for ensuring via models standards technologies and processes that information is handled as a strategic business. The role is for a driven information architect to help build the next generation cloud and web native applications for CNs new customer facing portals. The new portal aims to service both existing and new customers and use-cases and will help bridge the gap between legacy systems and modern applications and flows.

Main Responsibilities

Understand CNs customer systems requirements and business processes and translates them into information architecture models.

Develop deliver maintain communicate and govern information architecture strategy standards guidelines diagrams and models.

Identify and resolve gaps between solution conceptual models and the Business Information Model (BIM) as well as gaps between solution logical models and the enterprise logical data model

Understand and govern business processes related to Customer Services applications.

Using Domain Drive Design to ensure alignment and architecture across domains.

Define the data architecture framework standards and principles including modelling metadata security reference data master data versioning lineage and data lifecycle.

Lead architectural discussions and design exercises to educate best practices for data management

Define the policies procedures models to be used in collecting organizing storing and accessing information

Design conceptual data logical data and business process models

Communicate deliverables with software engineering and supporting the development of logical and physical data models

Design and lead the data model and overall architecture of the data

Ensure alignment with corporate information standards policies solution technology and business architecture

Participate in relevant recurring architecture & design meetings

Work with peer architects providing guidance on a comprehensive governance model to ensure solutions are developed according to the developed information architecture

Requirements

Information Architecture

Minimum 10 years of overall work experience

Minimum 5 years demonstrating technical leadership qualities or overseeing deliverables

Between 7 to 10 years experience in a similar role

. Experience understanding designing and implementing information architectures that enable well-integrated transactional collaborative and analytical systems

. Experience with various information modelling types and techniques at the enterprise level

Inspires others with impactful communications and adapts to the audience through speech and writing

Applies analytical thinking

Innovates through problem solving

Knows the business and stays current with industry trends to elevate expertise and work

Demonstrates organizational abilities

Collaborates with key internal stakeholders to enable higher productivity

Works independently with little supervision

Technical Skills/Knowledge

Expert Knowledge of taxonomies and ontologies as well as the challenges of applying structured techniques (data modelling) to less structured sources

Expert Knowledge of designing high volume high performance transactional applications and services data using information data and integration patterns.

Good Knowledge of business intelligence data warehousing relational and
non-relational database management systems and other data structures.

Good Knowledge of best practices and latest trends in the information architecture practice (e.g. Non-Structured Query Language (NoSQL) Master Data Management (MDM) Big Data).

Knowledge of Information and Enterprise Architecture tools such as Ardoq Enterprise Architect SparX Erwin Microsoft Visio or others*

Knowledge of rail transportation or logistics industry*

*Any knowledge for any of the above would be considered as an asset

Education

Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems or equivalent demonstrated experience

About CN

CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler. 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. As the only railroad connecting Canadas Eastern and Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S. through a 19500 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. At CN we work as ONE TEAM focused on safety sustainability and our customers providing operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.

About CN

CN is a premium railroad that sustainably generates value for our customers shareholders employees and stakeholders with an unwavering commitment to safety and service. 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. CNs network connects Canadas Eastern and Western coasts with the U.S. South through a 20000-mile rail and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN powers the North American economy and is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship.

At CN we are dedicated to building North Americassafest mostinclusiveandsustainable railroad which includes reflecting the communities in which we operate. Research shows that candidates often dont apply unless they feel they fit the job posting at 100%. To all potential applicants even if you dont meet every job requirement listed in a posting we still encourage you to apply. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations) please get in touch with our team at.

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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1