GIS Solutions Architect

Company: SystemCanada |

World wide office: Canada - USA - Australia - UK - South Africa - New Zealand - Ireland - Japan

Job Description

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related
• 7+ years experience progressively advancing experience in IT projects in technical roles
• 1+ years experience working in an IT Solutions Architecture capacity
• Strong understanding of application development and the system development lifecycle (including Agile)
• GIS architecture experience
• Experience designing GIS solutions
• Experience with ESRI's ArcGIS suite and familiarity with the COTS approach
• Solid understanding of spatial data including ESRI's ArcSDE geodatabase and feature class format
• Experience designing ArcGIS Server hardware configurations based on ESRI's best practices for v10.0 and v10.1
• Systems integration experience
• Understanding of different types of integration patterns and experience with point to point and enterprise wide integration initiatives
• Experience in multi-tiered web driven applications

Nice to Have Skills Include:

• Understanding of oil and gas industry
• Knowledge of ITIL V3 Framework
• Spatial data analysis, data modeling and data mapping experience
• Knowledge of TOGAF, PEAF, Zachman or some related Enterprise Architecture Framework/Topology
• Superior organization skills, with the ability to set priorities, follow-up and meet deadlines
• Solid leadership, facilitation and negotiation skills
• Display tact and good judgment in resolving problems and answering inquiries
• Ability to work independently in a very busy, varied, and diverse environment with changing priorities
• Ability to communicate complex and technical concepts clearly and appropriately with non-technical as well as technical personnel
• A high degree of initiative and self-motivation
• The ability to manage multiple, concurrent requests
• A high attention to detail while producing quality work in a timely manner