Bilingual Strategic Advisor – IT Solution Architecture

Welcome to a place where people are at the heart of everything we do. 

Welcome to people with an inspiring vision and who seek stimulating challenges. At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where you’ll have many opportunities to learn and develop while working on engaging projects. 

We are a firm 100% owned by its employees and we value a collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset. You will have the flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and define what work-life balance means to you. 

When you join CIMA+, we welcome you to a place that you can call home.

CIMA+ is seeking an experienced IT Solutions Architect with more than 7 years of relevant experience. The selected candidate will become a technical reference within the organization and will play a key role in the evolution of the internal digital ecosystem.

Driven by curiosity, rigor, and initiative, the successful candidate will actively contribute to the firm’s technological development in an environment where entrepreneurship, collaboration, and innovation are at the core of the company culture.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Understand business and technological needs of CIMA+ in order to maintain, optimize, and evolve the internal digital ecosystem

• Analyze and master the existing solution architecture to ensure its consistency and long-term sustainability

• Design and evolve solution and system architectures in alignment with existing technology platforms and the corporate IT strategy

• Evaluate, analyze, and recommend emerging technologies in support of the company’s innovation objectives

• Produce functional specifications, concepts of operations, IT requirements, development standards—including low-code / no-code approaches—as well as integration standards

• Simplify and structure complex technical content to facilitate understanding and effective communication with stakeholders

• Rigorously document deliverables and solutions developed or integrated into the digital ecosystem

• Act as a subject-matter expert and advisor to IT teams and internal partners in the development of solutions and deliverables

• Actively participate in the implementation of solutions, ensuring quality, compliance, and seamless integration of systems within the CIMA+ environment

• Support and guide IT project teams during system integration and deployment, including technical validation, inter-system automations, and the use of integration platforms

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology Engineering, Software Engineering, Automated Production Engineering, Computer Science, or any other equivalent relevant education

• More than 7 years of experience in solution architecture, system architecture, or operating systems engineering

• Experience in consulting services (an asset)

• Enterprise architecture certification (TOGAF, ArchiMate) — an asset

• Membership in the OIQ as a Professional Engineer — an asset

• Bilingual (French/English), required to collaborate with teams across Canada

Knowledge and Areas of Interest

• ERP platforms: Microsoft Dynamics 365 or previous versions

• Artificial intelligence environments: ChatGPT, Copilot, Google AI, etc.

• Containerization: Docker

• Microsoft Power Platform

• Low-code / no-code approaches

• DevOps methodologies: CI/CD, GitHub

• Azure cloud environments

• Integration and data distribution platforms: Azure Integration Services (Service Bus, API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps) or equivalent competitors

• API management services

• Communication protocols and mechanisms

• IoT, Big Data

• Programming languages: Python, C#

For more information, you may contact Ibrahima Amadou LY

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At CIMA+, we value diversity of talent and perspective. You think you can add value, but don't meet all the job requirements? We invite you to apply, because everyone has something unique to offer. The outstanding talents that choose to join us at CIMA+ soon realize that we go all out to encourage them to grow. We look forward to hearing how you can contribute to our success.  

Why choose CIMA+? Because we offer you: 

• Comprehensive Group Benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week 
• Employee and Family Assistance Program 
• Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with up to 4% employer contribution 
• As an employee-owned company, an annual opportunity to purchase shares for all employees 
• Flexible work schedule in a hybrid work mode  
• Work/Life balance policy across Canada 
• 3-5 weeks of vacation, based on years of relevant experience 
• Tailored training to improve your existing skills

At CIMA+, we recognize the richness and diversity of each individual’s experience. Compensation for this role is therefore based on the candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, while maintaining internal equity. The level and associated salary may vary depending on the candidate’s profile.

CIMA+ uses an applicant tracking system that includes an automated match score feature. However, this score is not used to screen, assess, or select applicants. All hiring decisions are made through human review.

Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA+. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates, regardless of their identity (race, ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic status or background, etc.).​

In keeping with the principles of employment equity, we encourage all applications, including, but not limited to, those from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self-identification form when applying for employment.​

Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.

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