Enterprise Architect PDA/DA Full Time

Location: Ottawa, Canada

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.

For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean’s, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

The mission of the Enterprise Architect PDA (Product/Project Design Authority) and DA (Design Authority) is to ensure that the technical policy and strategic plan are well-defined and understood by the project, in line with the business objectives, and implemented accordingly.

You are ready to lead the definition and design of mission critical systems. You are ready to build professional teams from external partners and internal resources. You can communicate technical solutions to all audiences. You are ready to earn the trust of critical systems operators.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Visualize and design data centric systems of systems of systems. Develop System Architecture documents and artifacts where functionality, performance, and cyber security are addressed as an integrated whole.

• Work with critical system operators to capture key value and pain points.

• Identify, vet, recommend, and collaborate with Thales’ partners.

• Present solutions and designs to partners, customers, and internal stakeholders, including the preparation of RFP documents.

• Contributing to the overall technical policy definition and its implementation

• Contributing to the Technology & Innovation strategy by eliciting needs from the business lines, and aligning with the Thales Group’s initiatives

• Providing coaching and tutoring on key strategic skills and techniques

• Contributing to technical specification definition and to subcontractor selection

• Lead the architecture practices (e.g., modeling, design, coding) as directed within one or more projects

• Informing and influencing key stakeholders to align with strategic direction

Basic Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in relevant field

• 5+ years in solution architecture, with increased complexity over time

Preferred attributes for the position:

Expertise in at least 5:

• Needs analysis & Value creation

• Architecture frameworks (e.g., DNDAF, TOGAF, DoDAF, NAF)

• Cybersecurity

• Everything Cloud

• Mobile communications and computing

• Distributed systems

• Enterprise systems

• Networking

• Command and control systems

• Software systems architecture

• Model-based systems engineering

• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

• Data Science

• Data modeling

• Autonomous systems

• UX principles and methodologies

• Software systems integration

• Software development lifecycle

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following: 

Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave. 
Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.
This position is eligible for Canadians of all ages