Associate Solution Architect

#### **It’s not a package. It’s a promise®.** As Canada’s leading integrated freight, package, and logistics provider, we’ve been helping promises get where they need to be for more than 60 years. How does the magic happen? **The journey starts with you**. The places we go, the elements we brave, the promises we deliver – **it’s all possible because of our people.** So, whether you’re looking to build new skills, make an impact in your community, or inspire your team, **we go there** for you. **Description** --------------- We’re looking for an Associate Solution Architect to help design and implement solutions within our AWS cloud-first technology team. Working alongside senior architects, developers and delivery teams, you will translate business requirements into secure, reliable and cost-effective solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards and technology roadmaps. This role is suited to an early-career technology professional who wants to grow their solution architecture experience while contributing to application, infrastructure and integration projects. **Responsibilities** -------------------- * Support the design and evaluation of AWS solutions, considering business needs, security, availability, scalability, performance, and cost. * Collaborate with senior architects and Enterprise Architecture to align designs with architectural standards, governance requirements and technology roadmaps. * Translate requirements into solution designs, architecture diagrams, and documentation that guide development and implementation. * Work with developers, project managers, and delivery teams to implement designs within project timelines and budgets. * Contribute to application and infrastructure integration, including connections between AWS environments and corporate networks and data centers. * Help define reusable components, reference architectures, and infrastructure as code patterns. * Identify technical risks, dependencies and impacts on existing systems, and support mitigation through error handling, resilience, and security controls. * Assess existing applications and infrastructure to identify opportunities for modernization, cloud migration, and continuous improvement. * Support complex application troubleshooting, incident resolution, upgrades and patches as part of Tier 3 support. * Share technical knowledge and help peers apply AWS and solution design best practices. **Education** ------------- * An undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science or an equivalent field of study. * AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. * Additional AWS certifications in development or cloud operations. * Exposure to infrastructure as code, hybrid cloud integration or cloud migration projects. ### **Experience** * **Practical experience implementing solutions on AWS**, with an understanding of how AWS services support application and infrastructure requirements. * At least two years of IT experience, including co-op