Azure Solutions Architect

Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in our DNA since day one. For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we’ll take you there.

We’re on the hunt for an Azure Solutions Architect

As the leading global independent commercial supplier of antennas, payloads, and electronics for communication and radar satellites, our team has successfully contributed to hundreds of missions in the past 60 years. With an extensive heritage in a wide range of solutions delivered to customers globally, our Satellite Systems team continues to grow and evolve on the ground and in the stars.

We’re a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you’re excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we’ll take you there.

We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA welcomes all who yearn to suit up and be part of it. An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA’s and Canada’s leadership in this next golden age.

Role

MDA is seeking an Azure Solutions Architect to be part of the Business Systems Team working to design, build and test resilient architectures for existing and new systems hosted on-premises and in third party IaaS/PaaS/SaaS clouds. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, modify and test technical architecture.
• Provide supervision and guidance to development teams.
• Lead the implementation of cloud-based solutions using Azure services such as virtual machines, storage, networking, and security.
• Align project requirements with technologies that are part of the organization stack to minimize support.
• Provide an architecture following organization and industry standards.
• Present architecture to, and get consensus from, various stakeholders including IT, Security and Project sponsors.
• Ensure that solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available
• Identifying and mitigating potential technical issues and risks in solutions
• Inform various stakeholders about any issues with the current technical solutions being implemented.
• Provide updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs and budgets
• Advise business groups by providing technical and strategic updates that identify and address business issues and opportunities.
• Participate in the development of best practices and standards for Azure solution development and implementation.
• Assess and communicate the business impact that certain technical choices have.
• Provide technical design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance, system and technical support.
• Provide on-call support in support of data solutions in production and support source upgrades, Hardware/Software upgrade projects with impact analysis, fixes and end-to-end testing.
• Provide operational support on failures and outages.
• Assess and Implement new technologies by participating in the assessment of tools, software, and technological practices
• Stay on top and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies and propose changes to existing architecture where needed.
• Create and maintain requirements specifications, design/mapping specifications and documentation.
• Collaborate with other teams, team members and stakeholders
• Provide general Systems Analysis and Design support for other Business Systems activities as required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer/Data Science or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in Information Technology
• 3+ years of experience developing and designing architecture using Azure Services
• Experience in end-to-end implementation of Cloud data solutions using Azure including but not limited to Azure Container Apps, Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure database services and Power Platform
• Relational Database Experience (SQL Server)
• Critical Thinking, Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and a positive thinker

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Azure as well as Power platform
• Source control tools (TFS, SVN, GIT, CVS or equivalent)
• Windows Azure, Azure DevOps, Gitlab, Azure Resources, Azure Security
• Good understanding and ability to apply various process and Design Patterns
• Hands on experience in Soap/Rest API/web service including hands on experience in building point-to-point data integrations
• Relational Database Experience (SQL Server) - understanding of Data Modeling Concepts (Dimensional and Normalization), knowledge of OLAP structures, SQL Performance Tuning
• Understanding of different types of storage and working with different kinds of data (structured, unstructured, metrics, logs)
• Understanding & Conveying of Data Models and Data Architecture

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Comments/Special Considerations:

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

Benefits statement:

MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at all locations. As a team member of MDA, you and your qualified dependents are eligible to participate in a benefit plan that ensures a comprehensive level of protection through competitive health care including; extended healthcare and flexible drug plans, dental and vision benefits, disability income protection, life insurance, group retirement savings plans; and an employee and family assistance program.

Equal opportunity statement:

MDA is an equal opportunity employer prizing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity. If you require assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please feel free to notify us.