Location
Ottawa and Toronto, CA - Hybrid
Other Canadian locations - Remote
About the role
The Integration Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for defining and guiding enterprise integration strategies that enable customers to successfully connect Kinaxis Maestro with complex business ecosystems.
Working across Solution Architecture, Engineering, Product Management, and Customer Deployment teams, the Integration Architect serves as an expert in integration architecture, ERP connectivity, and data design. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong consulting and advisory capabilities. The successful candidate will partner with customers, internal teams, and executive stakeholders to architect scalable, supportable integration solutions while driving integration best practices across the organization.
SAP integration expertise is critical for success in this role. The Integration Architect will be expected to provide leadership on SAP integration patterns, data models, architecture decisions, and implementation approaches for some of Kinaxis' most complex customer environments.
Vacancy Status
This is an existing job vacancy
What you will do
- Architect scalable enterprise integration solutions connecting Kinaxis Maestro with enterprise platforms, applications, and data sources.
- Serve as an SME on integration architecture, guiding solution design, data mapping, and integration strategies for complex customer environments.
- Define integration strategies, patterns, standards, and best practices that improve scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Create and review integration blueprints, architecture diagrams, data flow models, and technical design documentation.
- Provide expert guidance on API, middleware, ETL, event-driven, and file-based integration approaches.
- Lead integration architecture discussions related to Data Fabric, modern data pipelines, APIs, cloud technologies, and emerging integration capabilities.
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering to shape future integration capabilities, improve implementation accelerators, and influence product direction.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Solution Architects, project teams, customers, and prospects on complex integration and data architecture challenges.
- Develop reusable frameworks, best practices, and architecture standards that accelerate implementations and improve customer outcomes.
- Mentor technical teams and provide leadership on strategic customer deployments, escalations, and innovation initiatives.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, or a related field; Relevant SAP certifications considered a strong asset.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise integration architecture, software consulting, solution architecture, or related technical leadership roles.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing integrations.
- Proven experience integrating enterprise applications across complex technology landscapes.
- Deep expertise with Kinaxis Maestro, including enterprise integration architecture, data modeling, deployment strategy, and implementation of complex supply chain planning solutions.
- Experience working with supply chain, ERP, planning, manufacturing, or enterprise business systems.
- Demonstrated success leading architecture decisions for large-scale transformation or software implementation programs.
- Deep knowledge of SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA integration architectures.
- Expertise in enterprise integration patterns, APIs, middleware platforms, ETL processes, and data orchestration.
- Strong understanding of master data management, data modeling, and data governance principles.
- Experience with cloud integration technologies and modern API ecosystems.
- Ability to architect solutions involving multiple ERPs, applications, and data sources.
- Exceptional consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong ability to influence without direct authority across technical and business teams.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day, when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Unilever, P&G, ExxonMobil, Cisco and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer, which may vary by location and employee:
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs, training, and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
For more information, visit the Kinaxis website at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com.
