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Work Location: Office, Remote or Hybrid from Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Lottery (AL) is seeking an Application Architect. Location is flexible within Atlantic Canada with occasional travel to Moncton, NB.
As the Application Architect, you will be responsible for planning, developing, and implementing architecture strategies supporting and/or enabling Atlantic Lottery's business strategies and business plans. You are a key contributor to the development of Atlantic Lottery's enterprise architecture program, developing and ensuring the adoption of EA standards, guidelines, and principles. Primarily responsible for managing enterprise application views, portfolios, and roadmaps that identifies opportunities and risk mitigation tactics. You will work collaboratively with the IT teams and business stakeholders to understand their short and long-term objectives and contribute to the development of architecture principles and strategies to guide the development of solutions.
Posting will remain open until the position is filled.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
Development - Contributes to the development of Atlantic Lottery's architecture framework (standards, principles, and guidelines), guiding the development of business and IT solutions.
Planning/Strategizing - Develops and documents architecture strategies and roadmaps, contributing to business plans. Proposes application and integration initiatives supporting business requirements, lifecycle management, and regulatory requirements.
Education/Communication - Communicates architecture standards and guiding principles to Atlantic Lottery as well as its vendors and partners.
Research - Research new applications, technologies, and gaming industry products and solutions, in relation to business needs.
Team Collaboration - Works with the other members of the architecture team to develop and maintain the architecture program.
What you'll need
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or equivalent would be preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in the development, execution, deployment, and integration of information systems and technology.
- Hands-on experience with software development and/or operational background.
- Understanding of strategic IT solutions.
- Must be 19 years of age or older to apply.
- Experience in project management and micro services architecture.
- Experience in cloud providers (e.g. Azure, AWS), cloud platforms (e.g. Oracle, ServiceNow), and SaaS providers (e.g. Paysafe, Google).
Professional Skills:
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, troubleshooting and documentation skills.
- Proven ability to maintain good working relationships with stakeholders including senior leaders.
- Critical thinking and business influencing skills with the ability to build consensus and resolve interpersonal challenges.
- Strong verbal and written communication/presentation skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of player-based product, sales and business development, and related social, political, technological, and economic factors that impact the gaming business.
- Superior knowledge and skill and/or advanced understanding of extremely complex technical concepts, principles, and emergent technologies.
- Demonstrate analytical and proven reasoning and planning skills to solve a range of practical problems.
- Experience dealing with multiple priorities and deadlines / proven ability to meet hard deadlines.
- Effectively contributes and collaborates with a variety of operating teams.
- High energy, determination, and flexibility.
- Ability to quickly identify and mitigate problems.
Assets:
- Experience in the lottery/gaming industry.
AL Benefits:
- Extended health coverage that includes medical, dental, and vision.
- Basic life insurance, disability, and wellness programs.
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan.
- Four weeks of vacation annually (pro-rated) plus one week of management leave (pro-rated).
- Three personal leave days per year.
- Two volunteer days per year.
- Short-term incentive program based on personal and corporate performance.
- Career advancement opportunities.
Recruitment Process: The last couple of years has accelerated change across our workplace, including our hiring practices! As a result, throughout your application process, you may be asked to connect with us virtually, and may not be required to meet in-person. All interviews are conducted in English, our working language, unless otherwise stated.
Internal Employees: Internal Employees interested in this opportunity must be in "good standing," which entails meeting expectations on their previous performance review. Performance Improvement plans, disciplinary action memos, attendance, training, and other performance related memos will be taken into consideration as well, when determining the applicant's "good standing" status.
We're looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
Atlantic Lottery
Our players have been having fun and "dreaming big" since 1976 when Atlantic Lottery started offering lottery games on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. The game options have grown and changed over the years and so has our workforce! Today's Atlantic Lottery has more than 600 employees, who are the heart and soul of our business. We offer everything from dare-to-dream draw games to online bingo; breakopen tickets to sports wagering; and games in social settings and on the internet. With games come winners - big and small wins every day - but the best thing about lottery games is that when you choose to play with us, everyone benefits. 100% of our profits go back into our communities. That feels good! #ProudToBeAL
We are proud, gritty, community-minded, and punch above our weight. Being Atlantic Canadian means that we work hard and we know how to have fun. It also means that we genuinely care for each other as co-workers, neighbours, and friends.
Your best life is waiting in Atlantic Canada. At Atlantic Lottery, we have many roles that allow you to work from any of our four Atlantic provinces. Explore living East:
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Work With Us
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to reference and criminal background/educational checks prior to employment.