Solution Architect

Posted Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM

For over 70 years Buckland has been working to help companies across the world experience global trade in a better way. Buckland employs a unique approach to global trade that focuses on combining trusted technologies and talented people that know how to use them. As a customer‑focused company, Buckland provides customers with a single source of unmatched Customs Brokerage (Canadian, US, Mexican), Trade Managed Solutions, Freight Forwarding, Trade Technologies and Warehousing/Distribution Services.

Buckland strives to provide customized services in a memorable way.

Buckland is looking for a Business Systems Solution Architect

The Business Systems Solution Architect is a senior, hands‑on technical leader responsible for designing, improving, and scaling business systems architecture that supports Buckland’s clients, internal operations, and regulatory requirements.

The role translates complex business, operational, and compliance needs into clear, scalable, and supportable software and technical designs, enabling delivery teams to build resilient, production‑ready solutions.

While not a people manager, the Architect provides end‑to‑end ownership from discovery through release and elevates solution quality through technical rigor, consistent standards, strong documentation, and modern Dev Ops practices.

• Competitive salary, benefits package, and matching retirement savings plan.
• A friendly, collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for professional development & ongoing learning.
• A chance to be part of a growing organization.
• Remote work arrangement available for applicants who are not local to a Buckland office.

• Lead and own end‑to‑end solution architecture and design from discovery through production readiness, translating business, operational, and compliance needs into clear functional and technical designs.
• Define reusable, enterprise‑aligned architecture patterns (workflows, integrations, data, reporting) that meet security, performance, auditability, maintainability, and high‑availability standards.
• Delivery Enablement
  • Partner closely with Technology Services, BAs, Dev Ops/Infrastructure, and Operations to ensure designs are implementable, testable, supportable, and scalable.
  • Mentor and guide delivery teams on software architecture best practices, providing targeted hands‑on support for complex integrations, data modeling, and architecture spikes as needed.
• Establish and reinforce shared design standards, templates, review checkpoints, and documentation discipline, including traceability and decision logging.
• Drive continuous improvement in architecture design and delivery to ensure secure, efficient, scalable, and operationally ready systems.
• Release Management & Dev Ops
  • Ensure solutions are production‑ready with well‑defined deployment plans, release sequencing, rollback strategies, and operational runbooks.
  • Support and advocate for Dev Ops and CI/CD practices, including environment strategy, monitoring and alerting thresholds, incident readiness, and modern development approaches (TDD/BDD).
• Stakeholder Alignment
  • Facilitate alignment across business stakeholders, operations, compliance, and engineering to ensure shared understanding and execution.
  • Communicate design intent, trade‑offs, and risk decisions clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Maintain a forward‑looking perspective on emerging technologies, assessing fit based on value, risk, cost, and long‑term maintainability.
• Identify opportunities to improve speed, quality, and scalability through new tools, patterns, automation, and targeted evaluations (spikes/POCs) with documented recommendations and trade‑offs.

• This role is a working leader—no direct people management, but a strong role model who elevates teams through example, standards, and partnership. Leads by example:
  Shows up prepared, follows through, and holds a high bar for quality, security, and production readiness.
• Runs design sessions that result in decisions, not just discussion.
• Sets and reinforces reusable patterns and standards teams…