Principal Architect, OpenText
$143.4-215k
Information management for enterprises
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Information management for enterprises
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$143.4-215k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable intelligent and connected enterprises by managing, leveraging, securing and gaining insight into enterprise information, on-premises or in the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of experience in Information Technology, with at least 8+ years focused on enterprise archiving solutions such as OpenText Information Archive, Solix, Informatica, IBM Optim, or similar platforms
- Proven experience architecting and implementing medium-to-large-scale archiving, application decommissioning, and data retention solutions
- Strong expertise in ETL processes and tools, along with hands-on experience with Java, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, REST services, and related technologies
- Solid understanding of enterprise software deployments across both cloud and on-premises environments, including Kubernetes-based infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions, develop solution roadmaps, and communicate effectively with technical, business, and executive stakeholders
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to deliver innovative customer-focused solutions
- Experience supporting pre-sales engagements, technical demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and customer workshops
- Collaborative team player who can work independently, build strong customer relationships, and contribute to a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
What the job involves
- As a Principal Architect within OpenText Professional Services, you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprise customers maximize the value of their information through OpenText Information Archive and enterprise data archiving solutions
- Working with some of our largest and most strategic customers, you will provide technical leadership, guide complex archiving and application decommissioning initiatives, and influence solution architecture from pre-sales through delivery
- This is an opportunity to leverage your expertise in OpenText Information Archive, cloud technologies, and data transformation while partnering with customers to solve critical business challenges and achieve long-term success
- Lead the architecture, design, and successful delivery of OpenText Information Archive solutions and complex enterprise data archiving engagements
- Partner with customers to gather business and technical requirements, translating them into scalable archiving, retention, and application decommissioning strategies
- Provide technical leadership across OpenText Information Archive implementations, including system sizing, architecture planning, data discovery, ETL processes, and archival solution design
- Collaborate closely with Account Executives, Solution Consultants, Strategic Partners, and Professional Services teams throughout the sales and delivery lifecycle
- Drive cloud-based and on-premises deployments, including Kubernetes-based environments, ensuring high-quality project execution and customer success
- Support pre-sales activities by contributing to solution scoping, project estimates, proof-of-concepts, demonstrations, and RFP responses
- Mentor and develop junior consultants while promoting delivery excellence, best practices, and deep expertise in OpenText Information Archive and enterprise information management solutions
Our take
Founded in 1991, OpenText has spent more than three decades quietly becoming one of the world's most important players in enterprise information management, Its software helps some of the largest companies, governments and professional services firms tame the vast volumes of unstructured data that modern organisations generate every day.
Rather than standing still, OpenText has consistently evolved with the market. And in 2023, it pushed into the AI era with the launch of OpenText Aviator, a generative AI platform designed to power business networks and streamline IT operations, signalling that the company very much intends to stay relevant as enterprise technology shifts.
This momentum shows no signs of slowing down either. Alongside steady internal innovation, OpenText continues to grow through strategic acquisitions. And the company's culture seems to be keeping pace as well, having recently been named one of Forbes' World's Best Employers, recognized as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People, and included in TIME's life of the World's BEst Companies, a huge endorsement that its long-term success is being built on more than just software.
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Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Waterloo, ON
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