Total 5 job vacancies by Bison Transport Inc FT Office

The Data Architect will work within Bison’s Enterprise Architecture practice and collaborate with Continuous Improvement and Development teams as well as business leaders, stakeholders, and vendors to develop strategies and roadmaps. They work to define and maintain architecture artifacts for supporting project delivery and application support and lead technical vision and direction for data solutions, ensuring consistency with overall enterprise and portfolio architecture that may at times include hands-on development. The Data Architect will also have an opportunity to effect change within the organization by incorporating new patterns and/or technologies into new ways of working that improve business value.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Assist in developing and implementing an overall organizational data strategy that is in line with business processes. The strategy includes data model designs, database development standards, implementation, and management of various systems.
• Identify data sources, both internal and external, and working out a plan for data management that is aligned with organizational data strategy.
• Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors for the smooth functioning of the enterprise data system. 
• Managing end-to-end data architecture, designing the technical architecture, and developing processes and governance to support organizational goals.
• Defining and managing the flow of data and dissemination of information within the organization. 
• Integrating technical functionality, ensuring data accessibility, accuracy, and security.
• Conducting a continuous audit of data management system performance and refine whenever required.
• Builds roadmap(s) for implementing and manage best practices in alignment with Bison’s technology strategy.
• Proactively identifies opportunities where solutions can enhance organizational efficiency.
• Keeps abreast of latest technological/industry trends.
• Acts as an advisor/advocate for business and peers.
• Works closely with all team members to create solutions that accommodate future architectural changes and designs.
• Identify critical driving forces of process, data, people, and technology at the highest levels.
• Ability to look beyond traditional business concepts and drill to the heart of a given concept

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• Bachelor Computer Science/Software Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT environments especially in the areas of data management, system development life cycle and data integrations.
• 5+ years of experience in hands-on data modeling and design, including SQL development and database administration.
• Experience designing integration solutions, with good understanding of Enterprise Data Integration and Architectural Data Patterns.
• Familiar with architecture quality attributes, their basic tactics, and most-common trade-offs.
• Experience tackling engineering aspects of data including performance, availability, security, resiliency, and maintainability issues.
• Understanding and experience with API Management and enterprise integration platform and design strategies.
• Understanding and experience on most of the following architectural styles: Layered Architectures, Transactional applications, Client-Server, Sync/Async messaging, Microservices, PaaS-based architectures and SaaS-based applications; Experience designing Cloud PaaS, SaaS and IPaaS solutions.
• Values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to utilize an iterative or agile approach.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with geographically dispersed teams and business functions.
• Effectively communicate high-level concepts and solutions with Technology and Business teams and stakeholders. 
• Ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Self-starter with the ability to comfortably operate in ambiguity.
• Understands the framework (i.e., structure, people, processes, and technology) that supports an organization’s strategy and can successfully leverage it.
• Capability to challenge; understanding how to impact and influence.

Why Bison:                    
•    Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
•    Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
•    Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
•    Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:                    
•    Celebrating over 50 years in Business
•    Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
•    Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. 

As the Senior Developer, your skills will be put to good use tackling interesting work that will in turn develop your craft. In this software development role, you will be responsible for developing software applications using sound, repeatable, industry standard methodologies.

An ability to pitch in at every step from hand sketches to product launch. Developing isn’t just about taking an idea we bring to you and building it. We want your contribution on ways it can be better. You’ll be part of a team and work closely with all of us, but you’ll also be called upon to take an idea and bring it to life with your own inspiration.

Additionally, you will drive development activities in accordance with appropriate methodologies and application of a repeatable, systematic, and quantifiable approach to the development process. You will coach/mentor other developers and will review software being developed.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the development and enhancement of software tools, building out scalable, secure services and systems,
• Responsible to identify and outline opportunities for process improvement as well as research new technologies that may assist Bison,
• Full lifecycle application development using standard frameworks and coding standards/patterns
• Provide guidance and assistance to other developers, implementers, and support staff on other projects,
• Collaborate on the selection of new hardware and software,
• Proactively engage in the remediation of software issues such as code quality, pattern mismatch, and security issues related to the code/configuration
• Engage with principal engineers and product management team to understand functional challenges, prototype new ideas, and build innovative solutions,
• Assess impacts (RISK) on designs and production code based on changes in requirements and collaborate with stakeholders.

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• 8+ years’ experience with software development practices, concepts/methodologies (i.e. Waterfall, Agile, Iterative), and technologies obtained through formal training and/or work experience.
• 8+ years’ previous experience as a Full Stack developer.
• 8+ years’ experience with front-end languages, including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery.
• Proficiency with back-end languages, including Python, ReactJS, VUEjs, and Capacitor (Mobile Web App experience).
• 5+ years’ hands-on experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and Cyber Security tools,
• 5+ years’ experience with Unit Test / Regression Test / e2e Test and Subversion tools, ex. GitHub, Git,
• 5+ years’ experience with building solutions that programmatically interface with 3rd party web APIs; experience with building solutions that integrate with other systems.
• 5+ years’ experience with database systems static data and real-time. (SQL, other relational DBs)
• Designing and implementing scalable web services and APIs (REST &SOAP), and experience in working with message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka …)
• Passionate about delivering well-tested, reusable code that empowers other developers to work faster and smarter
• Experience with cloud-based software change management tools (Azure DevOps & GitHub)
• Track record of successful development experience – i.e.: Products delivered,
• Ability to build relationships with all team members and departments,
• Keeps up to date on technology trends and invests time in maintaining skillset to find opportunities in emerging technology stacks,
• Ideal candidate should have demonstrated skills in creative design and problem solving,
• Strong work ethic and willingness to continuously improve.

Why Bison:                    
•    Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
•    Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
•    Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
•    Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:                    
•    Celebrating over 50 years in Business
•    Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
•    Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. 

As a Systems Analyst, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. Your analytical mindset, coupled with your exceptional communication skills, will enable you to gather and analyze requirements, identify opportunities for improvement, and design innovative solutions that drive business success. With your ability to manage stakeholders and collaborate effectively with technical teams, you will be a key driver in delivering high-quality solutions that meet business objectives and exceed customer expectations. Join our team and bring your expertise to a dynamic and growing organization.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Partners with the Product Owner and Business Analysts on the prioritization of the product backlog of user stories and defining acceptance criteria sufficiently for testing.
• Works with Product Owners and 3rd party partners to identify prioritization conflicts and proposes alternative solutions or options.
• Collaborate with developers and business stakeholders on system changes, upgrades and new implementations.
• Uses industry consulting, governance, controls, and risk methodologies to understand business requests/expected outcomes to translate and document them into functional requirements, prototypes and/or technical solutions.
• Work in continuous delivery mode, analyzing and delivering features iteratively.
• Evaluate requests for application enhancements or upgrades to determine impact to business and integration systems (downstream system dependencies and data feeds/API’s).
• Develop detailed functional and nonfunctional requirements, system design specifications, workflow designs, data mapping, system specifications and other documentation as required.
• Work with architects and technical leads to understand the software and interfaces.
• Work on multiple projects and meets deliverables through goal setting, time management, planning and leveraging practices and process to manage and simplify work.
• Rationalize and document technology requirements that would match with proposed products/ services to address stakeholder needs.
• Understand the as-is situation and goals of the business and contribute to roadmap design (processes, applications, systems, new functionality, migration, and conversion).
• Proactively seeks out and recommends process, automation, and system opportunities to reduce manual effort/time and decrease implementation time.
• Lead analysis design techniques to solve business problems using information technology to operationalize data and analytical model to drive long-term business results.
• Proficient in data engineering concepts within a business setting, including working with multiple internal and external data sources. Experience in developing, enhancing, testing, and maintaining data products.
• Provide operational support.

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• Minimum 4+ years’ experience as a Systems Analyst in the IT industry documenting the following:
  • System architecture, database schemes, interface designs, gap analysis, functional and non-functional requirements, workflow diagram, data mapping spreadsheets.
• University or College education in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent combination of education.
• Experience in logistics or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience working within SDLC/Agile: analysis, design, prototyping, integration, testing deployment with cloud, 3rd party hosted, web based or mobile applications.
• Ability to work in a virtual team environment, facilitating and contributing to work across geographies and across other functional teams.
• Analytical, detailed oriented and strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple competing projects and priorities under time pressure without compromising quality.
• Previous experience working in a vendor managed services model.

Why Bison:                    
•    Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
•    Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
•    Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
•    Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:                    
•    Celebrating over 50 years in Business
•    Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
•    Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. 

The software applications, platforms and tools are critical for the growth and continuous value deliver at Bison Transport.

The Software Engineering Manager will be responsible for managing a diverse team of software developers responsible for creating and managing in house and vendor software applications/solutions across a variety of technologies including web applications and web services, mobile apps, domain logic and rules, data integration & transforms and databases while managing the maintenance of each.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team to deliver solutions.  You will have solid experience overseeing teams and be familiar with secure coding principles, software development lifecycle concepts (waterfall, agile, CI/CD) all the policies, procedures and technical issues related to software programming. The Software Engineering Manager is the “go to” when it comes to software developers.

You will enjoy working with a highly collaborative team of Product Owners, Architects, Business and Systems Analysts, in a geographically diverse environment that values quality, speed and innovation while maintaining exceptional customer centric service. You will use your leadership capabilities and mindset to help empower, energize, and motivate the teams in our organization.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Building and leading a team of software systems engineers working across a diverse set solutions and technologies.
• Aligning development team capacity and skillsets to product pipelines and backlogs.
• Collaborating with Product Owners, Architects, Business Leaders, Infrastructure and Operations teams on approach, selection, development, and implementation of relevant and impactful technology solutions.
• Maintaining robust, repeatable, scalable, engineering processes that delivery reliable, resilient, and secure solutions.
• Identifying and leveraging tools to support the engineers with delivering on-time, minimizing risk of errors, and reducing risks when changes occur.
• Guiding software development efforts consistent with agreed priorities.
• Monitoring progress and leading status updates across multiple teams and technical groups.
• Setting relevant yet ambitious objectives in line with identified development areas and overall organizational goals.
• Coaching a team and supporting their career and skills development.
• Ensuring the reliability and availability of critical platform components and ensuring continuity of software development teams that support.
• Committed to maintaining the technical health of the technology stack and reducing technical debt at every opportunity.
• Vigilant to support the positive compliant cybersecurity company posture by familiarizing with all policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines and act accordingly.

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• 8+ years working on large projects from inception to delivery.
• 5+ years of progressively increasing leadership responsibility.
• Post-secondary degree in computer science, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of engineering best practices and ability to implement high standards in code reviews, build processes, testing and deployment.
• Experience driving decision-making at various levels in an organization.
• Experience with Software Development Lifecycle concepts and release processes.
• Strong track-record in managing complex cross-functional projects and product pipelines.
• Ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience.
• Experience managing people to high performance and reaching their potential.
• Hands on experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and Security tools.
• Experience with on premise, hybrid, and cloud-based technologies.

Why Bison:                    
•    Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
•    Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
•    Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
•    Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:                    
•    Celebrating over 50 years in Business
•    Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
•    Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. 

The goal of the New Graduate Program (NGP) is to invite New Grads with fresh perspectives and skills into our business and partner with them on a career development plan that lends to sustainable high impact performance. Post-secondary graduates are hired in a permanent, full-time capacity. You will be placed on an accelerated career development path which will provide you an opportunity to build a solid understanding of our business and our industry. Throughout this program you will be working with a variety of Bison's leaders who will contribute to your career development and will be assigned a specific leader to assume a mentoring role to guide your success. You will be challenged through approximately three job rotations in various roles across the organization. All New Grad rotations and Learning Plans will be supported and monitored by the mentoring manager.

Positions are subject to shift work. Anticipated start date: May 2024.

Personal Development:

With each rotation, New Grads go through a complete career development & performance review series. This allows you to spend time with your mentor at the beginning of each term to identify the skills you expect to learn, master, and apply on the job. At the end of each rotation, you will have developed new skills and abilities and you will have a constructive understanding of all the attributes you bring to the organization.

After New Grads successfully complete the rotational program, successful participants will be placed into their "destination" career path based on business need, personal career goals and individual skills and knowledge demonstrated throughout the rotational program. As a result, the successful candidates are well underway with their career growth and a promising future at Bison!

Assignments Include:

• New Grad Trainee – Operations:
  • Driver Experience
  • Customer Experience
  • Utilization & Productivity
  • Network Balance & Cost Management

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• Recent graduate (within the last 6 months) of a Commerce, Management, or Business Administration degree, your record should reflect balanced achievement in academics and practical experience.
• Prior Transportation Industry and/or Logistics experience are an asset, but not a must.
• Experience working in sales and/or customer service.
• Demonstrated skills in the following areas: relationship management, communication, prioritization, and ability to adapt to changing environments.
• Proven decision making and organizational skills.
• Solution-based mindset and customer-centric approach.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills.
• The ability to work independently and work effectively as a team player.
• Demonstrated competencies in the following areas: results orientation, ownership mindset, solutions outlook, and integrity.
• Ability to quickly establish working relationships and effectively transition through assignments.
• Ability to thrive in a multi-task, deadline orientated, high volume, and fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with MS Office and the ability to learn complex programs.
• Desire to pursue continuous learning activities also considered a strong asset.

Why Bison:                    
•    Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
•    Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
•    Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
•    Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:                    
•    Celebrating over 50 years in Business
•    Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
•    Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.