Senior Enterprise Architect

Department: Information Technology
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Work Model: Hybrid
Language: This role operates in English.

The Opportunity:

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That's why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients, and our communities.

Our Information Technology aspires to be a leader in applying technology to power business strategies. We connect concepts with solutions to create value and efficiencies for our clients, employees, and communities. Our success is driven by our skilled and diverse team who are passionate about excellence, innovation, and agility.

The Senior Enterprise Architect is a seasoned expert who takes leadership of and performs the necessary analysis and design tasks related to the development of an enterprise architecture. As the primary subject matter expert and consultant to senior client and IT management in their area of expertise, the Enterprise Architect partners to develop architecture designs and innovation proposals that address operational imperatives and/or provide a competitive advantage to the organization. The enterprise architect will work in partnership with the business, co-creating cost effective, forward-looking, and secure solutions levering efficient, flexible, and scalable technology.

How you will create impact:

• Responsible for the creation and evolution of the long-term vision & strategy for Cloud for the enterprise.
• Responsible for owning the roadmap of product & feature enhancements and their evolution in accordance with the vision for all platform cloud investments Paas(Platform as a Service) and Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service).Will work with the stakeholders representing our existing investments in Azure and AWS to prioritize, design and onboard solutions which effectively leverage the features of those platforms in support of the delivery of business objectives.
• Will work with stakeholders from infrastructure and operations to ensure all existing and future tooling infrastructure investments align to the long-term vision for cloud.
• Will work with stakeholders from Enterprise Information Security to ensure all existing and future cloud-related tooling investments and architectural patterns adhere to security best practices and design patterns.
• Will work with all impacted stakeholders to deliver a positive cloud user experience
• Understanding and capturing stakeholder requirements
• Establishing and managing a service catalog of cloud offerings
• Establish benchmarks for both performance and cost management of the cloud environment
• Collaborates with the various cloud product managers to assess their views and related functional impacts regarding potential cloud choices.
• Provide Enterprise Architecture support to other portfolios outside cloud when opportunities are presented.

How you will succeed:

• Participate in key project design reviews as part of the methodology process to ensure infrastructure and application designs adhere to enterprise architecture guidelines and standards.
• Analyze the current environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement; analyze business trends and strategy to derive applicable architecture.
• Analyze industry best practices and market trends, determine their potential impact on the enterprise, and provide leadership for adapting to our business. Evaluate emerging technologies and suggest suitable controls. Be responsive and decisive on adjusting architecture as customers' requirements, market conditions and technology evolve.
• Partner with IT Solutions Delivery to facilitate the evaluation and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard software and solution configurations.
• Consult on application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to the technical architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify the architecture to accommodate project needs.
• Ensure information security is built into enterprise architecture solutions to address all identified risks to assets within the organization, meet regulatory and legislative compliance while ensuring security solutions are leveraged across the organization.

To join our team:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Computer Science along with at least 16 years of progressive industry experience in IT.
• Proven experience in multiple IT disciplines (e.g. technical architecture, network design/management, applications development, middleware, information analysis, servers and storage, database management, data centers and operations, cloud platforms) in a large, complex shared services environment.
• In-depth experience designing and implementing solutions, and creating policies to support effective design for use across the enterprise.
• Experience writing proposals and translating complex solutions into simple business terms that demonstrate the value of architecture management initiatives.
• Having TOGAF certification is considered an asset

What you need to know:

• You will be subject to a Criminal Record and Consumer History background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What's in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
• In addition to our competitive salary and incentive programs, eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension and benefits (e.g., health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage), mental health support and an employee assistance program.