Enterprise Architect

Job Title:

Enterprise Architect

Location:

Edmonton, AB (Hybrid)
Type:  6 month Contract (possibility of extension), Full-Time

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

The Position
Our client is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to support the execution of their IT Strategy, divisional plans, and organization-wide Business Plan. You will provide strategic architecture leadership across a diverse environment that includes funding programs, applied research, and revenue-generating services. You will map business capabilities, analyze system overlap, define future-state architectures, and guide how their technology ecosystem (including Microsoft Azure, M365, SaaS platforms, data environments, and AI tools) should evolve to support a modern, scalable, and integrated enterprise.

Although this role will not be fully hands‑on, your implementation or configuration experience within their technical operating environment will be preferred.

What You'll Do
Enterprise Architecture & Capability Mapping

Develop current-state and future-state enterprise architecture (Conceptual, Logical and Physical) aligned to AI’s strategic, business, and divisional plans.

Map business capabilities across funding, applied research, and revenue-generating functions to supporting systems.

Identify system redundancies, integration gaps, and opportunities for simplification and modernization.

Systems & Platform Analysis

Review the application and system landscape across corporate services, research operations, client-facing processes, and operational technology.

Recommend rationalization, consolidation, or modernization approaches.

Strategic Technology Alignment

Ensure recommendations align with the Digital & IT Strategy, Data Program, AI Strategy, cloud strategy, and cybersecurity principles.

Provide direction on how cloud, SaaS, network, and data-center components should integrate and support enterprise capabilities.

Solution & Roadmap Guidance

Support development of multi-year architecture roadmaps.

Provide guidance—not hands-on design—on solution patterns, integrations, and platform alignment (CRM, HRIS, Finance, Contract Management, Data Management and Governance).

Stakeholder Engagement

Engage executives, business units, IT teams, and subsidiaries to validate processes, requirements, and architectural decisions.

Lead workshops, discovery sessions, and alignment discussions.

Documentation & Recommendations

Produce architecture documentation, capability maps, diagrams, and recommended future-state options.

Provide inputs into investment planning, sequencing, and prioritization.

Mandatories

5‑8 years of experience in enterprise architecture, business architecture, systems analysis, and IT strategy roles in complex environments.

Experience mapping business capabilities or processes to systems.

Experience supporting multi‑team or multi‑function environments (public sector or research experience is an asset).

Working knowledge of cloud and SaaS environments (Microsoft preferred).

Familiarity with Azure architecture, governance, tech stack and integration patterns, as well as Microsoft 365 services (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, security/compliance features).

Awareness of data platforms (e.g., Azure Fabric), BI, and data management and governance practices.

Familiarity with AI in enterprise settings, including automation, process optimization, LLMs, and agent-based workflows.

Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please click the 'Apply for Job' button below to send your resume securely and in confidence directly to the recruiter in charge of this position. We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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