Application architect, IT​/Tech, IT Consultant

Out-of-Scope

Permanent, Full-time

Multiple Positions

Division – Digital and Information Services

Work Location – Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario. This role is eligible for a hybrid or remote work option in these provinces where we operate.

Final date to receive applications:
June 21, 2026

Pay Range: $109,052 - $145,441 (
Due to current market demands, a temporary market salary supplement is being offered in addition to base salary in the form of an annual lump sum payment based on 15% of range max with the payment split and paid twice per year based on eligibility guidelines)

Join our Platform Delivery team as an Application Architect! The Application Architect is a specialized technical position responsible for ensuring that the custom-developed solutions as well as SaaS/COTS integrations and customizations function responsibly within the broader ecosystem of software while providing value to SGI and SGI CANADA business operations.

The successful candidate will provide vision, leadership, analysis, and design expertise to align technical solutions with corporate, technical, and business strategies in an environment that is highly complex, rapidly changing and expanding.

Key Accountabilities

Note:
This section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities – other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

Application Architecture Planning/Strategy

• Provides specialized technical expertise to our procurement and RFP processes:

• Participates in the development of complex RFP’s for the procurement of products and services.

• Creates and updates the technical RFP requirements.

• Participates as a member of the decision-making team in the evaluation of RFP responses and recommendations.

• Researches, adapts, recommends and implements architecture and design best practice and ensures adherence throughout the development teams.

• Understands the impact of transformation and application decisions on roles and assists/supports management plan out what the impact will be.

• Ensures that solutions are architected to meet the business outcomes while strategically aligning to the IT strategy and vision and that the architecture of systems can evolve over time as business demands change.

• Maintains knowledge of emerging software development trends and utilizes this knowledge to educate both IT and the business on opportunities to build better architectural application solutions that support and drive business decisions.

• Identifies areas of risk and tech debt in SGI’s systems and expresses that risk to stakeholders; contributes to evolvement of IT governance processes to create alignment across teams within the IT division.

• Collaborates with data, technology and cyber architects and developers on creating solutions related to the security, scalability, and resiliency of SGI applications.

• Collaborates with Technology Architects to ensure custom applications integrate with SaaS and COTS systems to meet organizational needs and that the customizations of SaaS and COTS products are reliable and scalable.

• Collaborates with the data division to ensure that services and applications are contributing to SGI’s broader data strategy in ways that are secure, scalable, maintainable, and consistent.

• Evolves SGI’s reference and working architectures to keep up with new technology and evolving industry best practices and addresses gaps by identifying them and bringing forth potential solutions to the Architecture Review Board.

• Drives alignment with business strategy through understanding, design and architecture of large holistic interconnections of many individual system components to optimize business value.

Application Architecture Delivery & Support

• Collaborates with the Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to determine the best technology solution for problems presented by the business. Together with the BRM, provides input into the creation of business cases for divisional or…