Enterprise Architect

The architect will map business capabilities, analyze system overlap, define future-state architectures, and guide how our technology ecosystem (including Microsoft Azure, M365, SaaS platforms, data environments, and AI tools) should evolve to support a modern, scalable, and integrated enterprise. Although the role will not be fully hands-on, candidates with implementation or configuration experience within our technical operating environment will be preferred.

Enterprise Architecture & Capability Mapping

Classification: Protected A

• 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.
  

Recommended Experience Level:

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

• 5–8 years in EA, business architecture, systems analysis, or IT strategy
  

• 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.
  

Enterprise AI Experience

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