Cloud Solution Architect

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. is seeking a Cloud Solution Architect in Toronto, Calgary, or Edmonton. The role involves designing and delivering secure, scalable technology solutions. You will collaborate with various teams to align solutions with strategic goals and ensure compliance. Candidates should have at least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, 7 years of IT experience, including 4 years in solution architecture, and a strong understanding of cloud platforms and application architecture.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of progressive IT experience, including 4 years in solution architecture or senior technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across multiple technology domains.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive end-to-end solution architectures for projects and programs.
• Clearly document integration patterns, data flows, and security controls.
• Translate business requirements into technical solution designs.
• Conduct architecture assessments and provide risk recommendations.
• Work with project stakeholders to build project estimates.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud platforms

Data architecture

Integration

Security principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Solution Architect

Location: Toronto, Calgary or Edmonton

Work Style: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday WFOffice and Wednesday, Friday WFHome

Role Description

The Solution Architect is responsible for designing and delivering scalable, secure, and business-aligned technology solutions that support strategic initiatives across the organization. Working under the guidance of the Architecture Team at Enbridge, this role bridges business requirements, enterprise architecture standards, and technical delivery to ensure solutions are effective, sustainable, and aligned with the broader technology roadmap.

The Solution Architect collaborates closely with business stakeholders, project teams, delivery partners, and technical specialists to define end-to-end solution architectures that meet functional, non-functional, security, and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive end-to-end solution architectures for projects, programs, and initiatives within the assigned portfolio.
• Clearly document integration patterns, data flows, security controls, infrastructure requirements, and application interactions.
• Translate business requirements into technical solution designs, architecture artifacts, and implementation of roadmaps, including creating high-level and detailed design documents following organization architectural patterns and standards.
• Conduct architecture assessments and provide recommendations for risk mitigation. Document and review with cyber security and other related risk holders to ensure that solution is aligned with Enbridge cyber security standards.
• Contribute to architecture methodologies, standards, patterns and reusable assets.
• Ensure a compliance checklist for the prepared solution design documents.
• Work with project stake holders to build project estimates (C5| C3| C1) using existing tools.

Portfolio Alignment

• Partner closely with the Portfolio Architect to ensure solution designs support portfolio strategy and target‑state architecture.
• Contribute to portfolio planning, technology selection, and architecture governance activities.
• Identify opportunities for standardization, reuse, modernization, and technical debt reduction.
• For all new technologies introduced in a solution, prepare presentations for Enbridge relevant architecture teams such as the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Technology.

Working Group (TWG) Delivery Support

• Support project delivery teams throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership during implementation, testing, deployment, and transition to operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive IT experience, including 4 years in solution architecture or senior technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across multiple technology domains.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, cloud platforms, integration, data architecture and security principles.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex technology initiatives.