Director, Solution Architecture & Enterprise Technology Leadership

ABC Benefits Corporation; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Blue Cross is seeking a Director of Solution Architecture to lead a 10+ person team of Solution Architects. You will translate strategic architecture direction into practical designs across applications, integration, data, cloud, security, and infrastructure, balancing business value with risk and cost.

Reporting to the Chief Architect, you will partner with Enterprise, Domain, and Portfolio Architects to align roadmaps with guardrails, govern design quality, and drive modernization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 12+ years of technology experience with senior architecture leadership.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale solutions and architecture governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mature the Solution Architecture practice across portfolios.
• Manage a team of 10+ Solution Architects including coaching and career development.
• Provide deep technical leadership on complex designs spanning apps, data, cloud, security, and infra.
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Portfolio, and Domain Architects to align roadmaps with guardrails.

Skills

People leadership

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Cloud architecture

Enterprise data

Security & privacy

APIs & integration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

APIs & integration

CI/CD tools

Job description

Alberta Blue Cross is seeking a Director of Solution Architecture to lead a 10+ person team of Solution Architects. You will translate strategic architecture direction into practical designs across applications, integration, data, cloud, security, and infrastructure, balancing business value with risk and cost.

Reporting to the Chief Architect, you will partner with Enterprise, Domain, and Portfolio Architects to align roadmaps with guardrails, govern design quality, and drive modernization