Enterprise Architect

BCI; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 106,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is seeking an Enterprise Architect to shape architecture across data, applications, cloud, security, and AI. The role collaborates with Technology and business partners to drive modernization while staying grounded in implementation.

The position emphasizes building standards, roadmaps, and governance, with a focus on transforming Canada’s largest institutional investor’s platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an Enterprise Architect or in a related architecture role, supported by a background in software development, application architecture, and solution architecture.
• Bridge hands-on technology implementation with enterprise strategy, translating business objectives into technology outcomes.
• Strong architectural pattern recognition—identifying recurring challenges and reusable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with AI assistants and agentic tools, with understanding of AI risks and governance.
• Proven experience driving cloud modernization initiatives, with analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with rapid prototyping, Agile approaches, and DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills—synthesize complexity, present clearly, build consensus.
• Depth in data, application/solution, cloud, security, or integration; Bachelor's degree in STEM; cloud/architecture certifications are an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize enterprise architectures that enable BCI's modernization and transformation.
• Define and evolve architecture standards, principles, guidelines, and patterns.
• Build roadmaps with business and technology teams and drive delivery.
• Review architectures-in-development and provide actionable feedback to delivery teams.
• Evaluate AI developments and establish governance for responsible adoption.
• Prototype and prove-out opportunities; evolve EA tooling and automation.
• Incorporate risk, compliance, and security into architecture decisions.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Business-Technology alignment

Cloud modernization

AI governance

Agile/DevOps

Communication & facilitation

Architecture domains

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science or related STEM field

Job description

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) offers an exceptional opportunity to work at a world-class organization while living in a west coast setting. With $313.7 billion of gross assets under management, as of March 31, 2026, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is the provider of investment management services for British Columbia’s public sector and one of the largest asset managers in Canada. BCI seeks investment opportunities around the world and across a range of asset classes that convert savings into productive capital. Our investment returns play a significant role in helping our institutional clients build a financially secure future for their beneficiaries.

BCI's Technology team is scaling how enterprise architecture shows up across the organization, and we're looking for an Enterprise Architect to help lead that expansion. Based in Victoria, with Vancouver considered for the right candidate, you'll work hands on with Technology Solution Managers and business partners across BCI, shaping the patterns and roadmaps behind our modernization. This is a collaborative role, not a top down one: you'll adapt your approach and level of detail to whoever is in the room, moving comfortably between technical deep dives and plain language business conversations. If you can translate complexity into something a room full of different audiences can act on, and you'd rather build consensus than dictate it, we'd like to hear from you.

Posting close date: August 20, 2026

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

The Technology department is BCI's innovation catalyst and digital transformation engine, pioneering the future of institutional investment through cutting-edge technology solutions. We architect next-generation platforms powered by AI and cloud-native technologies that drive investment excellence and operational efficiency.

As a strategic partner across all areas of BCI's business, we don't just implement technology—we envision breakthrough digital experiences of the future. Our department leads digital transformation initiatives, creates intelligent automation solutions, and builds secure, scalable infrastructure that supports everything from identifying investment opportunities and decision-making, portfolio management to risk analysis, trade processing, and regulatory reporting.

We cultivate digitally empowered workplaces through advanced collaboration ecosystems and productivity platforms, enabling our Technology and business teams to thrive in tomorrow's investment landscape.

THE OPPORTUNITY

BCI's Technology team is modernizing the platform that supports one of Canada's largest institutional investors. As an Enterprise Architect, you'll shape the architectures behind that transformation — setting standards, patterns, and roadmaps across application, data, integration, cloud, security, and AI — while staying close enough to implementation to keep your recommendations grounded and credible.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop and optimize enterprise architectures that enable BCI's modernization and transformation
• Define and evolve architecture standards, principles, guidelines, and patterns aligned to industry frameworks and best practices
• Build business capability and technology roadmaps in partnership with business and technology teams, and help drive them to delivery
• Review architectures-in-development and provide constructive, practical feedback to delivery teams
• Evaluate emerging AI — including generative and agentic systems — and establish governance guardrails for responsible adoption across BCI
• Identify and prove out innovation opportunities through rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept workBuild and evolve the tools and systems that power the EA practice itself — repositories, models, and automation that make architecture decisions faster and more consistent
• Bring risk, compliance, and security considerations into architecture decisions, and support the governance that keeps BCI's technology direction coherent and well-controlled

WHAT YOU BRING

• 5+ years as an Enterprise Architect or in a related architecture role, supported by a background in software development, application architecture, and solution architecture
• Demonstrated ability to bridge hands‑on technology implementation with enterprise strategy, translating business objectives into technology outcomes
• Strong architectural pattern recognition — identifying recurring challenges and reusable solutions across business and technology domains
• Hands‑on experience with AI assistants and agentic tools in a technical or architecture context, with a working understanding of AI‑related risks, controls, and architectural requirements
• Proven experience driving cloud modernization initiatives, with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Experience with rapid prototyping, Agile approaches, and DevOps practices
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills — able to synthesize complexity, present clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences, resolve conflict, and build consensus
• Depth in one or more architecture domains: data, application/solution, cloud, security, or integration
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience
• Professional certification(s) in cloud or architecture an asset

WHERE YOU WILL WORK

There is a strong preference for the role to be based in our Victoria, BC office, however, we will consider applicants who would prefer to be located in our downtown Vancouver location. Relocation support within Canada is available if needed. We are an in-person, collaborative organization with the flexibility to work remotely one day per week.

SALARY RANGE

The annualized salary range for this role is CAD $106,000 to $128,000.

Our recruitment process requires that the successful candidate agrees to undergo a criminal record search, education and designation verification; to provide a declaration of no previous or current criminal status; and to comply with our corporate Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct.