IT Technical Advisor Specialist

Intact Financial Corporation; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Hybrid work model

Extra vacation days

Wellbeing benefits

Employee share plan

Job summary

Intact Financial Corporation in Montreal, QC, is seeking a Technical Advisor Specialist to act as a Senior Solution Specialist for the IT Services portfolio, leading practical, scalable, secure, and reusable technology solutions.

The role designs end-to-end solutions spanning applications, data, cloud, and infrastructure, translates business needs into architecture, and guides delivery with enterprise standards, roadmaps, resiliency, and security.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience in architecture or senior leadership roles.
• Strong enterprise architecture knowledge across APIs, cloud, data, and security.
• Experience with ITSM, enterprise workflow platforms, and digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions spanning applications, integrations, APIs, data, cloud, infrastructure, security, and enterprise workflow platforms.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable, secure, and reusable solution designs.
• Evaluate technology options and cost/risk trade-offs for strategic solutions.
• Lead architectural planning for complex transformation initiatives and align with business needs.
• Analyze current IT environments to identify deficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Consult with project, infrastructure, security, audit, and engineering teams to ensure architecture alignment.

Skills

IT architecture leadership

Enterprise architecture

APIs & data integration

Cloud platforms

Security best practices

Stakeholder management

Bilingual French-English

Job description

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model
• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more
• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to):

109,900 - 134,300

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance):

15%

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

The Technical Advisor Specialist acts as a Senior Solution Specialist for the IT Services portfolio, leading practical, scalable, secure, and reusable technology solutions that enable Digital Services through multiple digital technologies.

This role supports the Experience and Enablement mandate by designing best-in-class digital experiences and translating business needs into end-to-end solution designs across enterprise workflow platforms, ITSM, automation, AI operating models, cloud, integration, infrastructure, and data capabilities. The role ensures solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, target-state roadmaps, resiliency, security, compliance, and long-term IT Services objectives.

What you'll do here:

Technical Advisor Specialist Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions spanning applications, integrations, APIs, data, cloud, infrastructure, security, and enterprise workflow platforms.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable, secure, and reusable solution designs.
• Evaluate technology options and recommend strategic solutions, including build-versus-buy analysis and cost/risk trade-offs.
• Lead architectural planning for complex transformation initiatives and align technical design with business requirements.
• Analyze the current IT environment to identify critical deficiencies, technical debt, obsolescence risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Consult with project, infrastructure, telecom, security, audit, and software engineering teams to ensure delivery alignment with approved architecture.

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

• Define solution architectures that support strategic business objectives, transformation priorities, and enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, principles, design patterns, implementation guidelines, and governance processes.
• Create, update, and maintain architecture models, roadmaps, strategies, and reusable capabilities.
• Lead architecture governance, design reviews, risk assessments, and compliance alignment.
• Understand, advocate, and promote the architecture vision and value proposition across IT and business communities.

Technology Governance

• Promote architecture consistency across platforms, products, and initiatives.
• Establish reusable standards, integration patterns, and enterprise capabilities.
• Support information security, resilience, compliance, operational, and audit requirements.
• Guide delivery teams through implementation of approved architectural standards and modernization practices.
• Lead and facilitate the evolution of architecture principles to support effective decision-making.

Strategic Planning

• Contribute to future-state architecture vision, modernization strategies, and global IT architecture evolution.
• Support platform consolidation, AI operating models, enterprise workflow platforms, ITSM, cloud, and digital experience initiatives.
• Lead research and assessment of emerging technologies and identify practical adoption opportunities.
• Consider long-term business scenarios, regulatory and security requirements, mission-critical application obsolescence, and evolving technology offerings.

What you bring to the table:

• 10+ years of experience in information technology, including architecture or senior technical leadership responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, APIs, cloud platforms, data integration, infrastructure, and security best practices.
• Strong knowledge of AI, automation, and systems orchestration, including how these capabilities improve service delivery, operational efficiency, and digital experiences.
• Experience with ITSM, enterprise workflow platforms, and digital transformation initiatives is preferred.
• ITIL 4 or ITIL v5 certification, or strong working knowledge of ITIL practices, is considered an asset.
• Strong communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across business, technology, security, telecom, infrastructure, audit, and engineering audiences.
• Organized, proactive, results-driven, and comfortable working in a constantly evolving technology environment.
• Team player and technical mentor with the ability to collaborate across diverse groups and quickly understand business and technology domains.
• Bilingual in French and English is required to interact regularly with English-speaking clients and colleagues across Canada.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada; Canadian work experience is not required.

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Il s'agit d'un nouveau rôle au sein de notre équipe en pleine croissance | This role is a new member of our growing team.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.