Portfolio Architect

Cenovus Energy; Calgary; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in Calgary is seeking a skilled Portfolio Architect. This role focuses on defining solution architectures and ensuring alignment with business strategies. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of IT experience, with at least 7 years in solutions architecture. Key qualifications include expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and cloud technologies. Benefits include competitive compensation, health and dental coverage, and robust professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee family assistance

Virtual healthcare coverage

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• 12+ years relevant IT experience.
• 7+ years in solutions or enterprise architecture roles.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern portfolio architecture.
• Establish and enforce architecture standards.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise architecture frameworks

Cloud platforms

Integration patterns

API-driven architectures

Data architecture

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

TOGAF certification

AWS/Azure Architect certification

Job description

About this opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Portfolio Architect to understand, design, and oversee the implementation of enterprise‑scale architectures across our IT, OT, and cloud environments. The role requires expertise in modern architecture frameworks, emerging technologies, integration patterns, and enterprise‑level risk and solution management.

This role will be accountable for overall solution architecture requirements and ensuring our standards and best practices are incorporated into the designs. You will partner with enterprise architects, business leads, and project teams to deliver solution diagrams and documentation, integration specifications, and transition‑to‑operations processes as required.

The successful candidate will contribute as a technology leader, creatively aligning business and technology objectives while helping advance the organization’s overall maturity and resilience across its digital ecosystem.

This opportunity will appeal to an individual who thrives in a team environment, demonstrates critical thinking, problem‑solving, and facilitation skills, and is adaptable while effectively completing deliverables in a timely manner.

Worker Type: Employee. Post End Date: 01/28/2026.

What you’ll do

• Define and govern portfolio architecture to deliver measurable business value, reduce time to market, and align with IT and enterprise strategies.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce architecture standards to ensure secure, reliable, compliant, and sustainable solutions across the portfolio.
• Develop and maintain portfolio architectural designs, roadmaps, and capability maps to guide solution decisions and prioritize initiatives.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to align portfolio initiatives with strategic roadmaps, long‑range plans, and technology standards.
• Review and approve solutions toacier cohesion, standards compliance, and support for defined business capabilities and outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to portfolio initiatives, projects, and service teams.
• Monitor emerging technologies, delivery models, and data/AI governance practices to inform portfolio evolution and ensure enterprise alignment.

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of relevant IT experience plus 7+ years of experience specifically in solutions architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Certifications including TOGAF, Zachman, AWS/Azure Architect, or similar.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and designing architectures across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, reference architectures, CSPM, and cloud financial management and cost optimization.
• Expertise in Gentle patterns, API‑driven and microservices architectures, containerization, and data flows.
• Proficiency in DevOps practicesEnt and infrastructure‑as‑code for automated deployments.
• Solid understanding of data architecture, data modelling, and data security and privacy principles.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT January 27, 2026.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

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Who we are

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost‑efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operationsמע include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
• Health & dental benefits
• Substantial mental health coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Employee family assistance
• Virtual healthcare coverage

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

• Internal course offerings
• Education assistance for additional development
• Opportunities to work on special projects
• Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement üks and track acknowledging the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways.

Our culture

• Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
• Our values:
  • Protect what matters
  • Do it right
  • Make it better
  • Do it together
• Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose‑driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects ourೇಹ people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year‑ सरकारी.
  • Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
  • Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
  • Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.
• Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee‑led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit‑based opportunities 각. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities, and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated upon qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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