Principal Enterprise Architect

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to shape our technology strategy with a focus on Data and AI. You will define standards, future-state capabilities, and drive capability mapping across the organization.

Leading a high‑performing architecture team, you will collaborate with IT and business leaders to develop strategic roadmaps, select modern tech stacks, and ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with enterprise goals.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years IT experience in progressive development and design positions with 4+ years in an architect/system design role.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts, models and patterns.
• Experience with modern stacks including security, cloud, data pipelines, microservices, containers, CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement architectural strategies and standards to support enterprise initiatives.
• Support enterprise capability model domains, coordinating with relevant teams.
• Analyze existing systems for modernization opportunities, improvements, and risks.
• Oversee enterprise standards and patterns while ensuring solutions comply.
• Mentor and lead members of a high‑performing architecture team.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Technical Leadership

Strategy Development

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD

Containers

Cloud Platforms

Data Pipelines

Job description

Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, the Principal Enterprise Architect will play a key role in shaping the organization's technology strategy, with a primary focus on Data and AI. This role is responsible for developing enterprise architecture standards, defining future-state technology capabilities, and driving capability mapping initiatives across the organization.

What you'll do

• Define and implement architectural strategies and standards to support enterprise initiatives.
• Support the enterprise capability model domains, coordinating with relevant teams.
• Analyze existing systems for modernization opportunities, improvements, and risks.
• Oversee enterprise standards and patterns while ensuring solutions are complying.
• Responsible for supervising and controlling the integration of the enterprise capability model into data governance, including any associated models.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to ensure high-quality solution design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on strategic roadmaps, LCM, and decommissioning plans.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, design patterns, and solution blueprints.
• Drive adoption of modern technology stacks aligned with business goals.
• Evaluate and select tools and technologies for modernization initiatives.
• Identify and manage technical risks and issues in collaboration with Principal Architects.
• Support and mentor members in a high-performing architecture team.
• Work closely with various Principal Architects and Technology Leads to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.

What you bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years IT experience in progressive development and design related positions with 4+ years experience working in an architect/system design role.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts and models.
• Strong understanding of architecture patterns, best practices, and principles.
• Experience with modern stacks including security, middleware, cloud, data pipelines, microservices, containers, CI/CD.
• Experience interpreting and applying security best practices to create, harden and secure infrastructure and applications.
• Demonstrated ability to think and communicate in both abstract and concrete concepts.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategic roadmaps.
• Experience in evaluating and selecting tools and technologies to support initiatives.
• Experience in managing technical risks and issues.
• Ability to build and mentor a high-performing architecture team.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various IT and Business leadership teams.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and build and maintain strong relationships.
• Experience in the AI, Data and the Retail industry is an asset.

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; 7+ years IT experience with 4+ years in an architect/system design role; strong enterprise architecture knowledge; experience with cloud, microservices, containers, CI/CD, data pipelines; security best practices expertise.