Principal Enterprise Architect

OMERS; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to join their dynamic team. This pivotal role involves driving the design and implementation of technical architecture, collaborating with various teams to recommend strategies for solutions and technologies. You will thrive in a culture that prioritizes growth, innovation, and meaningful relationships, while working with modern cloud technologies and best practices. If you are passionate about aligning technology with business goals and enjoy a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Health Benefits

Learning and Development Opportunities

Employee Recognition Programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an Enterprise Architect focusing on strategies and roadmaps.
• Experience in modernizing complex legacy technology ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Build consensus and deliver advice balancing technology and business strategies.
• Recommend future-state technology architecture considering industry trends.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Technical Strategy

Cloud Technologies

Communication Skills

Technical Standards Development

Education

University Degree in Engineering

Post-Graduate in Computer Science

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

ITIL

TOGAF

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise, and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic, and sustainable pension plan. An industry-leading global investor with teams in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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Are you an expert in proposing solutions to complex technological problems? Do you enjoy socializing your fact-based opinions based on your experience and understanding? If so, you could be a successful Principal Enterprise Architect at OMERS, joining the Enterprise Architecture team within Data & Technology (D&T), reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture. This role is pivotal in driving the design and implementation of the firm's overall technical architecture across the organization. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams across OMERS and Oxford Properties to recommend the right-sized strategy for solutions, applications, platforms, and technologies.

Here is why you’ll love working with us:

• Your Work Matters: In the rapidly evolving world of technology, you will assist in aligning technology and business goals, driving efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.

• A Place to Grow: We’re big on learning—whether it’s mastering the latest tools, modernizing our ecosystem, gaining certifications, or learning from a supportive team, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow your skills and career.

• Collaborative and Open: We believe great ideas can come from anyone, and we encourage open conversations and teamwork to create the best solutions.

• Stay Ahead of the Curve: You’ll work with modern cloud technologies, frameworks, and best practices, giving you the chance to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.

• A Culture that Cares: At OMERS, we put people first. From our employees to the clients we serve, we’re all about building meaningful relationships and making a positive impact.

As a member of this team, your responsibilities will include:

• Federated Collaboration: Build consensus with and compromise between colleagues and customers, who sometimes have diverse goals, to deliver advice that balances our technology and line of business strategies.

• Communication: Clearly communicate complex technical concepts in verbal, written (email, chat, word documents), and presentation formats to resources with a variety of technical expertise.

• Technical Architecture Strategy: Recommend future-state technology architecture by understanding current state, considering industry trends, peer organization(s) direction, OMERS technology strategy, and multiple business strategies.

• Technical Guidance: Participate in the development of technical standards, principles, patterns, architectural building blocks, blueprints, and/or best practices for OMERS’ technology ecosystems.

• Technology Evaluation: Provide analysis (e.g., assessment of options), high-level design, and contribute/lead POCs evolving the technology ecosystems across the organization.

• Governance Participation: Contribute, facilitate, and sometimes present at governance ceremonies such as the Architecture Review Board or similar.

• Technical Expertise: Occasionally take on a hands-on role as a technical expert, collaborating with engineering, architecture, or development teams to resolve issues, provide guidance, and craft high-level solutions.

You may wonder: what are specific recent examples of team deliverables? Workload Placement Strategy, Data Platform Strategy, Opinion on APIM, Technical Capability Mapping Evolution, Technical Standards Creation, Creation of Platform Reference Architecture, etc.

Experience Requirements:

• 5 years of experience as an Enterprise Architect with an emphasis on designing and presenting strategies and roadmaps for enterprise consumption.

• 10 years of experience in explaining, designing, and socializing technical solutions, opinions, roadmaps, and other recommendations.

• Experience in modernization of complex legacy technology ecosystems with mixed components from Cloud, SaaS, and data center infrastructure.

• Deep understanding of market trends in the technology domain.

Nice to Haves:

• University degree or post-graduate in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or other quantitative disciplines, or equivalent training, education, and experience.

• Experience in the Pension, Asset Management, or Financial Services industries is a plus.

Relevant certifications include but are not limited to:

• Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.), architect, engineer, data architecture, etc.

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISP, or similar.

• Architecture certifications like ITIL, TOGAF, or Zachman.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, and our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated through our vast network of Employee Resource Groups, our Purpose@Work committee, and employee recognition programs.