Senior Enterprise Architecture Advisor

Jobtailor; Quebec; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an accomplished Enterprise Architecture Advisor to guide strategic targets and governance across our IT portfolio in Canada. You will partner with the portfolio lead, value creation, and business units to align architecture direction with business goals and ensure cohesive delivery of AI-enabled initiatives.

The role requires ten years in IT architecture, strong TOGAF and ArchiMate skills, and fluency in French with working English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline.
• 10+ years in IT as an architecture advisor.
• 5+ years in systems design as analyst or architect.
• Experience on large-scale projects, business cases, and opportunity studies.
• Strong knowledge of the insurance domain.
• TOGAF and ArchiMate proficiency.
• Advanced French; working knowledge of English.

Responsibilities

• Support the portfolio enterprise architecture lead in defining targets and required work.
• Advise on prioritization and risk to execution with senior stakeholders.
• Orchestrate architecture advisors responsible for implementation work.
• Ensure solution consistency and alignment with enterprise directions.
• Support business units in identifying use cases and defining platforms.
• Monitor execution and ensure compliance with the architecture framework.
• Conduct governance activities with enterprise architects and teams.
• Define directions, principles, policies, and standards guiding design and transformation.
• Monitor emerging technologies and recommend organizational changes.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Systems Design

Architecture Governance

AI Solutions Implementation

Business Case Development

Opportunity Studies

Use Case Identification

Capability Decomposition

Emerging Technologies Monitoring

Architecture Framework Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Job description

• Support the portfolio enterprise architecture lead in defining organizational targets and the work required to achieve them
• Advise the portfolio enterprise architecture lead, value creation leader, and business unit on prioritization, sequencing, and resolution of issues that could put execution at risk
• Orchestrate, align, and support architecture advisors responsible for carrying out implementation work
• Ensure consistency of proposed solutions, alignment between architecture perspectives, and alignment of projects with enterprise directions
• Support business units and delivery teams in identifying use cases, selecting platforms, decomposing capabilities, and defining implementation scenarios for AI solutions
• Monitor execution of initiatives related to the architecture intent and ensure compliance with the architecture framework
• Conduct governance activities with enterprise architects and architecture teams
• Define directions, principles, policies, and standards guiding the design and transformation of business and technology capabilities
• Monitor emerging technologies and market best practices and recommend relevant organizational changes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in information technology as an architecture advisor
• Minimum of five (5) years in systems design as an analyst, solution architect or enterprise architecture advisor
• Experience contributing to large-scale projects, business cases, and opportunity studies
• Good knowledge of the insurance domain
• Knowledge of The Open Group — TOGAF
• Knowledge of the ArchiMate modeling language
• Advanced proficiency in spoken and written French
• Functional knowledge of English

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in enterprise architecture, systems design, and governance, with a strong focus on aligning technology capabilities with business objectives. Proficient in advising on architecture principles and implementing AI solutions within the insurance domain.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Enterprise Architecture Advisory
• Systems Design
• TOGAF Knowledge
• ArchiMate Modeling
• Bilingual Proficiency in French and English

Hard Skills

• Enterprise Architecture
• Systems Design
• Architecture Governance
• AI Solutions Implementation
• Business Case Development
• Opportunity Studies
• Use Case Identification
• Capability Decomposition
• Emerging Technologies Monitoring
• Architecture Framework Compliance

Soft Skills

• Advisory Skills
• Prioritization
• Issue Resolution
• Collaboration
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Insurance Domain
• Architecture Principles
• Transformation Standards
• Market Best Practices
• Organizational Change