Enterprise Architect

Our retail client is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to identify, develop, and provide a technical roadmap strategic assessment across business processes and a solutions landscape. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving between strategic architecture and hands-on delivery, helping the organization make practical technology decisions while ensuring individual initiatives contribute to a coherent long-term architecture.

Duration: 6-month initial contract with a possibility of extension

Working model: Hybrid onsite within South Calgary - 3 days onsite

Must-haves:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise, solution, or technology architecture, including significant experience developing and influencing enterprise-level architecture.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale, multi-year business and technology transformation programs.
• Experience leading or contributing to application modernization, legacy system transformation, and application portfolio rationalization.
• Experience developing current-state, target-state, and transition architectures.
• Experience evaluating technology vendors, implementation partners, and solution proposals.
• Experience with modern integration approaches, including APIs, event-driven integration, and enterprise integration platforms.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture methodologies, frameworks, and governance practices with the ability to apply them pragmatically.

Nice-to-haves:

• Retail system or industry experience.
• Experience with ERP and/or enterprise business platform transformation.
• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally Azure.
• Experience with data modernization, master data management, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience working within organizations operating a mix of SaaS, packaged, custom-built, and legacy applications.

Scope of Work:

• Assess the current business and technology landscape, identifying opportunities for application modernization, portfolio rationalization, business process improvement, and technology optimization.
• Develop a practical, prioritized enterprise architecture roadmap defining the target state, key initiatives, and transition approach, while providing architectural guidance and decision-making support across business and technology initiatives.