Senior Enterprise Architect

at  AIMCo Alberta Investment Management Corporation

CLOSING DATE:

May 30, 2024
Opportunity
The Senior Enterprise Architect at AIMCo plays a pivotal role in transforming business and technology strategies into comprehensive architectures and future-oriented plans. Utilizing their extensive knowledge and experience in Business Architecture, Applications Architecture, and Data Architecture, they shape the technological roadmap and address complex challenges across the organization.
The role involves significant collaboration with key stakeholders. The Senior Enterprise Architect works closely with these individuals to pinpoint business objectives and design a technology portfolio that optimally supports the entire enterprise. They are also tasked with establishing, implementing, and managing architectural practices.
In addition, the Senior Enterprise Architect is responsible for creating innovative technology policies, standards, and procedures. These initiatives are crucial for empowering the business to reach its strategic goals and maintain its industry-leading position.
The Senior Enterprise Architect role is not only professional and strategic but also highly engaging. It offers the opportunity to make substantial contributions to the organization and to shape its future direction. This is the perfect position for a forward-thinking individual who thrives on innovation and collaboration.
Responsibilities:
Strategically contributing to AIMCo’s Technology Strategic Plan is a central responsibility. This involves taking the lead in developing and implementing an annual 3-year technology roadmap practice that seamlessly integrates strategic objectives, capability gaps, technological disruptions, and the health status of AIMCo’s technology portfolio. This practice and methodology will generate initiative roadmaps for each business division that will serve as a guide for future multi-year improvement programs.
A primary task is leading the creation of universal technology standards and target state architectures. This will empower our technology teams to deliver in a manner that is consistent and aligned with the strategic objectives of the organization.
In terms of cloud computing, a key responsibility is to continuously maintain and govern the enterprise cloud strategy. This will ensure that we are positioned to capitalize on new opportunities and disruptive technologies across all areas of cloud computing, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
Furthermore, this role requires a specialization in work management, content management, and collaboration services applications which will be used to establish and maintain the target state architecture and a 3-year roadmap for AIMCo. This will involve the integration of Generative AI technology to enhance productivity and stimulate creativity.
In addition, facilitating the Architecture Review Board is a significant role. This body has the authority to review and decide on all technology introductions, consolidations, and removals across the AIMCo enterprise. Additionally, as chair of the Architecture Working Group, you will provide a forum to offer solution guidance and design certification for all solutions implemented across the AIMCo enterprise.
Finally, providing technology advisory services and defining the conceptual architecture for business initiatives supported by technology is a central part of this dynamic role. This professional approach aims to drive AIMCo’s technological advancement and organizational growth.

Our Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Certifications in various architectural standards is required, ITIL certification is considered an asset
• Experience in Investment Management industry is considered an asset
• Expertise in two or more specialized technology domains (e.g. infrastructure, application development, integration, data, ERP, collaboration, cloud computing, cybersecurity, etc)
• Architectural knowledge and extensive experience with full Microsoft 365 suite including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Loop, Power Automate, Power Apps
• Experience with productivity-enhancing Generative AI technologies like Microsoft Copilot and Chat GPT.
• Experience with agile project management and work management solutions including Monday.com, JIRA, Azure DevOps Boards
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies deployed at an enterprise scale
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale enterprise architectures.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and concise language for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinking to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with a talent for building strong relationships across the organization
• Extensive experience in various IT practices and disciplines including software development lifecycle, ITIL Service Management, data lifecycle management, portfolio and project management, and IT strategic planning
• Experience with Agile SCRUM and Kanban methodologies.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo’s core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity, and collaboration, and inspiring the same in others.

Success Measures:

• In 6 months, have an ARB approved target state architecture for Content & Collaboration Services that includes Generative AI capabilities
• In 6 months, have the MVP of a new architecture practice for annual 3-year technology road mapping that links with Corporate Planning and Corporate Finance
• In 12 months, the annual 3-year technology roadmapping process has been used by 3 divisions to generate a 3-year technology plan and the business cases for first year execution

NOTE: This role will close at 11:59pm MST on May 29th
Next Steps
We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.
Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.
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Just like our investments, our international team is stronger when we are diversified. At AIMCo, we draw upon the differences in who we are, where we come from, and the way we think to foster sophisticated solutions for Albertans. Doing business the right way means building an equitable organization inclusive of all races, genders, ages, abilities, religions, neurodiversity, identities, and lived experiences. Simply put, when you can show up as your authentic self every day, you and your team can truly thrive — all in service of our clients and their beneficiaries

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