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Join to apply for the Enterprise Architect role at Air Canada . Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation. The Enterprise Architect will work to define and facilitate the development of Air Canadas current and future IT architecture required to meet organizational needs, goals, and strategic direction. This incumbent will promote component reuse, standardization of technologies, and ensure that the standards and changes to the architecture are documented, agreed to and implemented through best practices of designing and solutioning. This position will report to the Director, Technology Architecture. Responsibilities Align architectural strategy with business goals and objectives. Support and participate in developing organizational policies, standards, guidelines and procedures related to IT architecture. Define and maintain architecture standards, technology choices and architectural patterns in collaboration with IT stakeholders. Gather and analyze data and develop architectural requirements. Consult with project teams to ensure compatibility with existing solutions, cloud infrastructure and services and strategic requirements. Establish standards for modular, reusable software and data components that can be orchestrated across platforms to support diverse business needs. Contribute to solution design and planning to ensure platforms are optimized for performance, scalability and cost. Assess the overall architecture and technology landscape to identify gaps, optimize lifecycle management and recommend improvements. Conduct architecture reviews to ensure quality and alignment. Provide vision for and direct oversight of an Architecture function (Enterprise, Data, Infrastructure, Applications, Integration, Cloud, Security, etc.). Align Architecture with cybersecurity principles and regulatory compliance. Manage and continuously improve the architecture repository to ensure accessibility, accuracy, and alignment with enterprise standards. Analyze technology, industry, and market trends to assess their impact on Air Canadas technology landscape and provide strategic recommendations for adoption or mitigation. Provide architectural guidance to manage and evolve IT environments. Provide technology evaluation and selection advice regarding the use of COTS, custom approaches, open source and cloud appropriateness. Prepare and distribute architectural vision, goals, standards, structure, behavior patterns, models, to all affected stakeholders. Oversee and monitor progress on complex and/or multiple projects with respect to scope, schedules, budgets, and quality. Check conformance to standards and architectural decisions and resolve design and architectural conflicts by explaining and justifying design and architectural decisions. Minimize integration impact on various existing processes. Work collaboratively with solution architects, product managers and technical SMEs in designing new and robust digital solutions. Qualifications A relevant University degree/technical certification, and/or relevant experience commensurate to the role. Significant experience (typically 5+ years) of IT technology, operations, leadership and strategy in a medium or large organization. Experience with enterprise architecture modeling tools and frameworks (e.g., LeanIX, Archimate, Bizbok). Experience designing solutions in a cloudfirst environment (AWS, Azure, GCP). Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI/ML and their potential enterprise applications is considered an asset. Experience in airlinerelated systems and technologies is considered an asset. Proactive and able to work both independently and collaboratively. Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a systematic approach. Ability to work effectively under pressure and in rapidly changing environments or uncertain conditions. Demonstrates openness and willingness to adapt to new ways of doing things. Ability to work cooperatively with others on a team, and to establish and maintain effective business relationships. Ability to communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with all levels of the organization. Flexibility to adapt to business needs, including occasional extended hours when required. Demonstrated punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fastpaced environment. Conditions of Employment Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest. At the time any offer of employment is made, it is the sole responsibility of the candidate to seek any required work permits, visas or other authorizations. Linguistic Requirements Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates. Diversity and Inclusion Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment that highlights employees unique contributions to our companys success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all, and we aim to build a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities. Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted. Seniority level MidSenior level Employment type Fulltime Job function Information Technology Industries Airlines and Aviation #J-18808-Ljbffr