Principal Enterprise Architect

Are you an expert in proposing solutions to complex technological problems?  Do you enjoy socializing your fact-based opinion 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 right-sized strategy for: solutions, applications, platforms, and technologies, etc. 

Here is why you’ll love working with us: 

• Your Work Matters:  In the rapidly evolving world of technology, you will assist in alignment of 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 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 ecosystem(s) across the organization. 

• Governance Participation: Contribute, facilitate, and sometimes present at governance ceremonies such as 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, roadmap 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. 

To help with success in this role, nice to haves are:  

• 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 (equivalents between 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, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week.