Portfolio Architect Specialist

Cenovus Energy•Calgary, AB

21h

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Portfolio Architect Specialist to understand, design, and oversee the implementation of enterprise scale architectures across our IT, OT, and cloud environments. The role requires expertise in modern architecture frameworks, emerging technologies, integration patterns, and enterprise level risk and solution management. This role will be accountable for overall solution architecture requirements and ensuring our standards and best practices are incorporated into the designs. You will partner with enterprise architects, business leads, and project teams to deliver solution diagrams and documentation, integration specifications, and transition-to-operations processes as required. The successful candidate will contribute as a technology leader, creatively aligning business and technology objectives while helping advance the organization’s overall maturity and resilience across its digital ecosystem. This opportunity will appeal to an individual who thrives in a team environment, demonstrates critical thinking, problem-solving, and facilitation skills, and is adaptable while effectively completing deliverables in a timely manner.

Requirements

Legally authorized to work in Canada.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
12+ years of IT experience, including 7+ years in architecture or technical leadership roles
Relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, AWS/Azure Architect)
Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, reference architectures, security posture (CSPM), and cost optimization
Expertise in integration patterns, APIs, microservices, containerization, and data flows
Proficiency in DevOps and infrastructure-as-code for automated deployments
Strong understanding of data architecture, security/privacy, and ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Solid awareness of AI capabilities and technologies to enable in a complex environment

Responsibilities

Define and govern portfolio architecture to deliver measurable business value, reduce time to market, and align with IT and enterprise strategies.
Establish, maintain, and enforce architecture standards to ensure secure, reliable, compliant, and sustainable solutions across the portfolio.
Develop and maintain portfolio architectural designs, roadmaps, and capability maps to guide solution decisions and prioritize initiatives.
Partner with business and IT stakeholders to align portfolio initiatives with strategic roadmaps, long-range plans, and technology standards.
Review and approve solutions to ensure cohesion, standards compliance, and support for defined business capabilities and outcomes.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to portfolio initiatives, projects, and service teams.
Monitor emerging technologies, delivery models, and data/AI governance practices to inform portfolio evolution and ensure enterprise alignment.