Senior Enterprise Architect

Join us in re-imagining health care with the largest social enterprise in Canada. SE Health is leading a multi-year enterprise transformation project that leverages human-centered design to be at the forefront of innovation within the healthcare sector. As a leader in home care, we are expanding and enhancing our capabilities to provide personalized experiences using new platforms and cloud-native architectures, ensuring privacy and security by design. Our transformation is grounded in guiding principles drive to ensure that we prioritize team decisions, long-term planning, process standardization, data-driven insights, and balanced user adoption. If you are driven by the desire to have an impact, change the world of health care and shape the future, we invite you to be part of our journey.

Position Summary:

The Senior Enterprise Architect is a strategic technology leader responsible for defining, governing, and advancing SE Health's enterprise architecture vision, roadmap, and technology strategy. This role provides enterprise-wide leadership across business, application, information, data, AI, integration, infrastructure, cloud, and security architectures to ensure technology investments support organizational priorities and long-term business objectives. Working closely with executive leaders, business stakeholders, and technology teams, the Senior Enterprise Architect develops architecture standards, evaluates emerging technologies, guides complex transformation initiatives, and ensures alignment between business strategy and technology execution. The role serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and provides architectural oversight across major digital, operational, and innovation initiatives.

Duration: This is a 6-month contract with a possibility of extension. We are open to receive application from independent contractors too.

Key Accountabilities:

Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, frameworks and governance processes.
• Establish future-state enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives.
• Lead architecture review processes and participate in governance forums and Architecture Review Boards.
• Ensure technology investments align with enterprise architecture standards and strategic priorities.
• Identify and mitigate enterprise technology risks through architecture planning and governance activities.

Business & Technology Transformation Leadership

• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic priorities into technology roadmaps.
• Provide architectural guidance for enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and digital modernization programs.
• Evaluate organizational capabilities and recommend technology-enabled improvements.
• Support innovation, business growth, operational efficiency, and scalability through strategic architecture planning.
• Drive alignment between business strategy, operating models, and technology investments.

Solution Architecture Oversight & Advisory Services

• Provide architectural leadership and oversight for complex business and technology initiatives.
• Review and approve solution designs to ensure consistency with enterprise principles, standards, and target-state architecture.
• Guide teams on architecture decisions involving AI, cloud, data, applications, integration, security, infrastructure, and emerging technologies.
• Support business case development, technology selection, and vendor evaluations.
• Assess technical debt and recommend modernization strategies.

Cloud, Security & Technology Optimization

• Develop cloud architecture strategies and modernization roadmaps.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to support innovation and future planning.
• Recommend opportunities to improve performance, reliability, cost optimization, and business value realization.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, security, and organizational requirements.

Leadership, Mentorship & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, business leaders, and project teams.
• Mentor architects, analysts, and technical teams on enterprise architecture practices and standards.
• Build strong relationships across business and technology functions.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and strategic planning sessions.
• Promote architecture best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred field of study: Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Strategy, Digital Transformation, or related technology leadership roles.

Additional Experience Requirements:

• Experience developing enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, and governance frameworks.
• Experience leading architecture activities across large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Experience advising senior leaders on technology investments and strategic planning.
• Experience with AI, cloud platforms, enterprise integration, application modernization, and technology portfolio management.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies, vendors, and strategic technology investments.
• Previous healthcare experience is considered a strong asset.

Additional Skills/Abilities Required:

• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks including TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent methodologies.
• Strong understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, and responsible AI principles, including the ability to assess AI use cases, architecture patterns, governance requirements, data readiness, privacy, security, and ethical considerations
• Strong understanding of data architecture, cloud architecture, security principles, enterprise integration, and application architecture.
• Strategic thinking and systems-level problem-solving capability.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong business acumen and ability to align technology decisions with business outcomes.
• Experience with architecture governance and architecture review processes.
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional and matrixed environments.
• Strong analytical, planning, facilitation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence and drive organizational change without direct authority.
• Excellent written, presentation, and communication skills.
• Experience supporting Agile, DevOps, and modern delivery methodologies.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex, evolving, and highly collaborative environment.

Why join SE Health?

• Competitive Total Rewards: So much more than a paycheque! Enjoy comprehensive benefits, pension, flexible pay options, car-loan support, housing solutions and exclusive staff perks.
• Flexibility & Belonging: Thrive with hybrid work, flexible scheduling and a supportive, inclusive culture that puts people first.
• Innovative: At SE, we are always looking for new, innovative ways to improve. You’ll be encouraged and supported to identify and make improvements to the way we do our work. As a social enterprise, we support research into Senior’s Health and Aging.
• Purpose & Impact: Join a national social enterprise where your voice matters. Every role helps advance health, spark innovation and strengthen communities across Canada.
• Growth That Meets Your Ambition: Access tuition support, training and meaningful career pathways across a growing, future-focused organization.

About SE Health

SE Health is a not-for-profit social enterprise advancing health with heart. With 115+ years of impact, we bring hope, happiness and exceptional care to people and communities across Canada. We lead with empathy, dignity and purpose while building a future where everyone can realize their full health and well-being potential. We’re also an inclusive, supportive workplace offering competitive compensation, strong benefits and real opportunities to grow. We’re All In Together.

Accessibility: If you require accommodations due to illness or disability, please contact Talent Acquisition at [email protected].

AI and compensation details: We use AI to take notes during our interview. All applications and interviews are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. This role is a new addition. The total target compensation for this position is $88,000 - $110,000. The compensation offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies, taking into consideration internal equity