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Job Title
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Enterprise Architect

6-month contract | 100% Onsite in Downtown Vancouver | Must hold a valid Canadian Work Visa

Our client, a global leader in ship management and maritime services, is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to shape the organization’s long-term technology strategy and drive alignment between business priorities and technical direction.

As a senior architectural leader, you will guide enterprise-wide solution design, strengthen architectural governance, mentor technical teams, and support modernization initiatives across a complex global environment. This role requires deep architectural expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to influence decisions at both strategic and technical levels.

This is a fully onsite position located in downtown Vancouver, working closely with internal teams and business leaders.

• Develop, manage, and evolve the organization’s enterprise architecture
  , including supporting solution architectures and governance processes.
• Define architectural standards, frameworks, and best practices to guide technical decision-making.
• Lead architectural reviews and ensure solutions align with long-term strategy, performance requirements, and industry best practices.
• Maintain oversight of solution integrity throughout design, development, and implementation stages.

• Work with engineering teams, developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into well-structured, technically sound solutions.
• Evaluate proposed solutions for feasibility, scalability, maintainability, and architectural alignment.
• Guide and oversee system design activities, including modernization efforts, enterprise integrations, and service consolidation.
• Produce architecture documents and artifacts that are scalable, secure, modular, and adaptable to evolving needs.
• Conduct ongoing research on technology trends
  , platforms, and tools; identify opportunities to enhance systems and maturity.
• Advise business groups on long-term technology implications, platform direction, and architectural impacts.
• Recommend innovative technical and business approaches based on deep cross-domain architectural expertise.

• Partner with project managers to estimate effort, resource needs, and delivery timelines.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on key architectural decisions, challenges, risks, and accomplishments.
• Lead and participate in design and technical reviews to ensure adherence to architectural principles.
• Communicate architecture roadmaps and strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Highly distributed and large-scale system architectures
• Microservices and service-oriented architectures
• High-performance, resilient, and scalable system design
• Cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and modern infrastructure environments
• Containerization, orchestration, automation, and platform engineering
• Enterprise integration patterns, APIs, and messaging frameworks

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business
  , or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressively senior experience in enterprise architecture across complex, multi-system environments.
• Deep experience with distributed architectures, microservices, cloud environments, and containerized systems.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide multiple projects while ensuring architectural alignment.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to translate business strategies into actionable architecture roadmaps.

• Master’s degree or professional certifications (TOGAF, Zachman, Azure Architect, etc.).
• Experience in maritime, logistics, industrial, or mission-critical operational environments.
• Track record of leading modernization or digital transformation initiatives.

• Drive enterprise technology strategy within a global, mission-critical operation.
• Work onsite alongside senior leaders and technical teams in a highly collaborative environment.
• Influence major architectural decisions across a diverse and evolving system landscape.
• Opportunity to shape future-state architecture across a major international organization.

NOTE:

Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply directly. Due to the volume of applications, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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