Senior Solution Architect - Enterprise Data and AI platform

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance‑led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more

• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to): 128,300 - 156,800

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance). 15%

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team , we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long‑term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35‑hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect – Enterprise Data and AI platform to join our growing team. You will be part of a high‑profile team delivering transformative, secure, and scalable Data and AI solutions—evolving our Enterprise Data and AI platform and shaping solutions that make a real impact to our business.

What you’ll do here

• Evolve the Enterprise Data and AI platform architectures, including integrations with corporate systems and market tools.
• Contribute to and execute the Data & AI Strategy while defining and refining the Architecture patterns.
• Design AI/ML and/or data product solution architectures (ex. feature stores, experimentation tracking, model serving, pipelines/orchestration).
• Deliver architecture blueprints and implementation strategies that meet enterprise security and data protection standards; ensure alignment to corporate vision and objectives while proposing innovative approaches.
• Collaborate with members of various technical teams, business teams and delivery teams to develop solutions that address key customer needs while adhering to EA principles and guidelines.
• Lead risk and cost analyses, including build vs buy strategies.
• Lead cross‑team dependency management for complex migrations and platform transitions, drive standards and best practices.

What you bring to the table

• 10+ years in a Solution Architecture role
• Passionate about creating responsive, highly resilient, secure, and scalable Data and AI architectures.
• Experience architecting Data and AI platforms in the cloud (ex. AWS Lambda, S3, EC2, ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, ALB, CloudWatch).
• Knowledge of ML/AI technologies (ex. Databricks, Snowflake, AWS SageMaker, Vertex AI, etc.).
• Knowledge of data modeling and analytics tooling: Snowflake, Data Vault, Informatica IICS, Power BI, etc.
• Experience with generative AI platforms and frameworks (e.g., AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, LangChain, etc.).
• Knowledge applying security principles (ex. compliance, authentication, authorization, monitoring, alerting).
• Excellent leadership, mentorship, and collaborator; a catalyst for change who constructively challenges the status quo.
• Experience with container‑based technologies and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/OKE).
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English‑speaking colleagues across the country.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

We are an equal opportunity employer. At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity‑deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration‑related matters including but not limited to employer‑specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.