Enterprise Architect - Information Technology - Full Time

Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading multi-campus university that excels at educating with purpose. Through its exceptional employees, students, researchers, leaders, and educators, Laurier has built a reputation as a world-class institution known for its rich student experience, academic excellence, and global impact. With a commitment to Indigenization and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, Laurier’s thriving community has a place for everyone.
Laurier has more than 21,000 students and 2,100 faculty and staff across campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well locations in Kitchener and Milton. The university is committed to providing an inclusive workplace, a flexible work policy and employing a workforce that is reflective of local and national demographics. Reporting to the Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Communication and working under the guidance of the CIO and ICT Leaders, the Enterprise Architect provides strategic technical leadership for Wilfrid Laurier University’s information technology environment. This role is central to identifying and mitigating institutional technology risks, maintaining an accurate and current view of Laurier’s IT capabilities, and improving ICT’s ability to respond to the organization’s evolving business needs in an efficient, sustainable, and adaptable manner.
The Enterprise Architect builds and maintains comprehensive architectural models across all components of IT infrastructure — systems, networks, hardware, and software — using a structured framework aligned with industry-recognized methodologies such as TOGAF. The role plays a critical part in major ICT decisions with enterprise-wide implications, working in a consultative capacity to translate business needs into technology capabilities and ensuring suitable solutions are realized.
The Enterprise Architect leads the ICT Architecture Group (ICTAG), a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts, managers, and ICT leaders, with a clear mandate to maintain the integrity and security of IT architecture at Laurier. The incumbent is also responsible for coordinating the review and approval of cloud and technology solutions for compliance with Laurier’s Cloud Policy and Information Security Policy, collaborating across ICT, Procurement, Privacy and Records Management, and the University Counsel.
Lead and take ownership of the review and approval of cloud and technology solutions in collaboration with the Operation and Financial Coordinator for compliance with Laurier’s Cloud Policy and Information Security Policy (Privacy and Security Impact Assessment — PSIA process).

• Monitor progress of assessments, following up with Laurier business units and vendors; Serve as the primary escalation point for university community on questions and issues related to Cloud Policy requirements and PSIA outcomes when needed by the Operations and Financial Coordinator.
• Communicate outcomes to Laurier business units, vendors, and the Legal Office.

Lead the activities of the ICT Architecture Group (ICTAG), a multidisciplinary body of subject matter experts representing all technology domains of ICT.

• Develop and maintain a structured EA framework for documenting and representing ICT capabilities through architectural views and models aligned with TOGAF and/or Zachman methodologies.
• Lead the development of architecture blueprints — including application, integration, and technology views — for systems maintained by ICT and used across the university.
• Continuously monitor architectural views, updating them to reflect changes, additions, and alterations to ICT components.
• Project Consultation & Architectural Review
• Participate actively in project and team meetings (including Projects & Consulting Office meetings and Change Advisory Board) to remain current on ICT initiatives and emerging changes.
• Identify projects and system changes requiring ICTAG review of our enterprise architecture reviewal processes (PSIA, SIAA, and/or VICA), proactively engaging teams to ensure timely architectural involvement.
• Present architectural views, standards, tools, and methodologies to diverse audiences across the university, including non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to review objectives, assess architectural conformance, and recommend solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Monitor RFC/ticket queues to identify deployments requiring compliance review or documentation updates in EA artifacts and taking initiative to engage with partners to ensure the correct information is captured or ICTAG review.

Strategic Advisory & Continuous Improvement

• Advise and recommend enterprise architecture strategies, processes, and methodologies to ICT Leadership, ensuring ICT objectives remain aligned with the institution’s long-term business goals.
• Investigate and share emerging best practices, technologies, and vendor solutions to inform ICT strategic and operational planning.
• Engage with external EA communities including Educause (ITANA, IBAWG) and CUCCIO Arch SIG to bring leading practices back to Laurier.
• Champion the value and use of EA artifacts across ICT teams, promoting a culture of architectural documentation and governance.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 6 or more years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture or a related IT leadership role.
• Proven experience designing and documenting solutions across the full project lifecycle, from requirements discovery and design through development, testing, implementation, and production.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure components including systems, networks, hardware, and software in a complex institutional environment.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and presentation skills; ability to convey complex technical information to diverse audiences including non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in a post-secondary or similarly complex institutional environment is an asset.
• HECVAT), and information security policy environments.
• Active engagement with external EA professional communities (e.g., Educause, CUCCIO) is considered an asset.
• Hours of Work: This is a full-time, continuing position. The normal hours of work are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Flexibility in hours may be required, including evening and/or weekend work due to periods of high volume. This position is eligible for a flexible work arrangement, as per Policy 8.14 (Flexible Work Policy). Rate of Pay: $52.17 to $55.14 per hour with an annual step progression on anniversary date up to $59.63 per hour. Considerations for new hire step placements include, qualifications and length/depth of required experience, relevant market rates for similar jobs, internal equity, and estimated learning curve in starting the job.

Equity, diversity and creating a culture of inclusion are part of Laurier’s core values and central to the Laurier Strategy. Laurier is committed to increasing the diversity of faculty and staff and welcomes applications from candidates who identify as Indigenous, racialized, having disabilities, and from persons of any minority sexual and gender identities. Indigenous candidates who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programing at Laurier are welcomed to contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives. Candidates from other equity deserving groups who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programing at Laurier are welcomed to contact Equity & Accessibility. wlu.ca/content/How-to-apply/
Should you be interested in learning more about this opportunity, please visit www.wlu.ca/careersfor additional information and the online application system. All applications must be submitted online. Please note, when pre-screening questions are used as part of the application process, AI is utilized to score responses.