Position Description:

Contribute to the successful delivery of strategic initiatives at the heart of an innovation-driven organization!

CGI Sherbrooke is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to support organizations in structuring their technology direction and evolving their application landscape. In this role, you will contribute to a variety of engagements where understanding business needs, governance, impact analysis, and alignment between organizational priorities and technology capabilities are central to success. Depending on the context, you may contribute to the analysis of processes, capabilities, applications, data, and integrations, while maintaining a strong advisory, planning, and facilitation role.

If you enjoy operating at both strategic and practical levels, facilitating collaboration between business and IT stakeholders, and producing clear recommendations to support decision-making, CGI offers you an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on the success of our clients.

Work model: Hybrid Location: Sherbrooke

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Analyze business and technology needs to qualify requests, clarify objectives, and guide architecture activities

• Conduct high-level impact assessments related to processes, applications, data, integrations, security, and key dependencies

• Define and document architectural directions, options, and recommendations tailored to the organization’s context, constraints, and transformation objectives

• Contribute to architecture governance by preparing decision briefs, supporting architecture reviews, and ensuring decision traceability

• Maintain and evolve architecture artifacts, principles, standards, maps, and relevant repository elements

• Support teams and stakeholders in applying approved architectural directions, assessing gaps, and identifying required adjustments

• Help align initiatives with business priorities, technology roadmaps, and transformation objectives

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Significant experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and/or business architecture within complex or transformational environments

• Demonstrated ability to analyze business needs, processes, and technology impacts, and to structure recommendations that support decision-making

• Strong understanding of architecture governance practices, standards, principles, review mechanisms, and exception management

• Proficiency in architecture modeling and documentation, with experience using frameworks or languages such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, or equivalent

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with business, technology, and management audiences

• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, structure information effectively, and act pragmatically in situations where direction needs to be defined and clarified

• Experience producing executive-level deliverables such as summaries, architecture options, recommendations, and roadmaps

• Excellent communication skills in both French and English (spoken and written)

Assets

• Experience in industries such as manufacturing, energy, natural resources, industrial operations, or critical infrastructure

• Knowledge of platforms or domains such as SAP, ServiceNow, cloud technologies, data management, API integration, IAM, or cybersecurity

• Experience with architecture repository or mapping tools such as LeanIX, ServiceNow APM, Orbus, Sparx EA, Archi, Confluence, or Jira

• Experience supporting transformation programs, application modernization initiatives, or IT governance initiatives

• Experience in a consulting environment or in engagements requiring extensive collaboration with multiple stakeholders

Location: Sherbrooke Work mode: Hybrid

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is 80 000$ et 155 000$. This position is a future opportunity.

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Use of the term ‘architect’ in this job posting refers to the technical sense related to Information Technology (IT) and does not imply that the individual practices architecture or possesses the requisite license as prescribed by the applicable provincial or territorial architect regulator. We are seeking individuals with expertise in IT architect-related functions, but licensure from an architect regulator is not a prerequisite for this position. Architecture is a regulated profession in Canada which is restricted in terms of use of titles and designation.

Skills:

• French

What you can expect from us:

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

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