Senior Portfolio Architect

Job Description

Senior Portfolio Architect:
On behalf of our oil & gas client, Procom is searching for a Senior Portfolio Architect for a 12 month contract. This position is an onsite position at our client’s Calgary office.

Senior Portfolio Architect - Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Portfolio Architect to understand, design, and oversee the implementation of enterprise-scale architectures across our IT, OT, and cloud environments. The successful candidate will contribute as a technology leader, creatively aligning business and technology objectives while helping advance the organization's overall maturity and resilience across its digital ecosystem.

Senior Portfolio Architect - Responsibilities:
• Define and govern portfolio architecture to deliver measurable business value, reduce time to market, and align with IT and enterprise strategies.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce architecture standards to ensure secure, reliable, compliant, and sustainable solutions across the portfolio.
• Develop and maintain portfolio architectural designs, roadmaps, and capability maps to guide solution decisions and prioritize initiatives.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to align portfolio initiatives with strategic roadmaps, long-range plans, and technology standards.
• Review and approve solutions to ensure cohesion, standards compliance, and support for defined business capabilities and outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to portfolio initiatives, projects, and service teams.
• Monitor emerging technologies, delivery models, and data/AI governance practices to inform portfolio evolution and ensure enterprise alignment.

Senior Portfolio Architect - Mandatory Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of relevant IT experience plus 7+ years of experience specifically in solutions architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Certifications including TOGAF, Zachman, AWS/Azure Architect, or similar.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and designing architectures across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, reference architectures, and cloud financial management.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Senior Portfolio Architect – Nice-to-Have Skills:
• Proficiency in DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code for automated deployments.
• Expertise in integration patterns, API-driven and microservices architectures, and containerization.
• Solid understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and data security and privacy principles.
• Solid awareness of AI capabilities and technologies.
• Experience in cloud cost optimization.

Senior Portfolio Architect – Assignment Length:
This is a contingent worker position for 12 months 

Senior Portfolio Architect - Assignment Location:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This position is onsite.