IT Architect - specialized Cloud

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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):

109,900 - 134,300

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

12%

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

Our growing team is looking for a IT Architect specialised in Cloud technologies!

 

You will be part of the Infrastructure Technology Architecture team responsible for the following technological domains:

• GCP
• AWS
• Azure
• On-Prem Private Cloud

 

What you'll do here:

• Define and maintain governance and compliance standards and policies.
• Execute architecture processes.
• Create, update, and maintain architecture models, roadmaps, and strategies.
• Lead risk and cost analysis including build vs. buy strategies and recommendations.
• Lead analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Contribute to the definition and evolution of global IT architecture based on long-term business strategy considering the diversity of Intact activities, the need for compliance to information Security requirements, the long-term business plan scenarios, the obsolescence of mission-critical applications and the evolution of IT solutions offerings from various sources.
• Understand, advocate, and promote the architecture vision and value proposition within the IT and business community.
• Lead and facilitate research and assessment of new approaches and technologies for potential use within the organization.
• Lead and facilitate the creation and evolution of architecture principles to support decision-making.
• Consults with project teams to align projects to enterprise architecture to accommodate project needs.
• Consult with infrastructure teams to fit infrastructure to architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate infrastructure needs.

 

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, an equivalent field or any combination of equivalent education and experience.
• 5+ years' experience designing, executing, and supporting IT cloud solutions. – GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.
• 5+ years' experience implementing foundational cloud services - networking, security, account/organizations, logging & monitoring, identity access management, etc.
• Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Security Certification, and/or Google Cloud Engineer Certification a plus - Other cloud-related certifications are also a plus.
• Experience implementing cloud controls, security, and audit services.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated delivery systems (GitHub Actions)
• Experience implementing infrastructure as code using cloud formation and/or Terraform.
• Experience with cloud platform serverless frameworks.
• 10+ years in information technology.
• A team player and a technical mentor - willing to learn and collaborate with many groups of strong professionals.
• Understands or willing to learn about our different lines of business (policy, billing, claims, sales, self-serve, telematics, etc.).
• Open and transparent – able to communicate with the business, telecom, infrastructure, security, audit, and software engineering.
• Driven by challenges and results.
• Organized, proactive and a catalyst for change.
• Knowledge on security best practices and understand the impacts it can have on a business.
• Comfortable working in a constantly evolving technological environment.
• An excellent team player who demonstrates leadership.
• Comfortable speaking with all levels of the organization and different audiences.
• 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.

 

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Ce poste jouera un rôle essentiel au sein de notre équipe. | This position will fill an essential role in our team.

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.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

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.