Enterprise Architect Specialist

About this opportunity:

In this role as an Enterprise Architect Specialist, you will provide strategic leadership in defining and evolving the cybersecurity architecture across the organization. This position ensures that security is foundational to all technology platforms, cloud environments, AI-enabled systems, and enterprise operations. The architect collaborates across business, IT, and data functions to design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions that foster innovation, safeguard critical assets, and ensure compliance.

What you’ll do: 

• Develop and sustain a cybersecurity architecture strategy that aligns with enterprise architecture, business priorities, and digital advancement objectives

• Design secure architectures for infrastructure, cloud, applications, data platforms, and AI/ML environments

• Develop architectural patterns, guardrails, and reference models for secure system and data integration

• Embed security into enterprise initiatives including cloud migration, ERP transformation, data platforms, and AI use cases

• Lead threat modelling and security architecture reviews for major technology initiatives and solution designs

• Support secure development practices and toolchains, including DevSecOps and MLOps pipelines

• Define security requirements for AI platforms and use cases, including model access control, data governance, prompt protection, and output validation

• Partner with AI and data engineering teams to mitigate risks related to generative AI, model misuse, data leakage, and unauthorized access

• Evaluate and recommend cybersecurity technologies and services to enhance prevention, detection, and response capabilities

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, including 5+ years in architecture or technical leadership roles

• Expertise in cloud security (Azure, AWS), IAM, network architecture, and application security, with experience integrating security architecture into enterprise transformation initiatives (ERP, data, AI programs)

• Familiarity with AI infrastructure and associated risks (e.g., model governance, adversarial threats, privacy in ML, LLM security)

• Extensive knowledge of industry frameworks such as NIST CSF, TOGAF, MITRE ATT&CK, and NIST AI RMF

• Strategic thinker adept at aligning intricate security challenges with business objectives, with a balanced understanding of legacy systems, cloud-native environments, and emerging AI technologies

• Exemplifies high integrity and exceptional judgment in managing risk and driving innovative initiatives

• Preferred certifications: CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, CISM, or cloud/AIOps security designations are an asset.

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT June 4, 2025.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.  

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Who we are:

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We’re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

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The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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