Enterprise Architect

This position requires in-person collaboration up to five days a week. This arrangement is subject to change based on business requirements.

Why WestJet:

Since our story took off in 1996, WestJet has strived to enrich the lives of everyone in our world; a career with us is no exception. We’re proud to be one of Canada’s most admired and respected corporate cultures and continuously aim for the highest standards of service and success.

Join us, this is where your career story takes off.

Overview of role:

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining enterprise business and technology architecture roadmaps that support WestJet’s strategic priorities. The role partners with leaders across business, operations, data, cybersecurity, and technology to align investments, platforms, and solutions with enterprise objectives.

Working with business and technology leaders, the Enterprise Architect develops roadmaps, capability models, standards, principles, and technology strategies that modernize core capabilities, improve operational effectiveness, reduce complexity, and support long-term business outcomes.

The role takes an enterprise-wide view, aligning business capability needs, platform strategy, data, integration, security, and technology investment decisions to improve business performance, resilience, scalability, and delivery effectiveness.

Key deliverables / responsibilities include:

• Develop multi-year roadmaps that align business strategy, enterprise capabilities, technology priorities, and investment decisions.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to define target-state architecture across enterprise platforms, capabilities, and value streams.
• Establish capability models, value streams, architecture principles, standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Translate business needs into scalable business, data, application, integration, security, and technology capabilities.
• Guide portfolio planning, solution direction, investment decisions, and architecture governance.
• Define enterprise architecture strategies that improve operational effectiveness, employee experience, scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability.
• Define integration patterns that connect enterprise platforms, business capabilities, data products, and shared services.
• Promote reusable APIs, events, shared services, common platforms, and enterprise data capabilities.
• Lead architecture governance and resolve significant design decisions, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Assess platform health, technical debt, lifecycle risks, and modernization opportunities.
• Provide architecture leadership for major transformation initiatives across the enterprise portfolio.
• Build alignment across business, operations, data, cybersecurity, product, delivery, and technology teams.
• Mentor architects and technology teams, promoting architecture excellence and continuous improvement.
• Communicate architecture strategy and recommendations clearly to business, technology, and executive leaders.
• Represent WestJet with industry partners, vendors, and architecture communities

Experience and qualifications:

• Education: Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred, with 10+ years of experience.
• Leadership and mentorship abilities.
• Advanced problem-solving and communication skills, including influencing others.
• Broad knowledge of solution architecture, including business modeling, capability mapping, and value stream mapping.
• Strong understanding of solution architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Archimate, and the C4 model.
• Excellent understanding of business strategy, market dynamics, enterprise operating models, and drivers of business growth.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Understanding of enterprise IT solutions, digital transformation, and data analytics

The benefits of being a WestJetter:

WestJet provides all WestJetters with a competitive total rewards package. On top of that, we offer:

• A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win

• Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date

• Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs

Think we’re a great fit? Apply now!

About WestJet Group of Companies

WestJet took to the skies in 1996 with just over 200 employees and three aircraft operating service to five destinations. Since then, WestJet has pioneered low-cost travel in Canada, cutting airfares in half, and increasing the flying population in Canada by more than 50 per cent. Since the Sunwing Airlines integration in 2025, more than 15,000 WestJetters support nearly 200 aircraft and connect guests to our global network of more than 100 destinations across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. The WestJet Group is a major Canadian employer and includes WestJet Airlines, WestJet Encore and Sunwing Vacations Group. We’re Canada’s leading value airline and largest vacation provider, with a united purpose of providing affordable and accessible air and vacation travel to Canadians.

Our safety promise

At WestJet, the safety and security of our people and our guests is a core value and at the heart of what we do. Safety and security are shared responsibilities all team members are expected to use safe work practices to ensure their well-being and the safety of others. WestJet recognizes that the use of Alcohol and Drugs can adversely impact a safe work environment and the well-being of others including guests, suppliers and the public, as well as place WestJet's operations at risk. All roles that are identified as Safey-Sensitive are required to pass a Pre-Employment Alcohol and Drug Test as per WestJet's Alcohol and Drug Policy.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We embrace what makes each of us unique, and what makes us uniquely WestJet. We welcome diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds so if you're passionate about this role, we encourage you to apply – even if you don't meet every qualification listed. WestJet is committed to inclusiveness, equity and accessibility throughout the selection process. If you require accommodation at any stage, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected].

We value the time and effort you put into your application. Our recruitment process is highly competitive and while every applicant will receive communication regarding their application status, only those selected to move forward will be contacted with next steps. If this role isn’t the right fit, we encourage you to explore future opportunities with us.

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If you wish to withdraw your application or request that your personal information be deleted, please contact us at [email protected].