AI & Cloud Architect – AICA032825

Department: Information Systems

Type of Position: Full Time, Permanent

Location: 7^th Floor, 5160 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON

Reporting to: Shreyas Dhoke - Director, Technology

Work Model: Hybrid – flexible work schedule (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)

Grade: M

About Tarion

Since 1976, Tarion has served new home buyers and new homeowners by ensuring that one of their life’s biggest investments is protected. Almost every new home in the province is covered by a new home warranty. This warranty protection is provided by Ontario’s builders and lasts up to seven years. It is backstopped by Tarion. More than 375,000 homes are currently enrolled in the warranty program. Every year about 55,000 new homes are enrolled.

How We Make a Difference

A home is one of life’s biggest purchases. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, Tarion provides Ontario’s new home buyers and owners with peace of mind that their purchase is safeguarded through the province’s new home warranty and protection program.

Almost every new home in the province is covered by a new home warranty. Tarion ensures consumer protection by providing free tools, guides and resources to help homeowners understand their builder’s warranty and navigate warranty claims with confidence.
If a builder does not meet their warranty commitments, Tarion offers guidance to help homeowners ensure they receive the coverage they’re entitled to, and when necessary, steps in to help resolve warranty claims.

About the Role

The AI and Cloud Architect is responsible for bridging the gap between the complex business problems and solutions in the cloud and working with the vendors & Tarion teams to ensure right technology is being built. An experienced Architect would supplement and add to the knowledge of the existing teams.

This role will impact the organization across multiple business units. As we shift more to the cloud from a traditional on-premise architecture and add more AI workloads, the organizational culture on how the systems all integrate will change and the value of this shift needs to be articulated to the business and executed. This will allow IT to be in a position to deliver more innovative services and the speed of delivering those services. Tarion’s strategic direction for all services moving forward focus’s on cloud first solutions. As a result, this role is instrumental in driving these changes.

This is a hybrid role requiring working two (2) days in the office and three (3) days remotely, per week. (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)

What you will be doing

Design and Development

Develop an enterprise-wide AI architecture strategy and evolve Cloud strategy which aligns with business goals
Proficient in defining and implementing solutions using AI tools and frameworks, and ensure they integrate well with existing systems.
Proficient in defining and implementing Cloud based solutions with an emphasis in Azure.
Experience developing architectures in multiple domains across multiple cloud platforms – AI/ ML, infrastructure, cybersecurity, Software architectures and key software components
Support data migrations and PaaS modernizations
Experience with all of the following: O365, Azure, Entra, Intune

Communication

Able to communicate and present complex issues with preciseness, assurance and confidence to all levels of the business
Demonstrable consulting skills including questioning, listening, ideas development, permission and rapport, and influencing

Research New Technologies

Experience with modern data solutions and Development Technologies, including, MS Fabric, Azure AI/ ML, microservices, SQL, Confluent Kafka

Project Management: Cloud and AI related initiatives

Work closely with data scientists, engineers, developers, and business leaders to identify and pilot AI use cases.

A great candidate for this position will have:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline
6 to 10 years’ experience with Cloud Architectures
Cloud Architect Certification an asset
AI Architect Certification an asset
Outstanding communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Broad technical expertise in multiple disciplines - including server and storage solutions, data centre management, databases, system administration, networks, Cloud infrastructure, internet and communication technologies.
Knowledge of project management methodologies.
Ability to effectively establish and maintain working relationships with peers and constituents at all levels of the organization
Analysis and problem-solving skills
Experience working with and negotiating with external vendors
Excellent team building skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Outstanding coordination, facilitation, consultation, and conflict resolution
Ability to work independently and as a part of a team
High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to handle multiple demands and meet tight deadlines.

Why Choose Tarion?

We believe that Tarion’s employees are its most valuable asset. We strive to provide a welcoming work environment.

We offer employees a competitive compensation program, opportunities for learning and development, an employee discount program, access to wellness programs, and a variety of Employee Assistance Program tools and online resources to support well-being.

At Tarion, we believe that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion allows employees to perform at their very best and underpins a culture in which everyone feels they have an equal opportunity to belong and build a career. Tarion is committed to developing and maintaining work environments and practices that ensure equality of opportunity in recruitment, selection and promotion, and to removing systemic barriers so that employees have every opportunity to feel included in the workplace.

If you are a person with a disability and have questions or would like help with your application, please contact a member of the Human Resources Department.

Application Submissions & Deadline:

Please submit a single file with a covering letter and resume with vacancy code AICA032825 by no later than April 14, 2025.